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Show HN: Build, run and share React Native apps in your browser

124 points by jozan 11y ago

OliC 11y ago
We've gone full circle!
axx 11y ago
Really cool idea, hope to see more examples! :)
- jozan 11y ago
  We have plans to add more examples and complete apps as well in the future. Support for Android will come later, also landscape mode for simulator etc.
grrowl 11y ago
One day there'll be a collection of React-Native view components which output HTML/DOM, and it will be a terrible, fantastic, horrible day.
- cheeaun 11y ago
  https://github.com/KodersLab/react-native-for-web https://github.com/KodersLab/react-native-for-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web
  - morley 11y ago
    As dumb as that sounds, it's not entirely without merit. React Native's direct goal isn't write-once-run-anywhere, it's write-once-write-anywhere. That's a good goal for a place with as many engineers as Facebook does, but smaller teams might place more importance on write-once-run-anywhere.
- iLoch 11y ago
  Because why not, right? https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web
joseraul 11y ago
Looks like this React Native showcase is built with Angular!
- jozan 11y ago
  Backend is powered by Rails. The editor is React app and the site is partly using React components.
joshcrowder 11y ago
This has come along way in the last six months! Great work guys :)
- jozan 11y ago
  Thanks! We have worked quite a lot in the past month to push this out. Special thanks to Joshua who has done the groundwork with others. He's a great guy and it's been pleasure to work with him.
beefsack 11y ago
Would love to see the ability to build Android apps too now that Android support has been released.
- jozan 11y ago
  We're working on getting Android support along with other devices (iPhone 5/6/6+).
stevenh 11y ago
Were the accusations that React's license enables Facebook to steal your entire project without facing any legal consequences ever addressed? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357
- javajosh 11y ago
  Whoah. I wasn't aware there was an issue. I'd like to get someone from FB to comment on this! Seems like an unfortunate poison pill - and perhaps the explaination as to why FB released all this React infrastructure, as leverage (although I can't help but think that any organization worth suing could afford to port an app from React to something similar).
- floriancargoet 11y ago
  The patent grant has been updated in April. https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-our-open-source-patent-grant/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-ou... https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e42933f6928f231dc0918f864#diff-7373d27f0ea94a5b649f893e20fffeda https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e429...
- idibidiart 11y ago
  The updated PATENTS doc makes it clear: https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS That if you sue Facebook for patent infringement or if you sue any party for patent infringement related to use of (or modification you make to) Facebook "Software" then the license granted to you to use said Software will terminate. Plain and simple. Even makes sense!

124 points by jozan 11y ago

OliC 11y ago

We've gone full circle!

axx 11y ago

Really cool idea, hope to see more examples! :)

jozan 11y ago
We have plans to add more examples and complete apps as well in the future. Support for Android will come later, also landscape mode for simulator etc.

grrowl 11y ago

One day there'll be a collection of React-Native view components which output HTML/DOM, and it will be a terrible, fantastic, horrible day.

cheeaun 11y ago
https://github.com/KodersLab/react-native-for-web https://github.com/KodersLab/react-native-for-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web
- morley 11y ago
  As dumb as that sounds, it's not entirely without merit. React Native's direct goal isn't write-once-run-anywhere, it's write-once-write-anywhere. That's a good goal for a place with as many engineers as Facebook does, but smaller teams might place more importance on write-once-run-anywhere.
iLoch 11y ago
Because why not, right? https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web

joseraul 11y ago

Looks like this React Native showcase is built with Angular!

jozan 11y ago
Backend is powered by Rails. The editor is React app and the site is partly using React components.

joshcrowder 11y ago

This has come along way in the last six months! Great work guys :)

jozan 11y ago
Thanks! We have worked quite a lot in the past month to push this out. Special thanks to Joshua who has done the groundwork with others. He's a great guy and it's been pleasure to work with him.

beefsack 11y ago

Would love to see the ability to build Android apps too now that Android support has been released.

jozan 11y ago
We're working on getting Android support along with other devices (iPhone 5/6/6+).

stevenh 11y ago

Were the accusations that React's license enables Facebook to steal your entire project without facing any legal consequences ever addressed? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357

javajosh 11y ago
Whoah. I wasn't aware there was an issue. I'd like to get someone from FB to comment on this! Seems like an unfortunate poison pill - and perhaps the explaination as to why FB released all this React infrastructure, as leverage (although I can't help but think that any organization worth suing could afford to port an app from React to something similar).
floriancargoet 11y ago
The patent grant has been updated in April. https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-our-open-source-patent-grant/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-ou... https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e42933f6928f231dc0918f864#diff-7373d27f0ea94a5b649f893e20fffeda https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e429...
idibidiart 11y ago
The updated PATENTS doc makes it clear: https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS That if you sue Facebook for patent infringement or if you sue any party for patent infringement related to use of (or modification you make to) Facebook "Software" then the license granted to you to use said Software will terminate. Plain and simple. Even makes sense!