What is React Native

Miroslav Maksimovic
1 min readFeb 23, 2020

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Learn once, write anywhere.

React Native is open-source javascript framework for building native Android and IOS apps. It is developed and maintained by Facebook.
It has huge community with 85+k stars on github.

Create native apps for Android and IOS

React Native combines React with best of native development.
The best thing is that you can start using it with existing Android and IOS projects, as well as fresh start.

Rendered with native code

React Native renders to native UI, which means that you can use all native APIs from both supported platforms.

Cross Platform

Components wrap native code and communicate with native APIs.

Fast Refresh

You don’t have to wait for native build to finish its long “magic”.
See your changes as soon as you save it.

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Miroslav Maksimovic

Software Engineer, passionate knowledge transferer, writer for The Startup, largest publication @Medium with over 700k followers