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Try it out today! `@react-native-ai/apple` and AI SDK!
With React Native AI, we ship precompiled libraries for the most popular models. This setup is reduced to zero.
What are prebuilds in this context? (Not React Native this time!)
MLC needs its runtime and model libraries compiled before use. Until now, that meant extra manual steps before you could run a model locally.
Always great to see others putting my work to use and sharing feedback! Made my day 🩵
With React Native AI, you can choose the right provider for your use case:
- Apple provider → system models built into iOS
- MLC provider → run any supported model locally
The MLC provider is part of a broader suite of our tools for running AI on mobile devices. Check them all out here and star the repo!
🔗 github.com/callstackin...
It's an interesting alternative: you can mix both providers, e.g. run Apple on-device first while your remote model downloads in the background.
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Unlike the Apple provider, the MLC provider doesn’t rely on system-wide models. It downloads weights for each model you use, which can take time.
What is going on here?
- MLC is an optimized runtime for running different models on iOS, Android, and desktop GPUs
- We download the model weights onto the device
- Finally, we load it into the engine and set up everything needed for inference
Run any model locally with React Native AI and AI SDK ⚡️
We cover the common causes and solutions:
- Reverse ADB port
- Update network configs
- Reset emulator data
Step-by-step here: www.callstack.com/blog/debugg...
React Native on Android emulator showing the red box "Unable to load script"? Here's how to fix it 👇
In case you missed it: all React Universe Conf talks are now on YouTube! 📹
22 videos on everything from UI building and React best practices to deep dives into C++ internals of React Native!
Brush up on the latest before React Conf!
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We're over 700 now! Make sure to star it and drop some local AI experience into your app now that iOS 26 is out!
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You know that @chmal.it is cooking 🧑🍳 with Rozenite. He's in Prague tomorrow doing a deep dive into React Native DevTools.
Ever wondered how they actually work? He reverse-engineered the whole thing and built a plugin framework around it.
Together with Expensify, we're hosting meetup on all things React Native in San Francisco this Thursday! Great opportunity to meet in person and grab your paper copy of Ultimate Guide to React Native!
Link to meetup registration in next tweet 🧵
Thank you Dan for all your work on Bluesky and React Native! I enjoyed discussions on decentralization, I think you did make it much easier for all of us, and moved React Native even further! Excited for what's next for you, and enjoy your family time! I'll try to catch you next time I am in London!
bittersweet news: today is my last day at Bluesky. 💙 i’m very thankful to the team for letting me learn many new things on the job (including React Native). i’m wishing them luck in the improbable — but inevitable — task of making decentralized social media usable and competitive.
Microfrontends for mobile? It always felt like an R&D project—until now.
With Re.Pack & Zephyr Cloud, you can actually deploy them today.
On React Universe On Air, I spoke with Zack Chapple & @jbroma.dev about what makes this possible & how it changes mobile dev.
🎧 Listen here: hubs.li/Q034sJZt0
So, as far as Bluesky goes, I think I will have to split my video up into even smaller chunks 😂
Ooh yeah, we definitely have too much!! @threepointone.bsky.social is on point here, I am closely following his explorations!
