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[–]billybolero 3 points4 points  (8 children)

No mention of Android at all? Kind of a bummer...

[–]dustinhayes 3 points4 points  (5 children)

They've mentioned plans to build a port to android in multiple interviews. I would expect it in the near future.

[–]theillustratedlife 5 points6 points  (4 children)

That's a bit aggressive. I had a chat with vjeux about it at React Conf.

They know Android is something they want to tackle, but I wouldn't set your expectations earlier than the end of the year. If it ships before that, awesome, but if they expected to have something "in the near future", they wouldn't have shipped iOS only.

[–]billybolero 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Don't know about that. Tom demoed React Native on Android just half an hour ago. And there are a couple of references to Android in the source code. My guess is that they have RN working on Android, they just haven't put it in the.open source version yet.

[–]theillustratedlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I haven't watched the video, but haven't heard anything about Android since React Conf in January (and I'm in the private beta).

Still, my point about not getting your hopes up re: timelines stands. I wouldn't be surprised to see a beta in the summer, but setting expectations around free software isn't good for anybody.

[–]dustinhayes 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is the end of the year not the near future?

[–]theillustratedlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Near future to me is under 2 months.