React Native employs the React library. It's exactly the same except instead of using "web components" to construct user interfaces such as <div> and <span> ele

React Native employs the React library. It's exactly the same except instead of using "web components" to construct user interfaces such as <div> and <span> elements, we use native components. For example, the React Native "View" component maps straight onto iOS's UIView and Android's android.view. Check out the tutorial here for some basic examples: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/tutorial.html https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/tutorial.html