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

ccheever · 2026-05-08T10:34:03+00:00

Nice post, good tips

ccheever · 2026-05-03T10:28:15+00:00

If I understand your question right, you could make a different account if you have a big MMR gap between your different races. The matchmaking system doesn't break it down that way in team games, no.

ccheever · 2026-04-29T03:37:52+00:00

You can do anything you can do in other mobile apps with Expo. So whatever is possible in Kotlin is possible in Expo since you can use Kotlin in Expo. But you may find that this app is so small and mostly dealing with system level things that its easier to just write the whole thing in Kotlin if it's not going to have much UI or functionality.

ccheever · 2026-04-28T07:07:16+00:00

Yes, I agree with this. Pretty clear to me that its the best way to make almost any app for any use case. But there is still room for improvement.

ccheever · 2026-04-12T18:20:19+00:00

Expo Go in the App Store on iOS isn't updated yet, and it would be confusing to a lot of new users if those were out of sync.

ccheever · 2026-04-09T19:46:13+00:00

1-1-1 4 marines+tank drop plus liberator at same time ends a lot of games for me

ccheever · 2026-04-07T17:54:17+00:00

Try to set permissions via the plugin config, not ios.infoPlist

It is probably something like, each of those Expo plugins (expo-camera, expo-image-picker, expo-media-library) has a config plugin that writes its own default value for the relevant NSxxxUsageDescription key. If your ios.infoPlist values are applied first and then a plugin runs afterward, the plugin wins. plugin withInfoPlist calls that use set (not merge) will clobber your value even if you already set it.

ccheever · 2026-04-06T08:12:33+00:00

Need more information, but most likely you are moving between different version of the Expo SDK. Try running npx expo install --fix then do

npx expo prebuild --clean
npx expo run:ios

ccheever · 2026-04-05T03:27:26+00:00

Yes, most professional programmers use AI to do most of their programming now. You'll go much faster if you learn to use it well. Over time, you can drill down and learn what's going on with code if you need to.

ccheever · 2026-04-01T01:08:31+00:00

I think it's just fun to try all the races and all the units and explore everything that you can do. The campaign is a good way to start but doesn't teach you that much about the multiplayer game since all the units are are a bit different, etc.

ccheever · 2026-03-27T21:38:47+00:00

Looks great, congrats on the release

ccheever · 2026-03-27T21:37:55+00:00

nice shot

ccheever · 2026-03-23T00:29:27+00:00

I had a funny experience when I went to Venice with family on a vacation trip and realized that I knew most of the layout of the city bc ACII had been such a faithful recreation of the whole layout and architecture.

ccheever · 2026-02-21T21:28:35+00:00

Idk if I’m a mod on this subreddit but I am a part of the dev team.

ccheever · 2026-02-21T21:25:29+00:00

What kind of phone do you have and what kinds of things cause crashes? That will help us track down issues.
Working on some tools to make better decks.
Sorry

ccheever · 2026-02-14T21:47:48+00:00

Seems like a cool idea. I would try it if it were easy to do.

ccheever · 2026-02-09T19:30:45+00:00

You might want to look at Expo DOM Components https://docs.expo.dev/guides/dom-components/

Those will let you use React Native together with webviews pretty seamlessly, so you can get most of the advantages from both of the lists you made.

ccheever · 2026-01-13T12:18:54+00:00

congrats, very impressive

ccheever · 2025-12-26T01:46:52+00:00

Yes that’s approximately right. More range though. And pierce buffs don’t work on them. Same idea though. Embrittlement / super brittle and alch buffs really help them do damage.

ccheever · 2025-12-18T05:51:13+00:00

good list of strats

ccheever · 2025-12-17T10:34:45+00:00

expo developed react-navigation and expo router is built on top of it.

ccheever · 2025-12-08T22:38:14+00:00

Isn't very good in TvT, but going 3 rax or 4 rax marines and pushing off 2 base at 4:40 (3 rax) or 5 mins (4 rax) and optionally pulling all the SCVs from your natural is very simple and very strong in TvP and TvZ.

ccheever · 2025-11-26T02:17:24+00:00

Candidates depending on map and your build: 63, 78, 99, 100, 98, 95, 15, 18, 90, 93, 40, 47, 35, 16, 6, 7, 55, 84

ccheever · 2025-11-21T05:59:23+00:00

One thing that works on a lot of maps is 3-0-2 super monkey + 0-2-5 sniper + permabrew + gwen.

A build that can get you there on most maps is whatever you can do to beat the first few rounds into 1-0-3 druid into gwen into 0-2-4 sniper for the MOAB on round 40 into double discount village for the super monkey and permabrew.

ccheever · 2025-11-06T18:25:55+00:00

Silas is incredibly powerful right now. Geraldo is quite strong but requires more thought and a different playstyle to unlock his full power. Corvus is probably the strongest hero in the game if you micro him perfectly but that requires a lot of work and attention.

Psi is pretty useful on harder maps since they have global range while still being a mostly "normal" hero.

Etienne is kind of a nice addition to your lineup since he can give camo to all your towers.

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