Fast & Flexible React Native Mobile Apps

What is the best way to build your mobile app?

When you’re considering how to approach an app build, timeline and cost are essential factors. Many companies choose to build natively for iOS in Swift and then follow up with a release for Android, written in Java. Historically, this approach has been the most reliable to guarantee a good user experience. This dual build process also requires significant investment upfront and the management of two codebases over time.

React Native Changed Everything

Since its introduction by Facebook in 2015, React Native has changed the way companies approach app development. Everything is different now, thanks to React Native. Developers create a single codebase written in javascript, which controls the business logic such as controllers and containers. A bridge allows the business logic to run on top of the native app platform.

The React Native codebase compiles as truly native apps written in Objective-C or Java. Everything in the UI that users interact with – buttons, text, images, inputs – behaves exactly as apps developed specifically for the target platform. The only difference is, the apps are generated out of a single codebase which is easier to build and maintain over time.

So Very Simple

At Flower Press Interactive, we have seen a growing demand for React Native applications. The platform offers a few advantages:

• It lets you build the entire application (controllers, business logic, etc.) in a single codebase, enabling you to collapse the build timeline.
• React Native exports apps with native code. This fact means that any UI elements an end-user interacts with (containers, inputs, text, buttons, etc.) are written in Objective-C for iOS and Java for Android, the same as if the application was built natively for each platform.
• If you’re old enough to recall using “hybrid apps” from the mid-2010s, which were essentially a “javascript wrapper” this, is NOT that…React Native vs Swift/Objective-C vs Java is undetectable to the end-user.
• When the app is updated over time, changes are made in one codebase instead of two, saving on timeline and investment.

Popular with Top Brands

In 2020 Microsoft migrated all of its mobile apps to React Native. We now see adoption across many major brands, including Facebook, Instagram, Walmart, Discord, Pinterest, Salesforce, and SoundCloud. The list of apps continues to grow.