What is React Native and what is it for?

Companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram, and Tesla have adopted this tool to develop their applications, and for this reason, React Native is one of the most popular frameworks at the moment.

React Native is an open-source technology developed by Facebook to create native and cross-platform mobile applications from the same code base written in JavaScript and React.

What does this mean? That solves the typical problem of creating an app that can be run on both Android and iOS, without having two separate projects in two programming languages, something that has become typical in app development.

React Native allows you to create mobile applications using React but it is not the same as React for the web but rather a React focused on apps, this means that when you develop, although you can use many React concepts such as components, state managers and others, You will no longer be using HTML elements, but now you will be using them with native mobile interface elements.

Main features of React Native

• Written in JavaScript: rendered with native code.
• React Native allows you to build truly native apps and doesn't compromise your user experiences.
• React components wrap existing native code and interact with native APIs through React's declarative UI paradigm and JavaScript.
• See your changes as soon as you save. With the power of JavaScript, React Native lets you iterate at lightning speed.