Thibault Malbranche is a Lead Mobile Developer with 11 years of experience, currently heading mobile engineering at Brigad and driving React Native adoption and excellence. He is a core React Native contributor and maintainer of high-profile open-source projects like react-native-webview and react-native-blur, routinely shipping cross-platform fixes and Android/iOS integrations that improve stability and developer ergonomics. His background spans full-stack work and product-focused iOS development, giving him an ability to bridge native platform constraints with React Native abstractions. At Brigad he scaled mobile delivery while contributing upstream fixes—everything from Gradle/autolinking issues to native animation and WebView deprecations. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic refactors and build-system problem solving that keep apps shipping across devices. Based in Villejuif, France, he combines hands-on code contributions with long-term open-source stewardship that benefits the wider React Native ecosystem.
Contributions:48 releases, 79 reviews, 258 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Thibault's contributions primarily involve modifying the React Native WebView component to incorporate new features and address various issues. They worked on integrating Android-specific functionalities, such as adding overscroll properties, custom action menus, and handling file access. Additionally, the user refactored the postMessage implementation and addressed iOS-related build and UIWebView removal issues, demonstrating a focus on cross-platform compatibility within the React Native environment. These changes include improvements to the component's stability, functionality, and compatibility with both Android and iOS platforms.
A framework for building native applications using React
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Contributions:9 releases, 9 reviews, 24 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Thibault primarily contributed to improving the React Native framework, specifically focusing on Android-related issues. They addressed problems related to scoped package names and Gradle integration. The user also worked on implementing a deprecation warning for WebView and fixed a bug in the native animation, which touched both iOS and Android code. Additionally, they updated the CLI and testing scripts to align with more recent dependencies and address Fast Refresh issues.
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Thibault Malbranche - Lead Mobile Developer at Brigad ⚡️