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Re:SwiftUI by gmemstr on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:28PM (#20087292)
I bet it's going to stay relatively the same, for now. React Native still works across iOS and Android, which is one of the key features. SwiftUI is iOS only.
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Re:SwiftUI by chadlavi on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:29PM (#20087323)
It's my understanding that a lot of the appeal of RN is also that it allows web devs who are fluent in JS to make mobile apps, so I guess that's not really comparable in SwiftUI either.
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Re:SwiftUI by nicoburns on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:37PM (#20087496)
I'm not sure about that. SwiftUI code looks an awful lot like React code. And IMO (as a web dev), it was always learning the UI framework that seemed like it would be the difficult part of learning iOS dev. Data manipulation APIs are pretty similar in most languages, but learning a new UI paradigm is a pain...
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Re:SwiftUI by lghh on Monday June 03, 2019 @04:06PM (#20087937)
Yes, but alongside learning SwiftUI they will also have to learn whatever is going on in Android land because it's not cross platform.
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Re:SwiftUI by ihuman on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:56PM (#20087771)
> SwiftUI is iOS only

It's also on macOS

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Re:SwiftUI by TheOtherDave on Monday June 03, 2019 @04:53PM (#20088605)
I think it’s on tvOS and watchOS, too.
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