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10/8/2025

2pm PT

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React Everywhere: Bringing React Into Native Apps

Date

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Time

2pm PT

Location

Henderson, Nevada

Online

React Everywhere: Bringing React Into Native Apps

Most teams use React on the web but still rely on native code or WebViews in their mobile apps. This talk explores how React Native can replace WebViews with minimal effort, allowing React to power both web and mobile.

Date

08 October 2025

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Time

2pm PT

Location

Henderson, Nevada

Online

React Everywhere: Bringing React Into Native Apps

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Organizer

Presented

React Conf

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Speakers

Speakers

Featuring

Mike Grabowski

CTO & Founder

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Callstack

Featuring

Mike Grabowski

CTO & Founder

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Callstack

Many teams today run React on the web, while their mobile apps remain fully native or rely on WebViews. React Native is often underestimated, yet it can directly replace WebViews and unlock features that otherwise require workarounds, from dynamic content to real-time updates.

This talk will show how React fits naturally into mobile, like on the web where it can work alongside any frontend framework. The focus of this talk is on how React Native can be added to an existing application with minimal effort, then gradually expanded to replace native code or WebViews.

React Native is a low‑hanging opportunity: a no‑brainer way to do even more with React, even for teams that have never built mobile before.

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