For several years now, React Native has been a hot topic in the mobile development world. No wonder – it took the tech world by storm by offering a way to develop mobile apps for both iOS and Android simultaneously. 

A few years back, hybrid apps built with Ionic, Cordova or PhoneGap were a perfect and cost-effective alternative to native development. However, with technology moving forward, they might not meet users’ expectations anymore. React Native is a good alternative that can save your app from going under.

The first time we saw that we could use React, our go-to front-end library, for building native applications, we were thrilled. The promise of learning React’s paradigm and writing applications for the most common platforms was so exciting that we decided to give React Native a shot.

Still on the fence about choosing React Native as the framework for your next mobile app? We’ve got you covered. We selected and answered the most common questions that pop up when people consider using React Native in a project. We hope this short guide will make things much clearer.

Choosing the right technology for your mobile app is a key decision that will determine the success of your endeavour. When planning a cross-platform mobile app, you need to make sure that the underlying tech ensures stable performance and adequate user-friendliness. On top of that, it must enable you to create a beautiful, memorable UI.

Choosing the right technology for your startup is a daunting task. The decision is even harder if you’re thinking of developing a mobile application – not only do you have to pick a suitable tech stack for your business logic, but you also need to consider platforms for your target group (Android or iOS). Luckily, React Native is here – it’s a cross-platform framework that can help you kill two birds with one stone.

React Native has been hailed as the next big thing in mobile app development. It has been praised for its ease of learning (compared to platforms native to Android and iOS) and for serious advantages over established hybrid tools like e.g. Ionic, Cordova or Phone Gap.

React Native: an open source JavaScript code library developed and maintained by Facebook and Instagram (plus a thriving development community), which allows developers to build mobile apps using only JavaScript. It has been around for a couple of years already.

What is a Design System? Generally speaking, a design system is kind of a guide. It helps development/design teams build products which are consistent in terms of appearance. Basically, its scope depends on the design system itself. A perfect one contains basic typography, colour themes, layouts and of course designed components. These components help development teams to build consistent products in a smooth way. How?

Got a perfect business idea that needs to be turned into a beautiful app? Whatever the challenge, you need a committed and qualified team to make the best out of your idea. That’s why checking the team’s skills, experience and approach, along with clients' opinions should be an essential part of your decision-making process. For all those reasons, you might be interested in making your next mobile application with Netguru. Here is why:

When we first heard about React Native, a framework that enables mobile app development for multiple platforms, we were thrilled. One team, one codebase and the potential to scale an app for iOS and Android using a fracture of resources required in native mobile app development is a great promise. But how does it stack up against the reality?

Mobile applications have been with us for more than 10 years. Within that time, the mobile development market has significantly changed. At the beginning developers were limited to native platform-specific applications which were not able to work on different systems. The growing demand for mobile apps brought new ideas for shortening development time. And that’s how cross-platform development was born. Near-native platforms, such as React Native or Flutter, are gaining ground and offering better opportunities to build native-like experiences. Today, we want to discuss the pros and cons of such solutions.

Choosing the right framework is one of the most important factors when you’re planning a new app. In the past there weren’t many options to choose from, developers were stuck with building native applications, using either Java or Android SDK for Android, or Swift for iOS. Nowadays, there are many cross-platform development frameworks available. However, this means that you have to make an important choice before you pick one. This won’t be easy and you will need to consider at least two factors.

The idea of developing mobile apps using only one paradigm for all platforms sounds a bit unreal. However, React Native accelerates the process of building apps across different platforms, thanks to the possibility of reusing most of the code between them. If you're wondering what this framework is, then we recommend checking out our article: What is react native?.

Since its first release in 2015, React Native has been gaining more and more popularity. Its community is growing, and a lots of people are starting to write mobile applications using RN - including some big players like Facebook & Instagram (obvious ones), Skype, Pinterest, Uber etc (find more here). We decided to gather the top resources dealing with React Native created by the vibrant community within the last few years and share them with you.

React Native still evokes many questions. Quora is a good place to find some answers concerning this topic. So taking into consideration our love for RN and our desire to help others, we decided to answer 10 most nagging questions. Here you can find small pieces of RN knowledge summarized in this handy post.

React Native lets you build native mobile apps using only JavaScript. It uses the same design as React, letting you compose a rich enterprise mobile app UI from declarative components. It basically allows you to reuse your code for writing apps for Android and iOS. “Write once, use everywhere” was one of the most popular slogans for this technology when it came out.

In 2016, React Native was one of the rising technologies giving a great promise to save on development time but also carrying some risks. No one really knew in which direction it would go, whether it would last or become forgotten. We decided to take a bet and invest in the research on React Native. Today, we know it paid off, and React Native is here to stay. Facebook’s framework has been leveraged by big players such as Tesla, Instagram, and Airbnb. Airbnb has recently shared their experience with RN on their blog. After having delivered 20 projects and with 15 React Native developers on board, we want to share what happened over the past 18 months of our journey with this technology.

It’s time-saving, cost-efficient and comes with a set of ready-to-use components created just to make your work easier. Sound good? The JavaScript-based React Native framework allows you to develop a cross-platform application once, and run it on both the iOS and Android mobile platforms.

Every time you want to create an application, you have to ask yourself what kind of OS APIs it needs to utilise and how to do that. Defining a problem-solution fit from the very beginning helps in delivering a top-notch product. Having known what needs to be done, you can decide which tech stack meets your requirements and what are the limitations of chosen technology. Even in programming, there is no rose without a thorn, so you need to be aware what will bud and what can prick.