Does React Native support Web and Desktop targets?
I would like to build the main version of app as mobile.
Would it be possible to compile the same mobile app, maybe with minor modifications for Web and Desktop?
The user experience for the secondary use cases - Web and Desktop doesn't matter much, I need just the app more or less in a working state and it will be enough. Does React Native allows that?
For Web, you can use react-native-web
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Can you please help with this.
I am trying to develop mobile and web apps using react native with single code base for web, android and ios. Can we Develop Web and Mobile Application with single code base by using React Native?
The simple answer is yes. However, there are a lot of caveats that you could encounter along the road with certain device requirements and functionality where you may have to write conditional code, but it could still stay in the same codebase.
The easiest way to get started is by using Expo (https://expo.io), which would let you get started with a project that could be run on Android, iOS, and the Web (via React Native Web) all with very minimal setup on your part.
I am wondering if it is possible to integrate TWA (Trusted Web Activities) into an existing React Native project. This way I could have a section in my app where costumers can use my PWA inside my app. As fallback for iOS I would use something like their WebView. If it is possible, how would I go about implementing it?
In short, yes, it is possible to integrate Trusted Web Activity into a React Native App.
You'd need to create an Android Native Module that wraps Android Browser Helper into a React Native API. Since you want to use the Trusted Web Activity as part of your app, you will probably be looking into wrapping TwaLauncher.
Then, you will need to implement a module for iOS, which will have the same API in React, but will use the WebView as an implementation.
It seems someone has already created a wrapper for Android (but I haven't tested).
I am building a language translation flashcard web app. I will have a PWA version on the website and then a native app in the Play Store and Windows Store.. maybe even Apple Store eventually. First time looking to build a native app or pseudo native app.
The app currently uses the Web Speech API and Voice Recognition API in HTML5. These API's have support on Chrome and Android Web Browser. It appears they are in progress for Firefox and some other browsers.
Since the best functionality of the app is built upon these browser based API's..
I am wondering if I choose to use Vue Native instead of Cordova/Phonegap, how is it possible to access these HTML5 APIs natively or is there a native solution?
I thinking about real technical advantages of creating React Native app over web SPA. I figured out that only 1 advantage could be - it's saving and loading data in phone store. Another things like, for example, access to GPS, camera, etc are also available in JavaScript Web. So, that is real technical advantage of using React Native over Web?
Overall, it really depends on what your application is for...
If your Application will be used by mobile users only, then React Native is a perfect solution. However, if you want an application with a Web presence, so users can use it on Desktops etc - then it wouldn't really be suitable unless you did both a Web SPA and a mobile app.
For example, if I were to create an accounting app - which will be used by users on Mobiles and Desktop, then perhaps I'd consider building a SPA which is mobile friendly or both SPA and an App with an API for both.
If you were building a tracking app, which will only be available for mobile - then go for it.
If your users will be using desktop, then you can build it perhaps in React and when you get to React Native you know the react library!
React Native in itself builds both iOS and Android Apps, so instead of creating a 'hybrid' app (which includes webviews) or a native App in both iOS and Android - you only create one code base and build it to your chosen OS. This saves alot of development time. As the community is open source, alot of upgrades happen and there is alot of help online if you encounter an issue.
I want my react native app to detect when Google Maps app is open to show some travel tip. Is it possible?
You can not detect if another app is launched for security reasons. Installed apps can´t listen another apps because they are "sandboxed".
You can only interact with another apps opening it throught your app by Deeplinking or detecting if is or not installed.
It's not a limitation of React Native. All iOS applications cannot access other applications, except to open it or share some resources.