Develop beautiful & engaging mobile apps with React Native

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Why is React Native development taking over?

After Facebook revealed React to the world in 2013, this JavaScript library has quickly become one of the most popular choices for building fast, beautiful and extremely scalable user interfaces. Then, Facebook wanted to bring its solutions and component-based architecture to the mobile world. This wish gave birth to React Native for mobile.

React Native development is a unique way of building mobile apps. It uses JavaScript and various elements known from the original React library. However, the resulting code is compiled to technologies native to the two most popular mobile platforms: Android and iOS. As a result, you can build cross-platform native mobile apps using JavaScript.

Game-changing speed

Cross-platform solution almost as fast as native mobile frameworks

Android & iOS apps in one go

Possibility to reuse most of the application’s code for two most popular mobile systems

Supreme UX

Making beautiful and responsive user interfaces, unlike many hybrid app development solutions

Strong community

Backed by thousands devs and enthusiasts who simply love React and React Native

Flexible architecture

React-like modular architecture that can be used in a variety of ways

Based on JavaScript

Ability to create full-fledged native mobile apps using the language of the web development

While the React Native framework is powerful, providing performance on par with native mobile frameworks, the power it brings doesn’t come without its own demands. In order to build great React Native based mobile apps, you need React Native developers skilled in both React-based development and mobile technologies. React Native development retains a lot of what makes React unique, but it also requires to think in a way a skilled mobile developer would, taking into consideration the behaviour of mobile users, the typical ways mobile apps are used compared to web apps, a different approach to user interfaces, databases, software architecture and more.

One of the biggest mistakes is thinking about React Native as an excuse to forget about what makes mobile development unique and focus entirely on React Native. Without experience in mobile, you won’t make a great product and you won’t solve various challenges that may arise during developing complex React Native apps. It's vital to use React Native components in an efficient, and yet creative way to achieve a native feel for both Android and iOS. You also need to consider scalability when it comes to large mobile projects. To put it simply, you need developers specialized in React Native in particular, not just React developers.

However, when you have React Native developers as good as those at The Software House, you can focus on extremely efficient mobile development. Just like other top brands that use React Native mobile apps, including Instagram, Walmart or Bloomberg. Harness the power of React Native to make the kind of mobile products everyone loves. Take full advantage of React Native's promise to create both Android and iOS native apps in one development cycle, saving up resources for maintenance and development, without compromising the unique feel of neither Android or iOS development. It will only be possible with a top-notch React Native development company.

Where and when should you use React Native?

Mobile applications for Android

Mobile application for iOS

Highly-interactive user interfaces

Cross-platform mobile apps

High-performing applications

When long-term scalability is essential

Mobile applications for Android

React Native development services can be used to develop Android applications that feel and perform in every way as well as mobile apps written in Android’s native language (Java). What’s more, developers can use both JavaScript and Java simultaneously. By communicating with the native SDK and working in the background to bring UI elements to the user, it doesn’t run into many performance problems typical for frameworks that take advantage of WebView.

Mobile application for iOS

The same goes for iOS mobile applications. React Native communicates with Apple’s system native platform to serve ready-made elements of the user interface. It can be used alongside programming languages typically used for iOS development (Objective-C and Swift). Best, a lot of the code written during React Native app development can be used to build both the Android and iOS applications. Code reusability often results in shorter development time and better performance. You can even build a single app and release it on both Android and iOS.

Highly-interactive user interfaces

Just like React, React Native makes it easy to develop interfaces that update in real-time, making for great user experience in your mobile apps. React Native app development provides programmers with tools to create beautiful, fast, and highly interactive mobile app user interfaces that feel in every way native. This is why both React and React Native development services are favored by startups and companies that market to individual users.

Cross-platform mobile apps

Not only can you share a lot of React Native code between your various mobile applications, but you can also reuse some code and components from your React web application. This further improves the productivity of your team. Using the same programming language across your software may also help improve the cooperation between your team members. Today, JavaScript can be used as the foundation of nearly every element of your stack, including backend web development language.

High-performing applications

React Native not only allows you to develop apps efficiently but also doesn’t force you to compromise on performance. It provides a faster and much more reliable performance than hybrid applications or progressive web applications (PWAs). As the React Native environment becomes more and more mature, it finds ways to solve issues that may appear as the app becomes more complex. Its open-source nature makes it easy to find an answer to just about any performance challenge.

When long-term scalability is essential

When your application gets really big, aspects such as state management and performance can become an issue. Productivity may suffer as the level of complexity of the system increases. But React Native is mature enough to have tools and solutions to all the typical scalability issues, including the popular state management library Redux/MobX. It makes it suitable for both MVPs and large ambitious projects. That’s why a development company that specializes in React Native development may be just what you need.

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Head of Frontend

Norbert

React Native Developer

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React Native Developer

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Frontend Developer

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React Native Developer

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React Native Developer

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First of all, we set high recruitment standards – only 5% of applicants are offered a job. Secondly – we take care of developers’ personal growth and motivation. Finally, we keep them effective and well-coordinated.

Lead developers – your team will get one. They are most experienced developers who take care of the right software development strategy and help the team with following it
Interdisciplinary skills – you can easily fill the gap between frontend and backend, and take advantage of our cloud experience
Delivery mindset – we work on business-oriented goals, so you start generating value from technology fast
Effective communication – you’ll quickly feel like we worked as your in-house team. Our process is fully transparent and cooperative. And obviously, everyone speaks English well.

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High seniority level and Javascript skills

Build your technology assets from the very beginning.

Ability to scale a team in days

Start small and scale your team quickly whenever you need it.

Cost efficiency

Since you have one team working on both iOS and Android platforms.

API-first approach

Get beautiful mobile apps that merge with any third-party tools.

Quick start

You can build your development team in even 2 weeks

Native apps experience

Take advantage of our experience from designing native apps for years.

Build Android and iOS apps in one go

Take full advantage of React Native's promise to create both Android and iOS native apps in one development cycle.

Save up resources for maintenance and development, without compromising the unique native feel of Android and iOS environments.

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Building and growing mobile team for WieBetaaltWat

Challenge

WieBetaaltWat used to have their own development team in Amsterdam, but they soon found out that it’s difficult to find the right people locally and compete on the technology market with well-known scale-ups.

That's why decided to built and grew their technical partnership with The Software House.

Client's output

Over the course of the last year, we’ve grown the team from 1 person to 7 people.

During the first week, the new app was downloaded over 20,000 times and now it’s reaching a milestone of 1 million downloads.
Today, it's the most popular application of this kind in the Netherlands.

Client: WieBetaaltWat

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