What is React Native and When to Choose It For Your Project? Let us guess. You read one of those "Is React Native Dead?" blog titles and immediately assumed the same. But how could this be when the metrics indicate the opposite? Popular companies such as Facebook (now Meta), Instagram, Airbnb, and Salesforce chose React Native application development for their thriving ventures. While many more businesses intend to switch to this revolutionary cross-platform development framework, there is a lot you should know. In this blog, ● What is React Native? ● React vs React Native - Key Differences ● How does React Native Work? ● React Native Pros and Cons ● What are the best projects to build with React Native (With Examples)
What is React Native? React Native is an open-source JavaScript framework for developing cross-platform apps. It can create apps for multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and Windows, using the same codebase. Facebook introduced both ReactJS and React Native. React Native was proposed as a solution to one of the company's major problems: maintaining two code bases for their app. This would imply a lot of work duplication for an app as big as Facebook. However, React Native provided a simple solution to all of these issues.