A while ago, I started experimenting with an idea.

I wanted to see how much of a React Native application could be safely changed after the app was already built and installed, without having to rebuild the application and ship another binary for every supported change.

After a lot of work, I finally have the MVP running.

The video is a complete demonstration of the current workflow on a real Android device.

The application is built with a runtime that interprets a versioned schema. I can make supported changes to the application, commit them, and push a new version. The installed app receives the new schema and renders the changes without rebuilding or reinstalling the application.

This is not meant to replace normal app releases. Changes to native code, permissions, SDKs, or anything the installed runtime doesn't understand would still require a new build.

What I'm trying to explore is whether the parts of an application that change frequently can be maintained through a runtime instead of sending every change through the complete deployment pipeline.

So far, I've been the only person using it, which is obviously a problem. I built the system, so I already know how everything is supposed to work.

I need developers who haven't seen it before to use it and find the things I'm missing.

I'm looking for a few React Native developers who would be willing to actually try the MVP, build something small with it, and tell me where the experience breaks down. I'm not charging anything. I also don't expect anyone to move an existing production app onto an experimental runtime. I just want to see whether someone other than me can use this successfully and whether the idea is genuinely useful.

If you're interested in testing it, leave a comment and I'll reach out.

And even if you wouldn't use it, I'd still like to know what would stop you from trusting an architecture like this in a real application.

I built a runtime that lets me update an installed React Native app without rebuilding it. Looking for developers to test whether this actually holds up.