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A framework for building native applications using React

157 mentions on Hacker News by 129 people: 45 stories, 112 comments · first 2015-03-26 · latest 2025-09-24

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  1. …[0]. Workarounds exist [1], but aren't great for text that spans multiple lines and styles. [0] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/13938 [1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/react-native-uitextview
    comment by mattvr · 2025-09-24 · in Just let me select text
  2. …off CocoaPods has barely moved past planning stage. Latest update from two weeks ago links to https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/52909 and says it’s very very experimental. Just great…
    comment by oefrha · 2025-09-01 · in CocoaPods trunk read-only plan
  3. …[2] https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/c964e143d97... [3] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/77b3a8bdd6164b... [4] https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/blob/07fef970a33ae120c8ff2a9e...
    comment by Calavar · 2024-09-07 · in What's new in C++26 (part 1)
  4. …auto-submit[bot], flutter-pub-roller-bot, dependabot[bot] React Native monthly pulse: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pulse/monthly "Excluding merges, 84 authors have pushed 437 commits to main and 575 commits to all branches" 1st…
    comment by pzo · 2024-08-12 · in Show HN: Rust GUI Library via Flutter
  5. …some actual real life numbers you can use if you want to gauge the health of the two projects: 1. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pulse 2. https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pulse Specifically Flutter’s 108 merged pull requests to…
    comment by mdhb · 2024-08-12 · in Show HN: Rust GUI Library via Flutter
  6. ▲ 1
    The issue with installing RN pods with CocoaPods 1.15.0
    story by puskuruk · 2024-01-30 · 0 comments
  7. …I actually was helping getting this added, but we never managed to get the layout issues fixed - https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/34834 The measure function you mention isn’t co-ordinated to the layout, so you could read it…
    comment by jacobp100 · 2023-07-26 · in Expo – Open-source platform for making universal apps for Android, iOS, and web
  8. …React Native, and it's still not clear if they ever fixed it or if it just got closed as stale: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/27989
    comment by dimmke · 2023-05-24 · in Don’t open the details in a modal window, have it be a separate page
  9. …we are talking about the same thing :) programming is creative, and for me it is art, i love it. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues?q=is%3Aissue...
    comment by throwaway71271 · 2023-03-14 · in Am I still relevant as a programmer now that there's AI?
  10. ▲ 1
    React Native moves to TypeScript template by default
    story by whack · 2022-11-05 · 0 comments
  11. ▲ 2
    React Native moves to TypeScript template by default
    story by GarethX · 2022-11-04 · 0 comments
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    React Native moves to TypeScript template by default
    story by mariuz · 2022-11-03 · 0 comments
  13. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases React Native is still 0.x, since 2015!
    comment by lelandfe · 2022-10-19 · in Kill Bill – Open-Source Subscription Billing and Payments Platform
  14. …worth comparing GitHub activity for Flutter https://github.com/flutter/flutter/pulse/monthly and RN https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pulse/monthly I think Flutter is a much better long term bet despite the fact that it’s a much…
    comment by mhoad · 2022-06-23 · in React Native 0.69
  15. ▲ 90
    Tell HN: Apple rejecting cross platform apps (React Native, Flutter, Capacitor)
    story by ratio11 · 2022-06-07 · 12 comments
  16. ▲ 2
    Apple Silicon (M1) troubleshooting guide (RN 0.64/0.65/0.66)
    story by aloukissas · 2021-12-03 · 0 comments
  17. …can diff two tips like so: https://github.com/{org}/{repo}/compare/{commitish1}..{commi... Example: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/compare/0.65-stable...
    comment by noway421 · 2021-10-24 · in .NET Hot Reload Support via CLI
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    React Native bold fonts support PR hangs almost a year
    story by timopheym · 2021-06-04 · 4 comments
  19. …leveraging frameworks such as React & React Native" The top contributors are Facebook Engineers: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/graphs/contributors...
    comment by ec109685 · 2021-05-15 · in Transition to React Native
  20. …There's always been some activity around it on the issue tracker[0] but not many solutions. [0] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/25986 and related issues
    comment by phreack · 2021-03-24 · in Hermes, a JavaScript engine optimized for React Native
  21. ▲ 1
    React Native: Introducing Timeline: A time-travel debugging tool (merged)
    story by adelarsq · 2021-03-24 · 0 comments
  22. ▲ 1
    Fix testability of React Native on Android using test automation frameworks
    story by veryatomek · 2020-12-15 · 0 comments
  23. …s://github.com/nodejs/node│JavaScript│73│0│3226│10│64.7│63│1517│2055│4.1│1049988│0.98421 react-native│https://github.com/facebook/react-native│JavaScript│71│0│2866│5│50.5│15│778│1694│3.1│223266│0.90739…
    comment by tmsh · 2020-12-12 · in Finding Critical Open Source Projects
  24. That is exactly what happened to my Facebook account, and it only got reinstated after this issue: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395 Though mine was probably locked solely because of the way I've metodically checked out…
    comment by dessant · 2020-11-21 · in FTC commissioner met with Apple regarding Facebook’s iOS 14 complaints
  25. Hector’s colleague here. This is exactly what happened. Please see Hector’s response: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395#issuec...
