Category: 1. Advantages

React Native is an open-source platform that allows developers to contribute their knowledge to the framework’s development, freely accessible to all. If a developer experiences a problem, they can turn to the community for support. As of November 2022, there were over 120,000 active questions on the React Native tag on Stack Overflow, some with several dozen…

We ran a test and compared two versions of a simple application written in both React Native and Swift. The two apps achieved very similar performance results and the differences were almost unnoticeable. Nevertheless, to accomplish as good results as in native, the devs have to put extra attention to the JavaScript code.

Native development requires two separate teams for each mobile platform: one for Android and one for iOS. Having two teams working separately towards the same goal might be difficult, since projects may lack consistency if not managed properly. React Native allows one team to work on multipurpose code, using only devs with detailed native skills…

This feature provides an excellent developer experience: it implements changes in the code in real-time without a need to reload the entire app. Thanks to this, building new features or bug fixing is less time-consuming and improves devs’ work efficiency.

Building apps with RN is convenient, as it allows to reuse the codebase (or parts of it) between multiple platforms. This applies mostly to mobile environments but also to websites and computer or smartTV operating systems. Developing with JavaScript provides an opportunity to share the codebase with React web applications. As a result, the same…

Over-the-air updates are another benefit that comes with React Native app development. They allow you to introduce quick fixes or deliver new, small features directly to users. In such instances, you can deploy them without awaiting for third-party approval (e.g. App Store or Google Play). OTA updates are automatically downloaded on the user’s device during…

Most of the devs with React experience shouldn’t have a difficult time developing RN apps, and vice versa. That’s because many ideas and modules in both systems overlap. Thus, devs who are familiar with one of these two environments will require less initial training when approaching the other one.

Cross-platform apps require less time to develop in React Native than in native technologies. That’s because RN provides numerous ready-to-use components which can accelerate the process. The framework is based on JavaScript and gives access to the largest package ecosystem in the world. As an example, we built the very same app with both React…