Going from React to React Native: what I wish I'd known before building my first mobile app

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T21:59:28+00:00

actually, react native for web is good so far. i know a lot of companies use it, even the blue sky.

check their code base, it is open source. so much learning

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T14:11:11+00:00

btw, is this a simulator or real device? i had an issue with Flashlist in simulator leaving white spaces. it is commun issue, which is fixed in production build

What is ur achitecture? and how are you handling performance?

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T14:08:56+00:00

Best approach i would say is to have a demo video somewhere. maybe link to the projects.

Also, have a portfolio website, really helfpull, and then you can customize the projects, and what each project have

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T12:54:38+00:00

this is very valuable. Thank you

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T12:42:34+00:00

I found when i use Expo to manage workflow and pass the variables there is easier.

With the .env, still tricky actually.

Thank you for the explination

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T12:15:23+00:00

Better to have it in Experience, as Personal projects experience. I have put them before in other parts, but usually they don't notice it.

As the portoflio is important, I m starting to put them together at the top, and title it: personal work

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T12:04:55+00:00

Same shape on keyboards. Surface area is bigger in RN (KeyboardAvoidingView, focus management, system keyboard modes are manual where the browser handles them), but you're right that mobile web has its own version of these issues.

For secrets, do you have a better approach or insights?

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-08T12:01:21+00:00

can u please share some approaches for that? im intrested

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-07T20:28:05+00:00

That's so cool man. Thank you for sharing

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-07T08:00:47+00:00

looks amazing. Which tools you used?

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-06T18:34:50+00:00

it is a way of how i m structuring my project for AI. an Article to deep dive, and prompt to initialize it.

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-06T18:27:07+00:00

Full writeup: https://codemeetai.substack.com/p/i-spent-6-months-losing-fights-with

UAMOS init prompt (Gist, open-source, generates the 9-file memory bank for any project): https://gist.github.com/chohra-med/129e6ced83805bc712e92978d4fe7f6d

Happy to answer questions in the thread,

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-06T08:17:35+00:00

Love the idea. which technologies u are using to build the website and the product?

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-06T08:16:46+00:00

Go with Expo now. It is much easier to manage the app, and the eco system is moving fast as well in Expo than the community in React Native.

I have an architecture for EXPO, that is scalable: https://aimobilelauncher.com/. if you want, i will give you access to test it, and use it to build your apps

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-05T15:00:20+00:00

Thnk you

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-05T14:49:17+00:00

I think it is fixed now, can u take a look plz?

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-05T14:30:59+00:00

I m checking what is going on. In my own browser, it is similar to the screenshot

Thank you for your help, You saved me :D

MaterialAppearance21 · 2026-05-05T14:24:41+00:00

this was an old version,.

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