That's actually one of the reasons why I like React Native, because I'm hoping that it can be like "jQuery" for Android apps (in terms of jQuery's cross-browser

That's actually one of the reasons why I like React Native, because I'm hoping that it can be like "jQuery" for Android apps (in terms of jQuery's cross-browser compatibility). I'm assuming that the core RN code already contains a lot of workarounds for different Android versions, so we can just use one consistent API via JavaScript. But you're right that it can get very tricky when you want to use a lot of third-party libraries. For example, I thought I would be able to just drop in 'react-native-blur' [1] and everything would work out of the box. I didn't realize that the Android component has been broken for a very long time, so I had to dive into the code and fix it. And then I ended up basically rewriting the whole library for iOS and Android, including the example apps, the README, and even the GIF in the README. But the nice thing is that other people can use it now, and they won't have to go through all of that. The other nice thing is that I learned a ton about developing native modules for React Native, so I don't regret it at all. Just think that you're going to have to implement those workarounds anyway, so it makes sense to contribute them to an open source library that everyone can use. For your video examples, it would be awesome if you could take a look at react-native-video [2], and see if they already include those workarounds. (I would personally appreciate that a lot, because I'm working on a cross-platform RN app that plays a lot of videos.) [1] https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-blur https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-blur [2] https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-video