--- title: React Native has never felt this Native | daily.dev description: Expo SDK 55 has been released alongside Expo Router v55, bringing significantly improved native iOS navigation capabilities to React Native development. SDK 56... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-has-never-felt-this-native-t7dnxatdj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: React Native has never felt this Native | daily.dev og:description: Expo SDK 55 has been released alongside Expo Router v55, bringing significantly improved native iOS navigation capabilities to React Native development. SDK 56... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-has-never-felt-this-native-t7dnxatdj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/T7DNxATdj.png og:image:alt: React Native has never felt this Native 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. # React Native has never felt this Native **[Expo.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/expodev)** · [@pizzapervert](https://daily.dev/pizzapervert) · 1 min read · 127 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Expo SDK 55 has been released alongside Expo Router v55, bringing significantly improved native iOS navigation capabilities to React Native development. SDK 56 is expected to bring equivalent Android improvements. The release is seen as a milestone that closes the gap between Expo/React Native and fully native iOS app development. ## Content Expo released SDK 55 and with it Expo Router v55 which brings almost everything you could have ever wanted to iOS native development. In SDK 56 they'll catchup with their Android capabilities. Probably time for Expo to do the coke/pepsi challenge with RN/Native app comparisons. [https://expo.dev/blog/expo-router-v55-more-native-navigation-more-powerful-web](https://expo.dev/blog/expo-router-v55-more-native-navigation-more-powerful-web) #React #ReactNative #Expo #MobileDevelopment #Mobileapps --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-has-never-felt-this-native-t7dnxatdj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-has-never-felt-this-native-t7dnxatdj","headline":"React Native has never felt this Native","text":"Expo SDK 55 has been released alongside Expo Router v55, bringing significantly improved native iOS navigation capabilities to React Native development. SDK 56 is expected to bring equivalent Android improvements. The release is seen as a milestone that closes the gap between Expo/React Native and fully native iOS app development.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-native-has-never-felt-this-native-t7dnxatdj","datePublished":"2026-03-03T16:28:51.240Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T16:29:08.021Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kelly","url":"https://daily.dev/pizzapervert","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKDMeQJC5fElk8zL7DHEdNYmsHpE1rJtvpmSh1CIJmdj3M6i44=s96-c","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":380}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fWUUARVd--/f_auto/v1772555332/posts/T7DNxATdj?_a=BAMAMiiu0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":127},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/expodev","name":"Expo.dev"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Expo.dev","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/expodev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"React Native has never felt this Native"}]} ```