I'm a native iOS developer, and I'm far more productive with React Native. I can't imagine how anyone wouldn't be, compared to building native iOS and Android apps in parallel.
You also don't get very far with React Native if you only know JavaScript. I've had to write a lot of Objective C and Java for native modules, and I picked up C# to integrate libraries for Windows Phone.
My experience exactly. There's an odd sneer often thrown about re 'knowing javascript'. From what I've seen of this region of the open-source javascript world (react, redux etc), much of it is at least as good and thoughtful code as I typically find in the native iOS and Android world.
Yes exactly -- and the blend of native and non native can be taken to other approaches, but many just look at things like nodejs and think solely JavaScript, even though there is an extensive c++ interaction layer through the napi that can be used to expose whatever you'd like
You also don't get very far with React Native if you only know JavaScript. I've had to write a lot of Objective C and Java for native modules, and I picked up C# to integrate libraries for Windows Phone.