Beta: Universal React Server Components in Expo Router
Blog post from Expo
Expo has released the first developer preview of universal React Server Components in Expo Router, allowing developers to use these components in both native apps and websites for the first time. This preview is intended for library authors to integrate support into their packages and gather feedback, although production exports are not yet supported. React Server Components enable rendering at build-time from a development server or request-time from a production host, offering a first-class solution for data fetching and rendering in React. Unlike web-only frameworks, Expo Router defaults to client components, ensuring offline support and user interactivity while providing fine-grained control over server usage. Developers can render these components by creating files with the “use server” directive and exporting functions that return JSX. The preview also introduces capabilities like caching control, error handling, and the ability to memoize function calls, with the potential for future enhancements like built-in caching strategies. While production deployment is not yet available, Expo is working on automated workflows for this feature, targeting a solution by Q1 of 2025. Alongside these developments, Expo has made improvements across its runtime to support server components, and future updates will focus on library migration, support in the routes directory, and enhanced offline capabilities. Expo encourages feedback from developers to refine this preview into a production-ready solution.
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