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The question the whole web asks now: what does this mean for React Native devs

gmemstr 7y ago
I bet it's going to stay relatively the same, for now. React Native still works across iOS and Android, which is one of the key features. SwiftUI is iOS only.
- chadlavi 7y ago
  It's my understanding that a lot of the appeal of RN is also that it allows web devs who are fluent in JS to make mobile apps, so I guess that's not really comparable in SwiftUI either.
  - nicoburns 7y ago
    I'm not sure about that. SwiftUI code looks an awful lot like React code. And IMO (as a web dev), it was always learning the UI framework that seemed like it would be the difficult part of learning iOS dev. Data manipulation APIs are pretty similar in most languages, but learning a new UI paradigm is a pain...
    - lghh 7y ago
      Yes, but alongside learning SwiftUI they will also have to learn whatever is going on in Android land because it's not cross platform.
- ihuman 7y ago
  > SwiftUI is iOS only It's also on macOS
  - TheOtherDave 7y ago
    I think it’s on tvOS and watchOS, too.
yesimahuman 7y ago
For the teams that would have gone native if it was easier/faster I imagine it does change the equation quite a bit. Makes me wonder how this changes things internally for mobile teams at Facebook as well. For JS/web focused teams I don’t think it impacts much, just like I don’t think this impacts Ionic developers that much.
- JimDabell 7y ago
  > For the teams that would have gone native if it was easier/faster I imagine it does change the equation quite a bit (Airbnb for ex). Airbnb have always been native, and their one foray into partially using React Native didn't work out: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/sunsetting-react-native-1868ba28e30a https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/sunsetting-react-nativ...
RantyDave 7y ago
I think React Native devs still want to be able to deploy to Windows. Unless I'm really missing something here...

I bet it's going to stay relatively the same, for now. React Native still works across iOS and Android, which is one of the key features. SwiftUI is iOS only.

chadlavi 7y ago
It's my understanding that a lot of the appeal of RN is also that it allows web devs who are fluent in JS to make mobile apps, so I guess that's not really comparable in SwiftUI either.
- nicoburns 7y ago
  I'm not sure about that. SwiftUI code looks an awful lot like React code. And IMO (as a web dev), it was always learning the UI framework that seemed like it would be the difficult part of learning iOS dev. Data manipulation APIs are pretty similar in most languages, but learning a new UI paradigm is a pain...
  - lghh 7y ago
    Yes, but alongside learning SwiftUI they will also have to learn whatever is going on in Android land because it's not cross platform.
ihuman 7y ago
> SwiftUI is iOS only It's also on macOS
- TheOtherDave 7y ago
  I think it’s on tvOS and watchOS, too.

yesimahuman 7y ago

For the teams that would have gone native if it was easier/faster I imagine it does change the equation quite a bit. Makes me wonder how this changes things internally for mobile teams at Facebook as well. For JS/web focused teams I don’t think it impacts much, just like I don’t think this impacts Ionic developers that much.

JimDabell 7y ago
> For the teams that would have gone native if it was easier/faster I imagine it does change the equation quite a bit (Airbnb for ex). Airbnb have always been native, and their one foray into partially using React Native didn't work out: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/sunsetting-react-native-1868ba28e30a https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/sunsetting-react-nativ...

RantyDave 7y ago

I think React Native devs still want to be able to deploy to Windows. Unless I'm really missing something here...