"Today, we're happy to release React Native for Android." https://github.com/fac...

vjeux · on Sept 14, 2015

Big props to the person that bought the domain and setup the countdown. It stimulated the team to actually meet this deadline :)

scrollaway · on Sept 14, 2015

What was there before and why? (I'd assume a countdown, but it's not in the web archive)

kcorbitt · on Sept 14, 2015

It was counting down from 6 months. I think it had got down to about 3 weeks before this announcement came. The countdown was originally set based on a comment that vjeux made in a blog post when React Native for iOS was released, where he asked for 6 months of patience from the community before releasing the Android version. the reactnativeandroid.com website wasn't exactly the most patient reaction, but count me among those who are glad that it served to motivate the team to get their great work out the door. :)

juanmacuevas · on Sept 14, 2015

Thank you! I'm glad it dit!

biot · on Sept 14, 2015

What was the context for this? I assume someone at Facebook previously committed to having it available by Fall 2015 or similar?

cocoflunchy · on Sept 14, 2015

It's the 'blogpost' link in this page, http://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/03/30/community-ro...