Just use platform

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Argues that performance and consistency come from using platform APIs rather than JS fallbacks, and shows concrete results: libraries like reanimated 1.0, gesture handler and react-native-screens move animation and touch work to the UI thread and native view system. Reanimated hits over 1,000 stars and 36 contributors; a new transitions API uses Core Animation on iOS and Android Transitions on Android to run grouped, sequenced and propagated animations natively, producing smooth, reliable animations and solving JS-thread jank.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:59Story
3. 3:53Animated
4. 7:44Reanimated
5. 8:25Reanimated Beta
6. 9:00Gesture Handling
7. 10:37React Native Europe
8. 12:52Adapt to the new
9. 14:00Version history
10. 15:44Android developer website
11. 17:00Android transitions
12. 17:49Layer animations
13. 19:19Transitions

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