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I'm using React Native to build mobile games, and I am pleasantly surprised I can just write my own state management and update logic (hack around states and pr

I'm using React Native to build mobile games, and I am pleasantly surprised I can just write my own state management and update logic (hack around states and props) to walk around a lot of issues and get good performance.

Firmwarrior 4y ago
If you hack around the state management and update logic, what is React bringing to the table? Just the cross platform widgets?
- SgtBastard 4y ago
  Those same workarounds could be still be multi-platform (Android and iOS) and if you’ve got any sort of complexity in your business logic you don’t need to implement and test it in JS/TS + Swift + Kotlin, just JS/TS
- redbar0n 4y ago
  the rendering, which could easily be tied into the game loop. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRXJxsvj7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRXJxsvj7Q
mollerhoj 4y ago
Interesting, how are you drawing graphics? Skia?