React Daily: View Transitions Come to React Native

React Native just got a major animation upgrade with the introduction of View Transition support for the Fabric renderer. Zeya Peng led the implementation with over 400 lines of new code, while Jack Pope followed up by enabling the feature in production builds. This brings coordinated animations and smooth state transitions to React Native apps.

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  • Show: React Daily
  • Published: 2026-03-20T10:10:41Z
  • Audio duration: PT3M54S

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Hey there, React developers! Welcome back to React Daily. I'm your host, and wow, do we have some exciting news to dive into today. March 20th is shaping up to be a fantastic day to be building with React Native.

You know that feeling when you're working on a mobile app and you want those buttery smooth transitions between screens? The kind that make your users go "ooh" and "ahh"? Well, today's changes are all about making that dream a reality with View Transitions coming to React Native.

Let's jump right into our main story. Zeya Peng just merged a massive pull request that brings basic View Transition support to React Native's Fabric renderer. And when I say massive, I mean it - we're talking about 422 lines of new code across 16 files. That's some serious engineering work right there.

So what exactly did Zeya build? Think of View Transitions as a way to choreograph your app's animations. Instead of having jarring cuts between different states, you can now create smooth, coordinated animations that guide your users' eyes exactly where you want them to go. Zeya added the foundational pieces -…

Here's what I love about this implementation - it's incredibly thoughtful. Zeya didn't…

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