What is React Native?

React Native is one of the most popular cross-platform app development framework of today that was built and open-sourced by Facebook in 2015. Code was completely written in javascript using React. This framework delivers a native-like experience by providing natively rendered mobile applications for iOS and Android. It enables the use of a single codebase for building applications.

React Native combines the best parts of native development with React, a best-in-class JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

React Native Features

Following are the features of React Native −

• React − This is a Framework for building web and mobile apps using JavaScript.

• Native − You can use native components controlled by JavaScript.

• Platforms − React Native supports IOS and Android platform.

React Native Advantages

Follow are the advantages of React Native −

• JavaScript − You can use the existing JavaScript knowledge to build native mobile apps.

• Code sharing − You can share most of your code on different platforms.

• Community − The community around React and React Native is large, and you will be able to find any answer you need.