Transition to React Native

Re:Transition to React Native by alexandr1us on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:02PM (#27166927)

I want to write small review regarding replies on this link. I am working as an mobile engineer for more than 8 years now. I have worked on native iOS, Android, Xamarin, Unity, Titanium, Flutter and React Native. Long story short I have never been happier since I switched to React Native and Expo made everything so much better. I am not comparing it to native but I can compare it to Flutter.

First of all Flutter has major performance problems on iOS. Using native views (MapBox, ArcGIS) inside Flutter app has subpar performance. Flutter has weird styling compared to anything I have ever worked with. Styling in Flutter is very unintuitive (ex: Global theme for button width). You can’t OTA update Flutter code. Weird scroll behaviour. I can go on and on but personally I would never use Flutter ever

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React Native bad because Flutter good.

React Native bad because native good.

React Native bad because Y is good.

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Re:Transition to React Native by powerapple on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:32PM (#27167184)

Thank you for the info. I am starting a project and was thinking choosing Flutter or React Native. I have used both Flutter and RN for some small toy projects. I really liked Flutter with fastlane. Does fastlane still work?

Do people actually use Unity for apps? I am actually building an app for kids, Unity can be really interesting for me.

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Re:Transition to React Native by alexandr1us on Sunday May 16, 2021 @08:50AM (#27173354)

I used to use Unity for apps since it made perfect sense for simple game like apps

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Re:Transition to React Native by jpeter on Saturday May 15, 2021 @05:47PM (#27169324)

What was the worst framework? Xamarin?

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Re:Transition to React Native by alexandr1us on Sunday May 16, 2021 @08:49AM (#27173349)

Titanium was worse

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