react-native-continued-task is out 🎉 Start a long job, leave the app, it keeps going. iOS 26 + Android, one API. Huge thanks to Marc for Nitro Modules 🔥

@mrousavy By "leave the app" you mean we can quit the app? Or does it need to stay in the background?

Background yes, force quit no. iOS cancels it when you swipe the app away, and doesn't tell your app. So the lib saves a record you can check next launch.

Got it so it seems like expo has this covered already unless I'm missing something

Different tool for a different job. expo-background-task is deferred work. The system runs it whenever it decides, minimum 15 min on Android, and the user never sees it. Great for sync and prefetch. This is for work the user just started and is waiting on. Starts right away, shows progress they can cancel.

Thanks for clarifying and great work!

@mrousavy maintaining tasks across iOS 26 and Android with one API is a big win

Yes, for sure

@mrousavy awesome work bro!

Thanks ❤️

@mrousavy Really nice work!!👌 Will definitely come in handy

Thanks 🙏

@mrousavy nice work Mehdi 🔥

Thanks bro 😍

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Thanks😍

@iamarunabh @mrousavy Nice work!!

@mrousavy How long did it take?

A day or two!

@mrousavy Professional work!

@mrousavy long-running tasks are a big win for user experience, especially on mobile

For sure it is!

@mrousavy great stuff bro

@mrousavy Thanks 😍

@mrousavy great work man no wonder your bounty is so high

Haha, this is so cool 😍

@mrousavy Bookmarked 🙏

@mrousavy Thanks 😍

@mrousavy That's soo helpful. Saved for later 🔥