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Does anyone have any data on platform distribution on React Native apps? (Warpcast would be a good candidate)

I’m curious if the data backs the reasoning to build cross platform vs just sticking with one native platform like iOS or Web

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it's not clear to me what type of data you're referring to, but I think the use cases are very narrow imo

going full react native for everything could save you some development time, but I still believe that react native isn't on par with react for web

it will get there sooner rather than later tho

React Native Developer. Experimenting with consumer apps, building /super mobile.

personally, I don't use react native for its cross platform features, I just like the mental model of react

in fact, my side project apps will only be on iOS because I don't want to deal with Google

as for the ux, after the new architecture, I would say react native is getting very close to a native feel

Yeah I think I would agree. The key thing I was curious about is if I go through the trouble of building on React Native, are the rewards of having multiple platforms at once worth it? If the demographic for my app is 95% ios, why would I care about web and android? Does the platform demographic data backup the issues you might experience while building on a stack that is cross platform? In general I think iOS apps have a much smoother experience (Warpcast is giving that statement a run for its money, its good), as well as building on it vs making it work on all platform.