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Adopt it in your native apps with no rewrites. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Expo is additive. Adopt it in your native apps with no rewrites. **[Mobile developers](https://daily.dev/sources/mobile)** · [@pizzapervert](https://daily.dev/pizzapervert) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Expo and React Native can be adopted incrementally in existing iOS and Android apps without requiring a full rewrite. Developers can add a single screen or feature at a time, enabling faster shipping and stack modernization while keeping native code intact. ## Content You can bring Expo + React Native into your existing iOS and Android apps incrementally. No rewrite required. 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