Warning: React Native is no longer supported

[boycce]

My colleague and I have attempted to get a basic React Native example working without any success. Here is my process of attempting to follow the React Native example in the Readme.

Example project: https://github.com/boycce/r3f-native-example

/**
 * Dependencies:
 *  - @react-three/fiber    8.18.0
 *  - react                 18.3.1
 *  - react-native          0.76.9
 *  - three                 0.175.0
 *  - expo                  52.0.46
 *  - expo-gl               15.0.5
 */

Steps:

1. npm i expo-cli -g
2. expo init my-app
3. npm install three @react-three/fiber@8 (react 18 already installed from expo init)
4. Copied over the App setup into App.js
5. npx expo start

I then received the following error:

Unable to resolve "expo-gl" from "node_modules/@react-three/fiber/native/dist/react-three-fiber-native.cjs.prod.js"

6. npm i expo-gl
7. I then attempt to start it again and it shows a blank screen on Expo Go on my iPhone

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Incorrect Readme:

If React Native is supported, could a maintainer please add a working example or an updated Expo Snack using React 18

[boycce]

Related #3399 (comment), it seems Expo 52 is not currently supported

[gmenih]

@boycce are you able to get it working in older versions? That doesn't seem to work for me either - at least, when starting from create-expo-app, and then downgrading.