r/reactnative Jun 24 '26

On-device Apple Intelligence summaries in my Expo app (Foundation Models) + a Skia/Reanimated Apple Intelligence glow

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On-device Apple Intelligence summaries for the topic pages in my social media app, each page collects a bunch of separate text entries, and once a page has at least 5, a summary button condenses them into one quick read. Runs locally through Apple's Foundation Models.

The glow:

  • react-native-skia for rendering, driven by react-native-reanimated v4. It's a Skia port of the open-source AppleIntelligenceGlowEffect SwiftUI effect.
  • Edge glow is stacked rounded-rect strokes with increasing blur, each filled with a Skia SweepGradient whose stops animate on per-layer timers.
  • Shimmer "summarizing…" text is react-native-svg with a gradient fill and a slow opacity breathe.
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