[iforgot22]

Probably has changed since then, but I remember the RN docs telling me to use Expo. I was wondering the whole time, do people actually use Expo or no. And why is it uploading my code to some website? Soon I had a clear answer; I had to "eject" from Expo to do a prod build or just add any native components. Not a good first impression.

That said, RN was a win in the long run. It was a lot less baffling than the notorious Xcode/Swift/ObjC/UIKit ecosystem I'd used for years.

[robertoandred]

That hasn’t been true for quite a while. No need to upload code to build or submit, though it certainly makes it easier.

[strogonoff]

For what it’s worth, the RN investigation I did was just last month, and impression was not good.

On the other hand, regarding iOS in particular, SwiftUI docs improved a lot recently. I remember them being baffling indeed from a few years back.