Going native for voice recording

When you build a recording feature in React Native, the obvious move is to reach for one of the popular audio libraries. We did. Then we tried another. Then a third. Every one of them fell over on the same two scenarios: the OS backgrounding the app, and a memory warning while a long recording was in flight. Files would land on disk corrupt, half-finalized, or just gone. Internal state would desync from reality. There was no recovery hook. Once the lifecycle went sideways, you got back a false f