    comment by danabramov · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  26. Response by the Facebook developer: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395#issuec...
    comment by wil93 · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  27. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395 @facebook facebook locked and limited conversation to collaborators 3 minutes ago ruh roh..
    comment by Johnyma22 · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  28. The app was swapped during an internal review process at Facebook. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8...
    comment by dessant · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  29. …additional metadata fields like "Reviewed By:", "Differential Revision:", "fbshipit-source-id:": https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/864cdf338369... Commits in hramos/label-actions repo don't follow this pattern:…
    comment by antonf · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  30. They did take the code. Here is the proof: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8... (Posted in another thread on same discussion).
    comment by kumarm · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  31. …Short answer, it was copied from author then changed. Commit here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8...
    comment by capableweb · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
  32. He linked the commit where FB swapped it out: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8...
    comment by chrisan · 2020-11-15 · in “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
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    “Facebook has taken the name of my open source project ”
    story by capableweb · 2020-11-15 · 175 comments
  34. I have opened an issue on the React Native repository, please share it and help me find a solution. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/30395 Hopefully they will be helpful, and I don't have to take legal action regarding the…
    comment by dessant · 2020-11-15 · in Open Source does not mean “Includes Free Support”
  35. …[2] https://github.com/marketplace/actions/label-actions [3] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8...
    comment by dessant · 2020-11-15 · in Open Source does not mean “Includes Free Support”
  36. e.g. see also https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/29236
    comment by spion · 2020-10-04 · in MobX 6
  37. …Even the React Native team apparently allowed the file to be treated as non-diffable for some time: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/11047 And note the large number of commits on all types of projects that essentially say…
    comment by btown · 2020-08-17 · in XCSSET Mac Malware infects Xcode projects, performs UXSS attack on browsers
  38. Take the most basic example: a Button. The RN's core Button it’s a Text composed with a Touchable ( https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/Librari... ). It behaves in the same way but there are subtle differences in text…
    comment by diegof79 · 2020-05-13 · in React Native for Windows and Mac
  39. …AsyncStorage, and more. This is a large scale effort from the dev team to decrease core size: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/23313
    comment by scarlac · 2020-05-13 · in React Native for Windows and Mac
  40. …does have more dependencies than vanilla react, on first glance the list doesn't seem too crazy https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/package...
    comment by peterhunt · 2020-05-12 · in React Native for Windows and Mac
  41. …https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-pr... [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/ [2] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/23313 edited: not sure how to make this list correctly formatted
    comment by oakesm9 · 2020-01-29 · in Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native
  42. ▲ 1
    A framework for building native apps with React
    story by funnygrass · 2020-01-23 · 0 comments
  43. …as a fork of React Native. 0: https://github.com/Tencent/Hippy/blob/master/ios/sdk/base/Hi... 1: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/React/B... 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21877857
    comment by K0nserv · 2019-12-25 · in Hippy: React Native Alternative by Tencent
  44. …but that's just a guess [0]: https://github.com/Tencent/Hippy/blob/master/ios/sdk/compone... [1]: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/13413 [2]: https://github.com/Tencent/Hippy/tree/master/layout [3]:…
    comment by Jarred · 2019-12-25 · in Hippy: React Native Alternative by Tencent
  45. ▲ 1
    React native doesn’t support iOS 13
    story by brian_herman__ · 2019-10-29 · 0 comments
  46. …to standalone React DevTools at startup and indeed flood your console with cryptic messages. https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/10027 The issue has been locked and is still open.
    comment by LinguaBrowse · 2019-08-16 · in New React DevTools
  47. …natively on Macs. Some initial work was already done to make React Native compile for this target: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/25427
    comment by w-m · 2019-07-31 · in Electron 6.0
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    React Native 0.59.0-rc.0 released
    story by saranshk · 2019-02-14 · 37 comments
  49. …regarding gains in JS and WebAssembly interop performance; check it out if you haven't [2]. [1] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/13243 [2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/calls-between-javascript-a...
    comment by supernintendo · 2018-10-09 · in Ask HN: How can we make React better?
  50. …Native for Android is incompatible with 3rd-party 64-bit libraries[1] affect the development? [1] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/2814
    comment by krn · 2018-08-17 · in Publishing an iOS App with ClojureScript and React Native