[Softcadbury]

I'm never touching mobile development and especially React Native again!

I'm a web developer and a few years ago, I had the opportunity to develop a mobile app. What a nightmare...

Among the new versions of React Native or Gradle breaking everything, all the npm packages suddenly not maintained anymore, the virtual phones not always starting or refreshing, the custom code you add to do in Java and Objective C because RN cannot do everything, and certainly the worst, the deployment on the app store.

[k__]

I would do it again.

Mobile is generally shit, but RN made it bareable.

But, yes, much bigger overhead with all the native stuff. I'd recommend everyone to use web tech whenever possible.

[amelius]

Also, why support the duopoly if you can develop for the open web instead?

[chrisco255]

Because mobile Safari still sucks and they take forever to support new web standards.