Mobile Apps
What is React Native?
Quick answer
React Native is an open-source framework from Meta for building mobile apps with JavaScript and React. It renders real native UI components, so a single codebase produces genuine iOS and Android apps. It's a popular choice for teams that already know React and want to share logic between web and mobile.
Because it uses JavaScript and React, teams with web experience can often move to mobile quickly, and a lot of logic can be shared across platforms. A large ecosystem of libraries and Meta's backing mean most common needs are well supported.
React Native suits apps where you want cross-platform reach and a familiar web-style workflow. For features that touch specialised native capabilities, developers can still drop into Swift or Kotlin code where it's needed.
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