--- title: "State Management in React Native" description: "Get a broader perspective on state management in React Native by listening to our experts discuss libraries like Redux, Mobx, XState, and Jotai." url: https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/state-management-in-react-native updated: 2026-10-24T08:39:43.851Z --- # State Management in React Native Get a broader perspective on state management in React Native by listening to our experts discuss libraries like Redux, Mobx, XState, and Jotai. _Guest: Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska, Software Engineer @ Callstack · Host: Łukasz Chludziński, Engineering Manager @ Callstack · Published 2023-01-25 · Duration 01:01:51 · Category: React Native_ Listen: [YouTube](https://youtu.be/cgv3mWMoTG4) · [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tqFyM50r7UbHJZjWAr7jr?si=NnEkeF-ERQOJmKrnMrvsjA) · [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-management-in-react-native-the-react-native/id1525543072?i=1000596445377) · [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/user-985069846/state-management-in-react-native-the-react-native-show-podcast-ep-19?si=6d937ebedd0a41cab56b6cc48a72f8bc&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing) Łukasz and Ola team up to discuss state management in React Native applications. As there’s no magical formula for handling it, don’t expect straightforward direction or easy answers. ## State Management in React Native - An overview of state management in React & React Native apps - A deep-dive into state management libraries based on different philosophies, including Redux, MobX, XState, Jotai, and React Query - An insight into how Ola compared these libraries when writing _Simplifying State Management in React Native_ - A few words of the book-writing process as seen by Ola ### State management libraries New state management libraries keep appearing, so choosing the one that best suits your project and taste may be challenging. We hope to help you make this decision and get a broader perspective on state management in React Native by having Ola and Łukasz discuss the following aspects of a few libraries: - The people behind them - The category they belong, e.g. flux vs. proxy vs. atom, mutable vs. immutable, battle-tested vs. experimental - How they work and what it means to the developer ## Resources for mastering State Management in React Native - [Dan Abramov’s Fundamentals of Redux Course](https://egghead.io/courses/fundamentals-of-redux-course-from-dan-abramov-bd5cc867) - Michel Weststrate’s course [Manage Application State with Mobx-state-tree](https://egghead.io/courses/manage-application-state-with-mobx-state-tree) - Michel Weststrate’s course [Manage Complex State in React Apps with MobX](https://egghead.io/courses/manage-complex-state-in-react-apps-with-mobx) - [State explosion](https://statecharts.dev/state-machine-state-explosion.html) - [Daishi Kato’s course on Mobx](https://egghead.io/courses/manage-application-state-with-jotai-atoms-2c3a29f0) - [Dominik Dorfmeister’s blog about React Query](https://tkdodo.eu/blog/practical-react-query) Insights ## Learn more about React Native Here's everything we published recently on this topic. [View all](https://www.callstack.com/insights) - [Same Destination, Different Roads: Migrating a Live App at Scale](https://www.callstack.com/events/same-destination-different-roads-migrating-a-live-app-at-scale) (Oct 8 · Talk): Łukasz Chludziński compares Greenfield and Brownfield approaches to migrating a live app, weighing continuity, delivery speed, cost, and risk. - [Building a Modern Navigation Library: The Hard Parts](https://www.callstack.com/events/building-a-modern-navigation-library-the-hard-parts-2) (Oct 7 · Talk): At reactCon, Satyajit Sahoo explores the design choices behind React Navigation 8 and the challenges of creating a navigation library that works across platforms. - [JSX to Live Activity: The Story of Voltra](https://www.callstack.com/events/jsx-to-live-activity-the-story-of-voltra-react-native-connection-2026) (Sep 24 · Talk): Szymon Chmal will show how Voltra brings iOS Live Activities and widgets to React Native without requiring developers to write native UI code. - [Building a Modern Navigation Library: The Hard Parts](https://www.callstack.com/events/building-a-modern-navigation-library-the-hard-parts) (Sep 24 · Talk): Satyajit Sahoo will share the decisions and trade-offs behind React Navigation 8 and building a modern cross-platform navigation library. - [VisionCamera V5 With Marc Rousavy](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/visioncamera-v5-with-marc-rousavy) (Aug 4 · Podcast): Marc Rousavy joins Mike Grabowski to unpack VisionCamera v5, Nitro Modules, the constraints API, migration work, and what changed for React Native camera apps. - [From JSX to SwiftUI: How Voltra Powers iOS Live Activities](https://www.callstack.com/events/from-jsx-to-swiftui-how-voltra-powers-ios-live-activities) (Jul 9 · Talk): See how Voltra lets React teams build iOS Live Activities and Dynamic Island UIs without Swift by translating JSX into SwiftUI under tight native limits. - [Redraw for Effects Beyond Skia](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/redraw-for-effects-beyond-skia) (Jul 1 · Podcast): William Candillon talks about where Redraw fits next to Skia, from physics-based rendering to camera effects, AR, and new UI patterns. - [Less Boilerplate, More Type Safety: React Navigation 8's Typed Hooks](https://www.callstack.com/blog/less-boilerplate-more-type-safety-react-navigation-8s-typed-hooks) (Jun 29 · Article): React Navigation 8 improves typed hooks with screen-aware types, less boilerplate, and fewer unsafe casts in shared UI and nested navigators. - [KLJS x React Universe Meetup, Kuala Lumpur](https://www.callstack.com/events/kljs-x-react-universe-meetup-kuala-lumpur) (May 5 · Meetup): Join Callstack and Ryt Bank on May 5 in-person for a React Universe meetup with practical talks for engineers working with React and React Native in production.