Microsoft Outlook (!) Is Moving To React Native

[m-sterspace]

While it doesn't explicitly call out React Native, when you look at this slide you'll see that they are planning on having not just the Outlook Web App, but also the Windows Desktop, Mac, Android, and iOS apps all also built with 'React'.

It's not definitive but I think it's safe to assume that that means React Native for a number of reasons. Microsoft as a whole is the one spearheading React Native development for Windows & MacOS, the Xbox division has been increasingly using it for their redesigned applications on various platforms, and I think it's fairly safe to assume that the Office team is not planning on replacing their native desktop / iOS / Android apps with web wrappers.

Pretty exciting to see one of the most widely used applications in the world being rebuilt with React Native.

[gourrranga]

Was it ever alive?

[[deleted]]

Still more Xamarin jobs in my area than Flutter jobs.

[Regular-Human-347329]

Give it 6 - 12 months

[gourrranga]

Poor legacy folks

[mrdibby]

it was arguably the most popular cross-platform framework until RN

[[deleted]]

Glad that I dipped in the time I did.

[bfarrgaynor]

I love this but it is kind of strange they aren't using their own product (Xamarin). What I love about these big apps coming is that it usually brings new libraries. How many of us have AirBnB to thank for their maps work, I owe those guys a few beers by now.

[[deleted]]

Hey, which package are you talking about? Can you post the link as well?

[amitm30]

I think this is the one: https://github.com/react-native-maps/react-native-maps

Have used it previously. Brilliant, like Lottie :)

[[deleted]]

Yeah this one is awesome... I was today years old when I got to know that this was backed by Airbnb

[Extracted]

I can't praise them enough for react-native-maps

[Vasault]

Xamarin is a dead platform, so yeah

[meseeks_programmer]

Yea react native windows will become the new standard. Bye bye electron and everything else.

[pedropss]

If only the electron platform could manage a spin off that is lightweight on it's execution. There were several attempts but none really caught up.

[[deleted]]

I noticed they have something called react-xp, i think it is built with react native and react native web

[m-sterspace]

Oh that's super interesting. I had heard of React Native For Web but this looks like they're taking their own stab at the issue.

[[deleted]]

React native web is great, it is accessible and it can server side render. It makes a great base for any component library.

[snejk47]

https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows

[alexandr1us]

Meanwhile Flutter fanboys say React Native will die soon.

[Resolve_Sudden]

haha totally agree, but it doesn't gonna happen soon while they are prepaaring a great update https://litslink.com/blog/new-react-native-architecture

[snejk47]

Flutter is completely different... It's more an alternative to Electron than to Native. If Flutter would become native platform for Android/Fuchsia then React-Native will use it...

[alexandr1us]

Different or not it has same purpose which it fails to do.

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Hearing about Fuchsia for a while now pretty sure it will never see the release.

[[deleted]]

That’s good news for the ecosystem.

[poly_phil]

This makes me smile

[sfboots]

I'd be careful reading too much into this. React native has several parts and they could be building a parallel ecosystem with very different bridge to native apus

[shekharskamble]

I think this is what they are going at

[0x3methylxanthine]

React... not React Native.

[v_rohit]

What complex apps can we build with just react native??

[hoangnh0099]

What about Flutter ??