Ask HN: Who is using React Native?

What app are you using it for? What platform? What are your thoughts on the dev process and production performance?

We have an app on iOS app store. And I am currently working on another iOS app that will be submitted to app store this month.

Our team consists only of web developers, but we really wanted app that feels native, so we evaluated the tools and came to conclusion that react-native will suit our needs.

I am not well informed about mobile app development in general but I found experience with react-native quite good.

Debugging process is quite the same to web development, open chrome go to sources tab and set breakpoints as you wish. Use CTRL+R to refresh the app the same as you would on the webpage. Performance is OK but generally you have to be more careful than on the web. Implementing `shouldComponentUpdate` can lead to drastic performance improvements.

Writing bridges between javascript and native code is really easy, even for somebody who has no idea about obj-c. So integrating custom third party libraries is quite easy.

I really enjoy development with react-native and would recommend it to any webdev who want to try app development.