Development
All published blog posts in the "Development" category.
Users, Development, React Native
Automating OTA Updates: How Onespot deploys to 200+ apps without touching a laptop
Deploy OTA updates to 200+ React Native apps with one tap. See how Onespot automated multi-app publishing with Expo's OTA Updates, GitHub Actions, and a phone.
•14 minutes read
Sean Cann
Guest Author
Sean Cann
Guest Author
Product, Development
The production playbook for OTA updates
Learn how to run OTA Updates safely in production with staged rollouts, real-time monitoring, and rollback strategies to ship with confidence.
•12 minutes read
Jacob Clausen
Engineering
Jacob Clausen
Engineering
Users, Development, React Native
Building an AI-first Photos app with Expo and Coreviz SDK
Building native-feeling photo grids in Expo: How to recreate iOS Photos' pinch-to-zoom interaction using multiple virtualized grids and cross-fading.
•7 minutes read
Wassim Gharbi
Guest Author
Wassim Gharbi
Guest Author
Development
What our web team learned using Claude Code for a month
Expo's web team used Claude Code extensively for a month. Learn what worked for us, what didn't, and how to Expo gets real value from AI coding tools.
•5 minutes read
Juwan Wheatley
Engineering
Juwan Wheatley
Engineering
Users, Development, React Native
How to modernize mobile retail apps with Expo
Learn how bitglow modernized DEPOT's React Native app with Expo Prebuild, cutting upgrade time by 80% and boosting performance scores from 36 to 90.
•21 minutes read
Jonathan Bones
Guest Author
Jonathan Bones
Guest Author
Development, React Native
Building high-quality UIs with Expo and NativeWind
Learn how to design React Native apps directly in code using Expo, NativeWind, and Reanimated. Build reusable components, implement theming, and skip Figma.
•3 minutes read
Thomino
Guest Author
Thomino
Guest Author