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A framework for building native applications using React
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About facebook/react-native
React Native is a framework developed by Facebook for building native mobile applications using React, the popular JavaScript UI library. It allows developers to write code once and deploy to both iOS and Android platforms, bringing React's declarative component-based approach to native app development. The framework provides access to native UI controls and platform-specific APIs while enabling developers to reuse code across platforms.
The key advantages of React Native center on developer experience and code reusability. Developers can see changes to JavaScript code reflected immediately through live reloading without rebuilding the entire native application, significantly speeding up the development cycle. The declarative programming model makes code more predictable and easier to debug compared to imperative approaches, while the component-based architecture allows developers to build encapsulated, reusable UI pieces.
React Native targets iOS 15.1 and Android 7.0 (API 24) and newer, with development supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux, though iOS app building is limited to macOS. The project is actively maintained by Facebook alongside many community contributors and companies in the React Native ecosystem. It is distributed under the MIT license and welcomes community contributions through its clearly documented contribution process.