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by Mc_Big_G
3420 days ago
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One big negative for me so far is that you can't go the last mile (sometimes even the first) if you don't already know a lot about both iOS and Android development. I've written an app with Cordova and never really touched xcode or did anything specific for each platform. Also, every library (addon/plugin/whatever) I've tried to use so far has not been even close to up to date with the current version of RN. Error messages are beyond cryptic. I'm sticking with it for now, but compared to traditional web dev, it feels like coding in quicksand. |
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To me it's actually one of the strongest points of RN. It's not trying to shun away the build/custom native wrapper part in favor of a magical solution; instead, it's giving you full control and full power on how you want things done.
Things like Cordova have been easy and great for simple stuff, but anything that is a little bit different or needs real performance is impossible or extremely problematic to achieve. Not on RN. It can be difficult, as creating a custom native UI requires a lot of knowledge of both native platforms, and a lot of boilerplate. But the end result is superior in every way to what HTML wrappers can do.
Rather than RN being a solution of one-size-fits-all like what some platforms want to be, I look at it from another angle: it still requires native mobile devs with native knowledge, but offloads 90% of the UI/business logic effort to this one universal platform. That's what most no-compromise cross-platform apps need.