TV Apps with React Native

Did you know you can build TV Apps with React Native? Check out how to get started in minutes and deploy your React Native app to Apple TV!
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[@asyncrohan]

This is good to see my own streaming app on tv 😅 , my family will proud on me 😂😂

[@galaxies_dev]

It feels magical

[@douglowder]

Hi thanks for the great tutorial! I'm the maintainer of react-native-tvos and the author of with-router-tv template and Expo TV config plugin, and we at Expo really appreciate this :)

[@galaxies_dev]

Thank you for your incredible work Douglas ❤️

[@giolaq]

I just build a tv app with a customized drawer using your video about expo drawer 😊 😎

[@galaxies_dev]

Niiiice!

[@FaysalBDev]

would be amazing to learn more with one of your existing examples, especially with big lists because the specs of tvs are way less than mobile devices, also would love to learn how to deploy it to lg devices with the webos cause I know it is possible I just don't know how to do it, and couldnt find any resource for that! Thank you

[@galaxies_dev]

Thanks for the ideas!

[@neversonkawana2395]

Always spot on, man🔥🔥🔥

[@galaxies_dev]

Thank you!

[@MrAlao675]

This is awesome.

[@galaxies_dev]

Thank you!

[@icegoesnice]

I'm freakin grateful for every video you drop ✊🏾Thanks!!
Your consistency helps me to keep up mine 😁🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@galaxies_dev]

I appreciate that!

[@richards16]

How did you use live reload on your Apple TV??
Great video!

[@douglowder]

Fast refresh and most other RN debugger features work the same on TV as on the phone :)

[@galaxies_dev]

Same as with an iOS device!

[@viewfavorites]

Is there a way for apple watch with react-native?

[@eliasgarcia1146]

I want to know the same

[@galaxies_dev]

Of course there is! Will see what I can do 💪

[@nro337]

great video!

[@galaxies_dev]

If you enjoyed it, maybe you can share the channel with your RN colleagues ✌️

[@gerardocalia3052]

I can’t find a list of tv manufacturer supported by expo

[@favournjoku7594]

The video shows it builds apps for tv os from apple and tvs running on android. It doesn't say anything about other tvs that run linux or some custom os

[@ricardocalixto4472]

What about android TV?

[@douglowder]

Android TV is fully supported with Expo and the React Native TV repo!

[@inigocilveti3287]

I've had to make a tv app for androidtv, tvos and samsung (tizen), I used Renative, a wrapper around react native that covered tv and such. Worst developer experience of my life, wouldn't recommend getting into tv app development.

[@douglowder]

This is up to date with the latest Expo packages and React Native core APIs, and will give you a MUCH better experience for Apple TV and Android TV.

[@andreaslautenschlager3388]

Using a fork of react-native? This is somehow a no go for me...

[@galaxies_dev]

It comes with a cost, maybe only keep the TV part in a project and have a separate project for native apps

[@douglowder]

The fork is continuously kept up to date with the code from RN core, and supports both TV and mobile devices. The Expo doc for TV shows how to use prebuild to regenerate the native ios and android directories for either TV or phone.