React Native is a JavaScript-based framework for rendering Android and iOS applications. It is preferred due to the ease of development, easy loading, high performance and cost reduction due to its ability to run across platforms.
The most preferred option to make use of React Native is because it saves cost, time, staff and a lot of other resources. This technology adopts some of the modern and traditional methods for the development of a cross-platform or hybrid mobile app development.
React Native (RN) has pre-defined libraries, programming dialects and code structure that makes it flexible enough to gel up with any new technology for cross-platform app development.
It prohibits the need to re-compile the entire application after making any changes. In case two windows are opened simultaneously, one for UI and another for coding, then, any changes done in the code window will reflect in UI directly and can be seen live. This is made possible via Hot reloading and live reloading feature.
Some famous applications that are making use of React Native are Skype, UberEats, Tesla, Airbnb, Tencent QQ, Instagram, SoundCloud Pulse, Walmart, Baidu Mobile, etc.
React Native turns out to be a very cost-effective option in case of strict time and budget constraints. React Native is one of the most cost-effective frameworks for those who are on a strict budget and wish to have a fully-functional app with medium to high complexity to run across platforms. Normally, the hourly charges range between $15 to $25 in India. These figures vary according to the following factors:
React Native does not mean we should use Javascript for everything. Other way around, React Native also does not mean we shouldn’t use Native for anything. Coding React Native is 33% times faster than Swift. Developing an app in both Android as well as in iOS at the same time will require two teams and at least 2 months, that will work concurrently on each platform, for an app of medium complexity. Although React Native lacks certain wrappers for some native modules, and find a ready npm package to solve your problems, there are chances that developers will have to build the required module yourself or hack some existing libraries to reach the expected result.
Writing applications in React Native saves a lot of development time and effort as it becomes easy to scale the application for multiple platforms.
As with few native technologies that were quite prominent a few years back like Ionic, Cordova, and PhoneGap that used to be perfect and cost-effective options for native app development, React native turns out to be an effective alternative to come up to user’s expectations for accessing multiple devices.
Thus, better performance, better user interface feel and better community support remain three major determining factors as social proof for React Native’s reliability across platforms.
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Neeti Kotia is a technology journalist who seeks to analyze the advancements and developments in technology that affect our everyday lives. Her articles primarily focus upon the business, social, cultural, and entertainment side of the technology sector.
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