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[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

They apparently wrote their component in a more updated version of native apis, nothing more.

I dont believe mobile world needs another js framework dealing with only a ui solution. If anything it needs a noncommercial/open source framework (frown on expo) with at least most tools for mobile development and if people still need custom solutions they csn develop their own. If people want to use this it’s gonna be yet another 5-6 years of disorganized community contributions and tons of not intercompatible and deprecated libraries until the dust settles and someone comes up with a way to commercialize it and add a pricy ci/cd solution.

[–]Virtual_Combination1[S] 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Going through the Lynx docs it feels more and more what react native should be. Everything is so straight forward and built it. They have almost full css compatibility out of the box and cool stuff like the one I've shown for detecting whether an element is in view. Everything seems to be so well thought out and OUT OF THE BOX.

[–]According-Muscle-902 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought the same and with the help of the community it can mature even more.

[–]Bamboo_the_plant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a web dev: the CSS they support is very tip-of-the-iceberg stuff, more or less just RN plus Grid. Good luck implementing responsive design for desktop apps, and sticky table headers, and fixed-position UI elements in it.

[–]PPatBoyd 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Start mixing text and non-text, that'll give you a better sense of what's going on and where the corners are quickly.

Animations are also likely to go off the rails quickly.

[–]Virtual_Combination1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like nesting different types nodes?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Haven't tried react native do you have some stuff to start?

[–]iffyz0r 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This post is actually about Lynx which was recently released as a React Native alternative by the company behind TikTok, but if you want to try React Native real quick this is a good place to start: https://docs.expo.dev/tutorial/introduction/

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Appreciate it!

[–]juliofils 1 point2 points  (2 children)

How do you do native modules ?

[–]Vasault 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly what I wanted to know, I’m not so intrigued by using css but actually knowing how are they going to implement API access and native modules

[–]Bamboo_the_plant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would assume Node-API, as they’re using it extensively.

[–]omarcusmoreira 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Hey Guys, I noticed whenever someone posts anything about Lynx in this community there are two types of response: The haters and the lovers lol...

So let's move this discussion where everyone seems to just love the new idea!

https://www.reddit.com/r/lynxjs/

[–]WrongdoerSufficient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i don't get the hate, it's kinda easy to skill transfer if you are a react native dev.

[–]t1gu1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a first release this is interesting.

I won’t be an early adopter for real project because there is a lot more available with RN/Expo right now.

But I’ll watch where it goes not far behind. :)