--- title: SwiftUI renderer for React Native | daily.dev description: Software Mansion built a prototype SwiftUI-backed renderer for React Native as a drop-in replacement for the UIKit renderer. The experiment explored... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/swiftui-renderer-for-react-native-8ejxcxcc0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SwiftUI renderer for React Native | daily.dev og:description: Software Mansion built a prototype SwiftUI-backed renderer for React Native as a drop-in replacement for the UIKit renderer. The experiment explored... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/swiftui-renderer-for-react-native-8ejxcxcc0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8EjxcXCc0.png og:image:alt: SwiftUI renderer for React 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. # SwiftUI renderer for React Native **[Software Mansion](https://daily.dev/sources/swmansion)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Software Mansion built a prototype SwiftUI-backed renderer for React Native as a drop-in replacement for the UIKit renderer. The experiment explored integrating with Fabric, mapping shadow nodes to SwiftUI views, using Yoga layout metrics, handling component props, and implementing core components like Button, ScrollView, Image, and TextInput. Key motivations include enabling React Native on all Apple platforms (including iOS widgets and macOS) with a single UI codebase. The post covers SwiftUI's advantages over UIKit, the scope of the research, and discovered limitations — particularly around text inputs, scroll control, and missing event APIs. A follow-up post with technical internals and an open-source repository was promised. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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