https://starter.obytes.com/ci-cd/overview/

[giscus[bot]]

https://starter.obytes.com/ci-cd/overview/

All you need to know about the CI/CD of the starter.

https://starter.obytes.com/ci-cd/overview/

[elemusma]

How would I know when to use React Native with Expo vs native development? There are two features that I want to add onto an app that I wasn't sure if Expo was the best solution:
1.) Fitbit / Apple Watch Integration
2.) Crash detection

It needs to be cross-platform (Web, iOS, & Android).

Would Expo be the best solution or is it better to build with Swift and Java separately?

[EndLess728]

Is there any guide? I don't want to use tailwind css for my project. How can i completely remove it and use unistyles instead.

[bqfan]

I have tried many starters and found Obytes Starter is one of the best. However, it is not very friendly with React Native beginners as it only provides dozens of UI components. To use other UI components, you have to construct them by yourself.

To solve this problem, I have integrated gluestack-ui v2 and MaterialIcons into Obytes Starter, and it seems work well.

Here is the repository:
https://github.com/bqfan/react-native-template-obytes

[bqfan]

With gluestack-ui v2 and MaterialIcons, developers can easily add new UI components from gluestack-ui v2 and icons from MaterialIcons!

[aguang2024]

Hi, thank you very much for providing such a good project template. It is very good in all aspects. We are currently using it for development. However, we may not be very familiar with react-native. We found that the rendering speed of page switching is not very fast. Compared with the starter of Expo, there is a significant gap. Specifically, for the same page, there is a significant delay in switching tabs. What is the possible reason? We suspect that it is because of the use of nativewind, or there are too many components nested in [Providers] in the [_layout file]? Looking forward to your reply.

[Abramovick]

I also found the speed to be super slow.

[MOHAMED-LAAGUILI]

pls need help cant find a fix solution for
"gradle build failed with unknown error. see logs for the run gradlew in expo"
i finished the app when i uplaoad it to eas expo site all checks are ok but on garadle i get that error

[mhbt]

Hey! fam. We've actually built SEK specifically to address the pain points, especially around speed, design and AI first workflow.

What we do differently:

Pre-configured & tested - No Gradle headaches. Ship-ready setup.

AI-native stack - NativeWind + TypeScript scaffold designed for Cursor, Claude Code, and V0. Your AI works with your code, not against it.
Complete guides - Step-by-step from kit download to Firebase/Supabase setup to maintaining production apps. Not just boilerplate but an opinioted minimal system that you can use to bootstrap and dive right into code and design of the app.

B2C focus, Built for consumer apps with monetization patterns baked in. Very light-weight, I am sure you will love it 💖.

If you prefer different approaches:

Ignite (Infinite Red) is battle-tested and works for both Expo and bare React Native. If you need maximum flexibility with native modules or prefer a CLI-driven approach, it's excellent—they've been shipping this since 2016. infinite

Starter Obytes is solid if you want comprehensive enterprise-grade patterns and testing depth.

We focus on speed + AI tooling. Check it out: SEK - AI first React Native Starter Kit .

Learn More at: Getting Started with SEK