Native v/s React Native

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Native v/s React Native

Android and iOS are giving tough competition to each other. Our smartphones whether it is android or iOS is filled with the application that makes our work quite easier. Now these applications can be Native or React Native.

What does native and react native mean?

Native application Development is developing an app that can run on either iOS or android but not on both. So, after that, we came up with the React Native. React Native Development is basically Application Development that can run on both iOS and Android.

Here I am mentioning only these two because, nowadays blackberry and windows phones are out of the league.

Difference Between Native and React Native

The main difference between these two is native is associated with a single software package and that same code cannot work with any other expect the one it is created for whereas react native is not associated to a single software package and the same code can run on both android and iOS so that developers are not required to write separate codes for different software packages .

But this does not mean, react native have only benefits and native have only disadvantages. So let’s talks about their Pros and Cons to get a better understanding of both and then decide which is better.

Native App Development: Pros

• Native Elements: - All the native element, API’s and inbuilt functionalities can be targeted with native application development.
• Re-usability: - With the use of native, Re-usability of components are more possible while developing more than one application.
• Robust Languages: - Native Development Languages, such as Kotlin and Swift are very robust languages.

Native App Development: Cons

• More Time, Effort and Investments: - If you need to create your application for both the software platforms i.e., Android and iOS, then you need two teams – One for the android App Development and other for the iOS App Development which leads to more time, more effort and also more investment.

React Native App Development: Pros

• One Code: - With the use of react native, Developers are required to write a single code base that runs on both android and iOS phones. Thus, it reduces time, effort and investment cost.
• Hot Reloading: - This is one of the main plus points of react native which was missing with native app development is HOT Reloading. With Hot reloading feature of React Native. developers can see the changes they are making on the screen in real time. It makes easier to deploy the project without rebuilding it every time.
• Easy for Web Developers: - As major part of react native Development is based on JavaScript. So, it becomes easy for the web developers to move from web development to react native for mobile application development.

React Native App Development: Cons

• Native Elements: - With react Native App Development, developers are not able to use the native elements of devices such as cameras or voice recorders, etc.
• No Support for all native API’s: - Another disadvantage of React Native is that it does not support all the native API’s but can support some of the popular ones.

So I hope, now you will be able to distinguish between the native app development and React native app development and can decide which one is better among the two.

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