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Yes, the React Native platform runs on Apple TV and Android TV! This site summarizes the current state of the platform.

Main repo

React Native support for Apple TV and Android TV is maintained in a community repo and published in the react-native-tvos NPM package.

Latest version

react-native-tvos@0.73.6-0 (based on the core 0.73.6 release)

Release notes

Documentation and Presentations

• React Native TV README doc
• Building Expo apps for TV
• Expo blog post on TV
• Expo live video presentation on TV

Older documentation and presentations

• Introductory article on React Native for TV
• Video of talk given at SF ReactJS meetup in February 2018
• Podcast on React Native for Apple TV
• Video of talk given at Chain React 2017

Samples and Demos

• Demo of many of the TV-specific APIs for Apple TV and Android TV
• The Ignite boilerplate ported to TV
• Project originally written in 2017, containing presentation and demos (Apple TV only)

React Native apps shipping on the Apple TV App Store

• Unsplash for Apple TV
• Photoframe for Apple TV
• NFL (National Football League)
• Royal Opera House Stream

Github links

• Open issues
• Open pull requests
• Release notes
• Code for latest release branch

Other implementations of React for TV platforms

• React TV (for WebOS and low-memory TV platforms)
• ReNative (for many TV platforms, including Apple TV and Android TV)

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