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React Native

React Native is an open-source framework developed by Facebook for building mobile applications using JavaScript and React. It allows developers to create natively-rendered mobile apps for iOS and Android using a single codebase, leveraging native components and APIs to ensure high performance and a native look and feel.

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About React Native

React Native was created by Facebook in 2015. It was developed to address the need for a more efficient way to build mobile applications using JavaScript and React. The goal was to enable developers to write code once and deploy it across both iOS and Android platforms, reducing development time and effort while maintaining high performance and a native user experience.

Strengths of React Native include code reusability across iOS and Android, strong community support, and access to native components for high performance. Weaknesses include potential performance issues for complex animations, reliance on third-party libraries for some functionality, and occasional compatibility issues with native modules. Competitors include Flutter by Google, Xamarin by Microsoft, and native development using Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android.