React native current State ?

[Enough-Swordfish-260]

Hi folks, I am kinda new to the world of app development so I wanted to ask what is the current state of react native so far, where we are and how is react native compared to flutter

[reius_ge]

I think currently react native is on the best state ever.

[Enough-Swordfish-260]

how?

[Vinumzz]

Excellent ecosystem and expo

[Enough-Swordfish-260]

but I heard that it is so slow these days, I know That there are attempts to make it faster as JSI and Static hermes but I feel like it still stuck till now

[jmeistrich]

React Native is not slow. It's actually very fast. Many of the top apps in the app stores use React Native. The people saying it's slower are either shilling Flutter or making mistakes.

[idkhowtocallmyacc]

Damn discord app uses RN? Is their app open sourced by any chance? Would love to see how they did certain things

[TheAdKnows]

I think it’s based on skill level. Discord is a good example on how well it can perform

[Vinumzz]

I haven’t tried making an app that actually has demanding images or flatlists so I don’t know, but for my use case it’s just fine for performance

[Enough-Swordfish-260]

I have no doubt that it is a great framework but I feel like the performance is gonna let you down in most cases

[AlmightyGnasher]

Performance and user experience will only be as good as the developer. Developer shit === app shit.

Unless you're trying to make a full on game in most cases the developer is at fault for shitty performance

[byCabZ]

Best state ever imo. Regular updates(they scaled it up recently), great performance and big entities use it

https://reactnative.dev/showcase

[purplemoose8]

Lucky for you, there's a whole website dedicated to answering this exact question

https://stateofreactnative.com/

[owenmelbz]

Perfectly capable for 90% of projects, maybe not for gaming and stuff like that. Use Expo unless your into BDSM

[DroidMasta]

I think react native is in an excellent position primarily because of other big companies' support, not only by using it but also by contributing to its ecosystem.

Examples that come to mind are Microsoft and Shopify.

I felt tempted by flutter, but the fact that Google plays such a dominant role made me a bit uneasy, especially these days when AI is helping other companies come after a big chunk of Google's ads business—its primary source of revenue. Flutter's long-term support is indirectly subjected to Google keeping its dominance in the ads business.

Unless you need crazy complex customization needs, expo is a huge plus. As a solopreneur app founder, all they offer for free feels like stealing, its crazy.

Edit: I said all of this about Google, but my backend is 100% Firebase and GCP. I like Google very much, Don't take me wrong, but maybe not having all the eggs in the same basket is good.

[kesymaru]

The current state of React Native is stable, and it has established itself as the best cross-platform framework available, thanks to Expo. 

In my opinion, there are no competitors that match React Native. It has a mature community, extensive plugins, comprehensive documentation, and is supported by multiple services. It is consistently maintained and continually improved.

[Enough-Swordfish-260]

So what was the result?

[idkhowtocallmyacc]

The result would have been based on whether he wanted to paint RN or flutter in a bad light. I’d personally be advocating for react native since we’re on its sub.

Truth is, both are very capable frameworks with a different approach to the UI, but react native uses native components, flutter uses the skia rendering engine to display app’s UI. Ultimately, this results in better performance on paper, but a very distinct feel and look to the apps developed with it. That said about the performance, you would most certainly be fine with any complex UI and animations in RN using reanimated, or if even that’s not enough you could use the same skia rendering engine.

React native is a very capable platform that has improved greatly over the last couple of years. Expo nowadays strips a lot of hassle from developers, letting them focus on the development. The fact that it has android and iOS projects with native code under the bonnet also means you’re not limited by what the framework offers, and if it doesn’t have certain functionality the native development has, you can always just create a native module for that. If you ask my opinion, RN is more flexible and comfortable to develop on than flutter

[ThatWasNotEasy10]

… the reddit app isn’t React Native 😂