The rate at which mobile phone applications are being released is quite high and the trend according to Statistic is estimated to keep rising. This trend can be attributed to the growing number of cell phone users and with this, an increase in global revenues is expected. As the demand for apps keep rising, every mobile apps development company is keen on developing ways to simplify their work. For the big boys in the business league, the need to create apps supported by both android and iOS is necessary to uphold their market presence. The issue here is the duplication of work as the code has to be created twice.

When it comes to developing mobile phone applications, would developers rather use React Native for proven convenience than use full Native?

Codebase

When you use React Native to create an app, you only need to write a single code in JavaScript which is then used on two platforms. This creates a scenario where coding is made easy and cheaper because only a single team is needed to work on and maintain the code. There is a setback though; no single platform can operate smoothly on code that had been originally written for another system. A React Native app developer will be required to modify the code with platform specific code. Well, whichever way you look at it, the 30% saving on labor, time and resources is still worth using React Native.

Coding language

The language of React Native is JavaScript whose base is React.js. javaScript is a popular and dynamic programming language which most programmers prefer to use. With JavaScript the variables can be random depending on personal preference and since there is no use for a compiler, one needs to take extra caution when writing. True Native apps have some restriction on variables so the logic of the code can be predicted. What does all this mean? Well, you can either language to code but if you are not careful a lot of time could be spent on finding a JavaScript error that you could have easily identified if you had used Java or Swift.

App publishing

An app has been completed and it’s time for publishing is here. If the team that worked on it is not experienced in Native, it will be a struggle releasing it. This problem is particularly common for iOS apps because the app development and launch associate with android is much more straightforward. Publishing an iOs app requires that the developer uses XCode to configure publishing related data.

Conclusion

React Native is a framework that allows for the simultaneous creation of iOS and android compatible apps. This sets it apart from real native apps that require developers to create for different platforms from different locations. The popularity of Real Native is growing fast and especially because platforms like Facebook, SoundCloud, Uber, Pinterest, Instagram and Skype have been rewritten in React Native. React Native is much more effective compared to Native but only if used by experienced coders.