Breaking through the Browser Barrier (With Expo)

Rosebud is a journaling app designed to support mental health. Initially developed as a progressive web app, it transitioned to a Native app using Expo.

After transitioning to a Native app, Rosebud generated over $20,000 in revenue within 14 days and significantly improved user retention and upgrade conversion rates.

DOM components are a feature in Expo that allow developers to use web components in a Native app with minimal changes, facilitating easier migration from web to Native.

Cedric van Poethe works on the DevTooling team at Expo and presented about breaking through the browser barrier at a React conference.

Rosebud switched to Native to address distribution issues, user engagement challenges, and customer feedback preferring a Native app. This transition led to increased revenue and customer retention.

Expo provides tools and frameworks to ease the transition from web to Native apps, allowing developers to reuse React components and business logic.

Yes, DOM components can interact with native APIs by passing functions that can trigger actions like haptic feedback or push notifications on the native side.

No, Expo DOM components are specific to the Expo framework and are not available for use in non-Expo React Native apps.

While DOM components allow for quick migration to Native, they may introduce performance trade-offs such as slower load times compared to fully native components.

Yes, DOM components can be used in greenfield projects, especially if the team is more familiar with web development, providing a quicker path to app development.