React Native Introduction

React Native is a cross-platform mobile application development framework that lets you build native iOS and Android mobile applications. It is basically a JavaScript framework used to build a mobile application. React Native is similar to React, but it uses native component instead of using web components as it’s building blocks.

How React Native Is Different ?

There are already hybrid and cross-platform mobile application development framework available such as Ionic, Phone Gap, Titanium and Xamarin etc. All of these framework lets you create applications using web technologies and the application runs over a WebView component.

In React Native, you build the real mobile applications that is not different in any way from the application you created using native programming languages such as Objective C and Java. React Native lets you write native applications using JavaScript in a single codebase for both Android and iOS, later then Javascript is compiled to native code. It uses the same platform specific fundamental UI components such as sliders, switches, labels, and tab bars that gives users seamless experience.

React Native Advantages

Building a mobile applications using React native comes several advantages. Some of them are listed below –

JavaScript :- React Native lets you build fully native mobile application using JavaScript.

Cross-Platform :- React Native lets you write cross-platform native applications using JavaScript in a single codebase for both Android and iOS, later then Javascript is compiled to native code.

Community :- React Native is backed with a large community of React and React Native developers. So it is easy to find help if you stuck at some point while developing an application.

Development Time :- It saves development time required in building mobile applications for multiple platforms.

Cost Effective :- It reduces the cost to build mobile apps for multiple platforms.