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docs: add building-for-mobile guide - #1640

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Adds a "Building for mobile" guide under Guides, closing the docs gap in #1636: there was no answer to "can I build a mobile app with Solid?" and solid-js/universal (createRenderer) had no mention anywhere in the docs.

Covers three routes:

  • Keeping the DOM renderer — Capacitor, Tauri (WebView), NativeScript (DOM shim over native views)
  • Native views via solid-js/universal — the createRenderer API, with SolidTV and Symbiote Native as production examples

Also notes solid-native is deprecated — flagged maintained: false on solidjs.com's Resources page, per the issue's own data point.

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@LadyBluenotes ready for review whenever you have bandwidth - all checks are green. ☕

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Really good start and thank you for taking this on!

Do you mind expanding a bit on some parts? It still feels like there's only two options for the renderer and I think it would benefit from expanding a bit. We don't need it to explain everything in detail, but providing more context can be helpful for people in helping make decisions.

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Thanks for the review, all points addressed in the latest commit. One question: the custom renderer row now names no example, so readers have nothing concrete to follow. Would you prefer a single link to a working renderer there, or is a Resources entry on solidjs.com the better place for that?

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Ping 🐶

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I do work during the week. I will get to reviews when I can, please stop pinging unless it's been over a week.

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Ok, sorry.

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Thank you!

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LadyBluenotes merged commit c0e44ba into solidjs:main Oct 10, 2026
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[Request]: Cover native/mobile rendering (solid-js/universal) - the docs have no answer to "can I build a mobile app with Solid?"

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