It doesn’t compile it to JVM, it runs a JS engine, and then passes some calls into the native side over an asynchronous bridge, and the native code then builds

It doesn’t compile it to JVM, it runs a JS engine, and then passes some calls into the native side over an asynchronous bridge, and the native code then builds native views at runtime. It’s a middle ground, and it’s super useful in some cases, and super dumb in others. It’s not a silver bullet, it doesn’t solve all the problems, but it has some good use cases.