Mobile·12 min read
React Native lists that survive real data
Recycling, item types, and the myths around FlashList.
Your list is fine with twenty mock rows. Production dumps four thousand heterogeneous cells, images, and sticky headers. Then everyone blames React Native.
Lists fail when item types multiply, heights are guessed wrong, and images decode on the UI thread.
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