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Comment by schr3da

To me react native is the only real way to go if you are considering cross platform development besides using a webview and web stack for your UI.

Reason is simple. React Native abstracts only platform away by exposing base components. If you really need something for a specific platform it is very easy to write a custom plugin - so you will need some platform knowledge. I have used flutter as well but must admit it feels not the way as I would like to have - especially the shader compilation if a component gets shown for the first time I feel annoying.

So to me react native is best - but comes with its own pain points like updates...

If you can afford it go pure native and try to write business logic in a shareable language e.g. Rust, C, C++, Kotlin native... and integrate the UI based on the platform.

If thats not an option I recommend react native + if needed custom modules and try to not use too many third party libs.

parent schr3da 4 years ago

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