React Native for Android

The general feeling on HN is that it is better to focus on Native development on both platforms because Cordova hybrid apps have a overall bad user experience. Is this still the case with React Native or is it becoming the most effective option?

Re: React Native for Android

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Post by josteink » Mon, Sep 14, 2015, 5:52 PM UTC

My interest in this when it was iOS only was about >< this big, but now I may actually start skimming into things and see if this is something we'd want to use at work :)

Re: React Native for Android

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Post by clessg » Mon, Sep 14, 2015, 5:53 PM UTC

icpmacdo wrote: post #6

The general feeling on HN is that it is better to focus on Native development on both platforms because Cordova hybrid apps have a overall bad user experience. Is this still the case with React Native or is it becoming the most effective option?

React Native apps compile into native apps. That is, no Cordova.

Re: React Native for Android

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Post by jbob2000 » Mon, Sep 14, 2015, 5:53 PM UTC

Yes! I've been working with React-Native on a side project for a few weeks now. WHAT A GODSEND! Before this, I was using Titanium, which is heavy, slow, and difficult to integrate with. React-Native felt like home.

On a related note; Why is it up to Facebook to develop something like this? Why aren't Apple and Google making it this easy to develop apps? ObjC is a nightmare, 90% of apps out there don't need that level of control.

Re: React Native for Android

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Post by mrdrozdov » Mon, Sep 14, 2015, 5:55 PM UTC

"Today, we're happy to release React Native for Android."

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/42eb5464fd8a...

This comes in time for Facebook to meet its pledge.

http://www.reactnativeandroid.com/