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Why Is My AI-Generated React Native App So Slow? (Fixes): a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Why Is My AI-Generated React Native App So Slow? (Fixes)

AI-written React Native code lags for the same few reasons: dev mode, blocked JS thread, heavy lists, re-renders, and images. How to find and fix each.

Lawrence Arya · September 29, 2026
Does Expo Work With Cursor? Yes, and It Is the Default: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 11 min read

Does Expo Work With Cursor? Yes, and It Is the Default

Cursor's agent drives Expo's files and terminal, Expo Go puts every edit on your phone, EAS ships it. The 30-minute setup that keeps the pairing on rails.

Lawrence Arya · August 17, 2026
Do I Need a Mac to Publish an iOS App? Not Anymore: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 11 min read

Do I Need a Mac to Publish an iOS App? Not Anymore

EAS builds, signs, and submits from any OS, Expo Go makes your iPhone the preview, and App Store Connect is a website. Where the Mac requirement actually survives.

Lawrence Arya · August 9, 2026
Build an App for Free and Put It on the App Store: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 11 min read

Build an App for Free and Put It on the App Store

The build is free: VP0 design, agent free tiers, Expo, Supabase, TestFlight. The store costs exactly $99 a year, and the smart plan pays it in week four.

Lawrence Arya · August 6, 2026
Bolt.new Mobile App: Can It Build for iOS and Android?: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 10 min read

Bolt.new Mobile App: Can It Build for iOS and Android?

Bolt.new can build a mobile app via Expo and React Native, but it stops at code. What it does, the deployment gap, real costs, and how to ship to the App Store.

Lawrence Arya · June 28, 2026
How to Fix the npm ERESOLVE Dependency Error in Expo: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 7 min read

How to Fix the npm ERESOLVE Dependency Error in Expo

The npm ERESOLVE error in Expo is a peer dependency conflict. Here is why it happens and the reliable fix: let Expo pick SDK-compatible versions, not force-install.

Lawrence Arya · June 27, 2026
Can Cursor Build an iOS App? (2026 Expo + React Native): a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Can Cursor Build an iOS App? (2026 Expo + React Native)

Yes, Cursor builds iOS apps via React Native and Expo. Here is the full workflow from prompt to App Store, and how to make the result feel native.

Lawrence Arya · June 26, 2026
Free React Native App Templates (2026): The Best Ones: a reflective 3D App Store icon on a blue and purple gradient
Guides 10 min read

Free React Native App Templates (2026): The Best Ones

The best free React Native app templates in 2026, from UI Kitten to Rootstrap and Obytes, on the modern Expo stack, plus why a template still needs a design.

Lawrence Arya · June 24, 2026
Can Claude Code Build Mobile Apps? The 2026 Expo Workflow: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 10 min read

Can Claude Code Build Mobile Apps? The 2026 Expo Workflow

Yes, Claude Code builds mobile apps: it scaffolds, runs, and ships React Native and Expo apps from your terminal. The workflow, what it needs, and its limits.

Lawrence Arya · June 11, 2026
如何将 Rork 导出到 Xcode:完整步骤指南: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 12 min read

如何将 Rork 导出到 Xcode:完整步骤指南

Rork 生成的是 Expo 代码,导出到 Xcode 其实就是标准的 prebuild 流程。本文讲清楚导出步骤、EAS 与本地 Xcode 的选择,以及常见报错。

Lawrence Arya · June 11, 2026
Stripe Integration in Expo Apps With AI: The Right Shape: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 9 min read

Stripe Integration in Expo Apps With AI: The Right Shape

Stripe in Expo is three pieces in three places: sheet in the app, intents on the server, truth in the webhook. Here is the shape to give your agent.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
v0 by Vercel mobile app export: from web to a real iOS app: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 10 min read

v0 by Vercel mobile app export: from web to a real iOS app

v0 by Vercel generates web React, so there is no direct mobile export. Here are the three real paths from a v0 design to an iOS app, and when each fits.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Webflow to React Native: the Expo WebView route and its limits: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 10 min read

Webflow to React Native: the Expo WebView route and its limits

Wrapping a Webflow site in a React Native WebView is fast but risky for the App Store. Here is the WebView route, where it breaks, and the native rebuild.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
An Offline-First Folder Architecture for Expo Apps: a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Guides 7 min read

An Offline-First Folder Architecture for Expo Apps

An offline-first Expo app needs a clear data, sync, and UI split. Here is a folder architecture that keeps offline working and an AI agent on track while it builds.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Untangle a FlutterFlow Export and Run the Bare Source: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 7 min read

Untangle a FlutterFlow Export and Run the Bare Source

A FlutterFlow export is a complete Flutter project, not React Native. Here is how to open it in an IDE, add your own Firebase, and run the bare source cleanly.

Lawrence Arya · June 8, 2026
Migrate from Expo Go to a Development Build with AI: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Workflows 6 min read

Migrate from Expo Go to a Development Build with AI

A development build is your own Expo Go, not an exit from Expo: install expo-dev-client, audit native deps, stay managed, and the JS loop is unchanged.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Can AI Make an iOS App? The 2026 Expo Workflow: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 10 min read

Can AI Make an iOS App? The 2026 Expo Workflow

Yes, AI can make a real iOS app for the App Store using React Native and Expo. The 2026 workflow end to end, which builders work, costs, and passing review.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Best Boilerplate for React Native Expo in 2026: Decide: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 4 min read

Best Boilerplate for React Native Expo in 2026: Decide

The React Native Expo boilerplate decision in 2026: Ignite and the starter field, what a boilerplate must contain, and when generating beats adopting.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo Background Tasks UI: Processing Without Promises: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Expo Background Tasks UI: Processing Without Promises

Build Expo background tasks and the UI around them: the opportunistic-scheduling truth, what fits the budget, honest toggle copy, and last-synced timestamps.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo Managed vs Bare for AI Apps: The Plugin Era Answer: the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 4 min read

Expo Managed vs Bare for AI Apps: The Plugin Era Answer

Managed vs bare Expo for AI-built apps: config plugins dissolved the old binary, prebuild is an artifact not source, and agents thrive where native dirs don't exist.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo OTA Update Force Refresh UI: Restart Etiquette: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Expo OTA Update Force Refresh UI: Restart Etiquette

Design the OTA update experience: silent-by-default apply, restart prompts that respect tasks, the forced path for breaking changes, and honest limits.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo Router: Deep Linking and Nested Layouts, the Guide: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 4 min read

Expo Router: Deep Linking and Nested Layouts, the Guide

The Expo Router guide that outlives versions: file-based trees agents build well, nested layouts and groups, deep links for free, and the gotchas that bite.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo SDK 55 Bottom Sheet Component: The Settled Answer: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 4 min read

Expo SDK 55 Bottom Sheet Component: The Settled Answer

The bottom sheet answer in current Expo: @gorhom/bottom-sheet, snap-point craft, the keyboard problem, scrollables inside, and the a11y floor sheets owe.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo vs Bare React Native for Bluetooth BLE: It Changed: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 4 min read

Expo vs Bare React Native for Bluetooth BLE: It Changed

BLE in Expo managed vs bare: the eject-for-Bluetooth era is over, config plugins plus dev builds run ble-plx in managed, and bare survives for custom native BLE.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026