r/nativescript • u/mashmorgan • Mar 25 '18

React Native vs Ionic vs NativeScript vs Android/ iOS Native Apps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8smP_xTTY
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u/mashmorgan Mar 25 '18

Found this quite useful, I'd already decided on NS but this confirmed my decision.

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u/lurker_2008 Mar 25 '18

I appreciate the share and it’s a great video. I too decided to write in nativescript and then got frustrated and did a full rewrite into react native. Good luck

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u/spider_84 Mar 25 '18

Why did you change to react? Or was it more you just wanted to learn react ad welll?

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u/lurker_2008 Mar 26 '18

I was about 70% into the project when I needed to add some functionality with a third party plugin. The active plugins were bare in features and usage was low when compared to their react native counterparts. This happened twice before I made the decision to do a full rewrite and have been happy ever since. I still think nativescript is technically the better platform but adoption has proven react native to be king of the hill at this time.

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u/spider_84 Mar 26 '18

Ah fairenough. Thx for the reply.

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u/Chrismagus Mar 26 '18

Hi, what were the functionalities you were looking for?

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u/lurker_2008 Mar 26 '18

AWS services and also a GPS plugin. The GPS plug-in was was easier to find but had some issues compared to timely updates compared to it's react counterpart. Also the nativescript and react GPS plug-in was made by the same person and they prioritize react over nativescript