[hitgeek]

i'm mostly a web developer with C# and JS. I've tried to learn Swift, Xamarin and React Native multiple times over the last 2 years.

With both Xamarin and React Native there was a honeymoon period where everything seemed so easy and great. But at some point I always hit a problem where there was limited documentation, or unsupported features, and that really hurt my productivity and motivation.

The learning curve for Swift/ObjC always seemed much higher, with a lot more upfront investment required before I could make anything resembling a functional app. The iOS layout system in particular was an obstacle, as well as managing the tooling and dev environments.

If I had a free 6 months, I would just learn full native, but keep an eye on React Native. The dev experience in React Native is unparalleled, and it seems easy to drop down to native code (assuming you know it). Also the ability to easily contribute back to the community with NPM and react-native "link", makes me hopeful limitations will quickly be erased.