Ananthu Kanive
Senior Software Engineer at smallcase
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAnanthu Kanive is a Senior Software Engineer based in Bengaluru with nine years of experience building high-quality mobile and web applications using React, React Native, Next.js and Node. At smallcase he helps a 15+ engineer team deliver products used by over a million active users, bringing deep expertise in cross-platform mobile development and front-end engineering. He has a strong track record of shipping production React Native apps—including maintaining a 1M+ install app—and has built mobile products end-to-end at agencies like Y Media Labs. Ananthu is an active open-source contributor to projects such as the react-native-youtube-iframe wrapper, where his fixes improved autoplay, playlist support and cross-platform fullscreen behavior. Known for tackling compatibility and UX edge cases, he combines pragmatic engineering with a taste for challenging, innovative work. He holds a BE in Computer Science and pairs solid academic grounding with hands-on product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science, 9.16, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science, 9.16 at N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTELittle Rock Indian School
English, Hindi, Kannada
Github Skills (9)
android-webview10
javascript10
webview10
react-native10
youtube-api10
android9
ios9
iframe8
expo8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LonelyCpp/react-native-youtube-iframe
Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
A wrapper of the Youtube-iframe API built for react native.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:20 releases, 10 reviews, 166 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ananthu primarily contributed to the development of the React Native YouTube iframe wrapper. They made changes to the core component, removing default width and height, adding playlist support, and fixing autoplay issues on Android. Further contributions included adding video meta fetching using oEmbed, customizing the webview, and addressing issues with fullscreen webview handling, demonstrating a focus on improving functionality and compatibility across platforms. They updated the readme and documentation to reflect the changes made.
iframe-apiapireactiframereact-native
smallcase/react-native-simple-biometrics
Sep 2020 - Jul 2022
simple interface to verify user authenticity
Contributions:12 releases, 3 reviews, 53 commits in 1 year 10 months
authenticityfaceidreact-nativesecurityauthentication
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