Christian Falch

Christian Falch

@chrfalch.bsky.social

Did @shopify/react-native-skia and now I’m working on expo.

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Christian Falch
@chrfalch.bsky.social

Making stuff faster is so much fun. #expo

Expo@expo.dev

iOS builds in SDK 56 are faster out of the box. Expo modules now ship as precompiled XCFrameworks, so they link instead of compiling from source on every build. No config, no migration steps. Full nerd sniping eng blog from @chrfalch.bsky.social right here: try.expo.dev/precompiled-...

try.expo.devFaster iOS Builds with Precompiled XCFrameworksStarting with SDK 56, Expo packages on iOS ship as prebuilt XCFrameworks, so clean iOS builds skip compiling 70+ packages from source.
Christian Falch
@chrfalch.bsky.social

Looking forward to be here!

Expo@expo.dev

💂‍♀️ If you're anywhere near London next month then make your way to RNL Conf. This is a talent-rich event with wonderful speakers, panels, and workshops. We've got a massive cohort of Expo devs headed to London and we'd love to see you there. www.reactnativelondon.co.uk

Christian Falch
@chrfalch.bsky.social

These new pages are looking so nice!

Expo@expo.dev

The new 𝝠 Expo home page is live: expo.dev We were overdue for a new home that tells the story of what Expo has become: Everything you need to build apps. We added more pages to explain how Expo serves different stages of business growth across different industries. We'll 🧵 some of those below ↓

expo.devExpoExpo is an open-source platform for making universal native apps for Android, iOS, and the web with JavaScript and React.
Christian Falch
@chrfalch.bsky.social

🚀 Spent ~2 hours upgrading an old client project from Expo 52 → 54 today. Client was amazed at how smooth it went. This project is not simple—native Expo modules and an external native ePub reader. Super proud of SDK 54 and the fantastic team at @expo.dev! expo.dev/blog/expo-sd...

expo.devHow to upgrade to Expo SDK 54Upgrade to Expo SDK 54 with React Native 0.81, Reanimated v4, Android API 36, and iOS 26 support. Learn key changes, tips, and migration advice.

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