Building Secure React Native Apps
When building apps with strict security requirements, developers often default to fully native or brownfield approaches, assuming that JavaScript-based solutions fall short. However, times have changed—many of the security blockers that once limited React Native have been overcome, allowing greenfield apps to achieve the same level of security as their native counterparts.
But security isn’t automatic. Developers must still take deliberate steps to safeguard their apps. By leveraging Expo modules, we can implement critical security features such as secure storage, encrypted networking with TLS pinning, and host whitelisting. Additionally, advanced protections like device assurance, runtime security, and threat monitoring play a crucial role in keeping our apps safe against modern threats—yet many React Native developers remain unfamiliar with them.
In this talk, we’ll explore the essential security technologies available to React Native engineers, demystify key security concepts, and showcase how you can build truly secure mobile applications—without sacrificing the benefits of React Native.
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Building Secure React Native Apps
When building apps with strict security requirements, developers often default to fully native or brownfield approaches, assuming that JavaScript-based solutions fall short. However, times have changed—many of the security blockers that once limited React Native have been overcome, allowing greenfield apps to achieve the same level of security as their native counterparts.
But security isn’t automatic. Developers must still take deliberate steps to safeguard their apps. By leveraging Expo modules, we can implement critical security features such as secure storage, encrypted networking with TLS pinning, and host whitelisting. Additionally, advanced protections like device assurance, runtime security, and threat monitoring play a crucial role in keeping our apps safe against modern threats—yet many React Native developers remain unfamiliar with them.
In this talk, we’ll explore the essential security technologies available to React Native engineers, demystify key security concepts, and showcase how you can build truly secure mobile applications—without sacrificing the benefits of React Native.
Platform Sponsors
Torc is a community-first platform bringing together remote-first software engineer and developer opportunities from across the globe. Join a network that’s all about connection, collaboration, and finding your next big move — together.
Join our community today!
Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.
https://sentry.io
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