Re:Why did Airbnb dump React Native? (2021)
by gigel82 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:52AM
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Sorry, just realized most folks associate React Native with mobile. We target that too, but we're mostly targeting desktop platforms (via React Native Windows and React Native macOS) - and in our case antiquated really means antiquated (think old-school custom XML-based UI framework).
Re:Why did Airbnb dump React Native? (2021)
by tomduncalf on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:09AM
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How are you finding using RN on desktop? When I last looked into it (more than a year ago) RN Mac felt a bit lacking. There was no way to do drawing of custom paths (eg SVG) for example.
Ended up using react-native-web in an Electron container to make a desktop version of an RN app, which worked surprisingly well.
Re:Why did Airbnb dump React Native? (2021)
by wingerlang on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:12AM
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I see, in that case I understand it more.
No iOS developer considers Swift antiquated (because it isn't). I'd argue no one even considers UIKit antiquated (middle aged, maybe). Maybe with the exception of brand new iOS developers who has jumped on the SwiftUI-only bandwagon. SwiftUI itself is so new that it barely is production ready.
Sounds to me like you are actually looking for web developers who doesn't want to start learning native, but are OK to do the work in JS.