What Is React Native? Building With React Native (2026 Update)
TL;DR React Native lets you build native mobile apps using JavaScript or TypeScript and the React component model. It ships with Core Components, a modern JavaScript engine (Hermes by default), and a new architecture that improves performance and native interoperability. What is React Native? React Native is a framework for building native iOS and Android apps with React. You write UI as React components, and React Native renders those components using native platform views rather than web views. The result is a single codebase with a native look and feel. ...