108: State of React Native for Android with Ryan Salva

In this episode Donn talks to React Native magician Ryan Salva. React native and cross-platform development is typically one of our most requested topics so we kick the new year off with React Native. Ryan and Donn dive into the state of React Native today for mobile development, how it's matured since inception, what kinds of apps are suited to be built with React Native, what kinds aren't, what are the benefits to using React Native, some tips like pushing updates without having to upload to the play store every time and so much more.

Listen on!

Show Notes

• (Apache) Cordova
• React Native
• CodePush
• CodePush moving to App Center
• App Center
• Service workers: an Introduction

Misc

• Expo JS
• nvm
• npm

Noteworthy quotes from this episode:

• As developers, we are empowered to break things; it's our god given right!
• Javascript is a beautiful disaster

Sponsors

• Mapbox Android developers don't have to settle for a default same-map-no-matter-what option in their Android app. Mapbox offers complete map design control, allowing you to create beautiful custom maps to meet the needs of your Android users.

Check them out today at mapbox.com/android

Contact

• @fragmentedcast [twitter.com]
• @ryanjsalva
• @donnfelker and +DonnFelker
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