Boss knows that building a release version of the app we are working on takes like 20 minutes, and they need 3 different apks for separate apis.

customer to boss: so, when will you send the apks?
boss while smiling: yeah, like 10 minutes

Why is it that every library has some kind of an "example", but every time I need a more complex one, there are exactly zero

The sad reality

Facebook: Ok, so we have this really cool idea for native Android and iOS app with React
Devs: Nice!
Facebook: Its gonna take away the need to work with native code!
Devs: Great!

*Reality comes in*
Reality: To make anything work you need to modify native code and use more hacks than there are useless npm packages