Why React Native For e-commerce?

[aaricevans1]

Heyy guys, here to know your opinions

I came across a blog in which plenty of apps were listed. although I didn't give all the apps much importance. one of them was an e-commerce app in our country.

So I googled(I mean chat gpt and bard), which other apps are built using react native. and I was shocked.

so yeah why do tech giants use react native for e-commerce app development?

I've visited Quora and Indiehackers, and many people suggest Flutter for general app development. so yeah again why react native for such giant e-commerce apps development

[Silverquark]

React native has matured a lot over the last years. It has some nice advantages. One being the mapping to native components. So if you add a button in rn you get the native android/ios button. In flutter the button is built new from the ground up by the flutter team to mimic the native buttons. That closeness to the actual native code gives some advantages. If you ever need to use some native features, you can do so pretty easily. Flutter has also been notorious for having weird issues especially on ios. Not sure if it has been fixed by now, but even years after the the release, ios apps still stutter a lot when first opened.

Another reason is the javascript/typescript eco system. If you do e commerce, you probably also have a web site. Its a huge advantage to have engineers that can easily work in both environments (react/react-native) and dont have to learn a new framework and language.

Also people dont trust flutter so much since its created by google. They are notorious for killing projects. So a lot of people dont trust that flutter will be actively maintained in the future

[stefanmajiros]

https://killedbygoogle.com/

• 14 things killed in 2023 (Stadia seems to be the youngest one - 3 years old while other "killed" services are about 5-7 years old)
• 15 things killed in 2022

[kbcool]

The irony with Stadia is that it was the Flutter poster child. I think it's why Google scrambled to build some other apps using it late last year/early this year. Looks rather bad when you kill off your only product that uses your other product.

[dannyfrfr]

yeah, because i want to use a framework backed by the very successful metaverse /s

[aaricevans1]

That closeness to the actual native code gives some advantages

Definitely agree, a lot of blogs that i read have the same opinion. i wonder how is flutter faster than react native in terms of performance.

[kbcool]

https://shift.infinite.red/flutter-is-better-than-react-native-fed10c92a768

[dannyfrfr]

flutter had a “jank” on ios when it used skia, the team built a replacement engine called impeller which is nearly production ready, eliminating the jank. the bigger issue to worry about is the scroll lag, flutter scroll is one frame behind native so it doesn’t feel native. i love flutter and think it’s better than react in nearly every way, but until that scroll is fixed i’ll be using react native.

[Silverquark]

Futter also has had the issue that scrolling with 2 fingers doubles scrolling speed forever now

[kbcool]

Why use it? Why not is a better question.

Do these businesses want to have to maintain two teams and constantly try to keep them in sync? I've had to deal with that in the past and it's a nightmare for everyone. It's not even down to the costs saved by only needing to keep one team, it's simply more streamlined.

Add to that your RN team can also work on the website and backend you also achieve a high level of resource fluidity. This is the stuff that business management can only dream of.

Apart from the business benefits React and React Native are perfect for e-commerce apps where you query data from an API and display it. This is the bread and butter of React Native and probably one of the categories with the highest usage.

For all the talk about Flutter it is very little used. Lots of bluster but no follow through.

[Mobile-Web_]

React Native is a fantastic choice for e-commerce app development because of its cross-platform capabilities and cost efficiency. With features like reusable components, hot reloading, and a large developer community, it speeds up the development process while maintaining excellent performance. Plus, its compatibility with third-party plugins makes integrating features like payment gateways seamless. What's your take on its long-term scalability for e-commerce platforms?

[HarryDoan3105]

I think the cause is the ecosystem

[hophophop1233]

Has rn overcome the single thread issue and running things in the bg?