Can we share code between react webapp and react native app and is react-native production ready

Question

We have a stable version of a widget developed with reactjs. We would like to develop mobile version of the same. Is it better to develop with react native and share the code ac

Answer 1

As of today the philosophy still remains as learn once write everywhere. As stated very correctly in other posts, both react and react-native being JavaScript based, with an architectural design approach you can share your business logic.

On the other hand, because of the nature of the hardwares, it is completely normal to have different presentation layers for web (mostly on your desktop/laptop browsers) and mobile (native).

The question asks for a tool that can speed up the development process. For this purpose this github repo named react-spa-jwt-authentication-boilerplate (*) can be used as an example. It shares the "business logic" between web and native versions via a folder named common-logic by keeping exact copies of *.js files. On the other hand navigation and presentation layer differs. It implements a sample authentication process which itself can also be used as a baseline for new projects.

(*) Disclimer: I am the implementer of the repo. We needed to implement the repo for the exact same need of reducing development time between mobile and web applications.