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React Native is now open source

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Re: React Native is now open source

#11
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Looks like it's iOS only right now? Can't see any mention of Android in the docs?

"We are also working on an Android implementation which we will release later"

"Later" could be days or years! I'd love to hear even a very approximate ETA...

Re: React Native is now open source

#12
post #7

The first thing I do now on each Facebook open-source reveal, is to check the PATENTS file for the toxic second paragraph, to see if they've changed it. Sadly, no. I can't imagine being able to use this at any decent-sized company with lawyers. :-( https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/PATENTS See for example the discussions at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9111849 (eg. https://news.ycombinator.…

What would you suggest as a solution to this? What should Facebook do?

Re: React Native is now open source

#13

React Native is the most promising cross-platform UI toolkit I've thus far encountered. Congratulations to the team that built / launched it. The reason I'm excited for it: Java promised write-once-run-anywhere, which means you are always serving the least common denominator. React Native promises learn-once-write-anywhere, which means a single team of engineers can realistically build high-quality apps using the tar…

learn-once-write-anywhere

You're into commercials and marketing hype?

Re: React Native is now open source

#14
post #7

The first thing I do now on each Facebook open-source reveal, is to check the PATENTS file for the toxic second paragraph, to see if they've changed it. Sadly, no. I can't imagine being able to use this at any decent-sized company with lawyers. :-( https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/PATENTS See for example the discussions at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9111849 (eg. https://news.ycombinator.…

So I guess you don't use any Apache licensed products at work either? Since the only reason Facebook added the PATENTS file is to keep the new BSD license in line with their old Apache license. http://www.apache.org/licenses/

Re: React Native is now open source

#17

I'm very excited about this, but it's worth highlighting this from the FAQ: Q. Can I submit my own React Native app to the App Store? A. Not yet, but you will be able to soon. If you build something you want to submit to the App Store, come talk to us ASAP.

Oops, this was left over from our private beta. Removed now!

Re: React Native is now open source

#19
post #4

Looks like it's iOS only right now? Can't see any mention of Android in the docs?

"We are also working on an Android implementation which we will release later"

It's taking them a long time since the announcement of the new framework at React conf. They said they would release an Android compatible version soon and still we're waiting for any updates beside the usual cliche.

Re: React Native is now open source

#20

React Native is the most promising cross-platform UI toolkit I've thus far encountered. Congratulations to the team that built / launched it. The reason I'm excited for it: Java promised write-once-run-anywhere, which means you are always serving the least common denominator. React Native promises learn-once-write-anywhere, which means a single team of engineers can realistically build high-quality apps using the tar…

> React Native promises learn-once-write-anywhere, which means a single team of engineers can realistically build high-quality apps using the target platform's UI paradigms.

Since when is react providing any semblance of stability? Javascript is already bad enough of a moving target without an unstable api on top of it.

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