084 - Expo MCP, MMKV, Godot Games & React Native Package Confusion
This week’s episode covers another wave of React Native ecosystem updates — from Expo’s new AI-native tools to faster storage, cross-framework experiments, and even a React Native + Godot integration.
⚛️ React Native Radar:
⚛️ React Native Radar:
- 🤖 Expo MCP Server – build AI-native apps with the new MCP integration
- 🧩 iOS Simulator MCP v1.5 – new Open/Launch/Install tools for dev automation
- ⚡️ MMKV v4 released – faster, smaller, and now powered by Nitro Modules
- 📱 React Native Nitro Device Info – device info at Nitro speed
- 👆 Pressto updates – smoother tap interactions for React Native apps
- 🎮 React Native Godot – open-sourced integration bringing game engine power to RN
- 🧭 Onboarding component by Software Mansion – polished native onboarding UI
- 💨 Uniwind Benchmarks – performance comparisons across styling solutions
- 🤷♂️ Flutter with Expo? – launch a Flutter web app with Expo Launch
🧠 From My Projects:
- 🍔 Wolt Clone recording done, video soon
- 🧱 Planning an Advent Calendar and livestreams
🚨 Trending in Tech:
- ❓ React Native Package Confusion – how to find the right packages?
🚀 Learn React Native: https://galaxies.dev/missions/zero-to-hero
🔥 Weekly Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@galaxies_dev
❤️ Socials
🔥 Weekly Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@galaxies_dev
❤️ Socials
👨💻 Apps
- Matrix Manager: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/matrix-manager-task-manager/id6739463021
- Quick Track: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-track-calorie-counter/id1669892980
- Text to Voice AI: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-to-voice-ai-reader/id6739965632
- Healthy Food Swap: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/healthy-food-swap/id6743627410
🔗 Links
- Expo MCP: https://expo.dev/blog/become-an-ai-native-developer-with-the-expo-mcp-server
- iOS Simulator MCP: https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/releases/tag/v1.5.0
- MMKV v4: https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv/releases/tag/v4.0.0
- Nitro Device Info: https://github.com/l2hyunwoo/react-native-nitro-device-info
- Pressto: https://github.com/enzomanuelmangano/pressto
- React Native Godot: https://github.com/borndotcom/react-native-godot
- React Native Onboarding: https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/react-native-onboarding
- Uniwind Benchmarks: https://github.com/Unistyles-OSS/uniwind-benchmarks
- Flutter with Expo: https://x.com/cedric_dev/status/1984751533221953813
