--- title: State of React Native - What's new in 2026 | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of the 2025 State of React Native survey results, covering developer demographics, platform targets, popular libraries for navigation (Expo... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/state-of-react-native---what-s-new-in-2026-3jrmogboi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: State of React Native - What's new in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of the 2025 State of React Native survey results, covering developer demographics, platform targets, popular libraries for navigation (Expo... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/state-of-react-native---what-s-new-in-2026-3jrmogboi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3jRmoGbOi.png og:image:alt: State of React Native - What's new in 2026 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. # State of React Native - What's new in 2026 **[notJust.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/notjustdev)** · 56 min read · 24 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of the 2025 State of React Native survey results, covering developer demographics, platform targets, popular libraries for navigation (Expo Router dominating at 71%), styling (NativeWind growing to 42%), animations (React Native Reanimated at 93%), testing tools, analytics, build tooling (EAS Build leading), and AI code generation trends. Key findings include 80% adoption of the new architecture, 86% of developers on macOS, Expo CLI used by ~90% of respondents, and growing AI-assisted development workflows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@superroach** · 1 upvotes > Expo router deserves it, it helps speed up dev so much, file router is amazing. **@udaysingh28** · 0 upvotes > Expo 🚀 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What’s Next for React in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-next-for-react-in-2026-msngwjplf) · Telerik · 77 upvotes · 2 comments - [This Week In React \#271: Vinext, RSC, Activity, Async React, Next.js, TanStack](https://daily.dev/posts/this-week-in-react-271-vinext-rsc-activity-async-react-next-js-tanstack-hqvstjkju) · This Week In React · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Expo for React Native in 2025: A Perspective](https://daily.dev/posts/expo-for-react-native-in-2025-a-perspective-zqhr3d8s6) · Hashrocket · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Artsy Mobile 2025 Wrapped](https://daily.dev/posts/artsy-mobile-2025-wrapped-mz1geidqj) · Artsy.net · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/state-of-react-native---what-s-new-in-2026-3jrmogboi) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"State of React Native - 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