{"id":9982,"date":"2020-05-09T14:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T06:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/?p=9982"},"modified":"2022-12-20T09:48:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T01:48:39","slug":"nativescript-vs-react-native","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/nativescript-vs-react-native\/","title":{"rendered":"JavaScript Mobile Development: NativeScript vs React Native Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For developing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\"   style=\"color:#1e73be;\"href=\"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/recommends\/mobile-apps\/\">mobile apps<\/a> you have a lot of frameworks and with these frameworks, you can develop <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\"   style=\"color:#1e73be;\" href=\"https:\/\/partners.webydo.com\/6wdx17ttbarj\">applications<\/a> that will run on both iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<p>Today we will look at a comparison between NativeScript vs React Native.<\/p>\n<p>We call these hybrid app development frameworks. In spite of many benefits, the biggest issue that such apps face is that they prevent accessing native components.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, instead of native rendering, they depend on the web view for rendering. This is where NativeScript and React Native appear as great solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9984 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nativescript-vs-react-native.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nativescript-vs-react-native.png 800w, https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nativescript-vs-react-native-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nativescript-vs-react-native-768x384.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/400;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the question is what you should choose, NativeScript or <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmarix.com\">React Native<\/a><\/u>? Well, this is why we are here to present a comparative study of both frameworks.<\/p>\n<div class='code-block code-block-1' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7371812982681123\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7371812982681123\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4279787798\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>What is NativeScript?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>NativeScript is a versatile JavaScript framework popular for building native mobile applications that can run on both Android and iOS platforms. The framework allows building an app for both platforms using just a single codebase. Moreover, to ensure native user experience the framework allows access to the user interface, native APIs, and the rendering engines of both Android and iOS.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is React Native?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>React Native is a powerful JavaScript framework built by Facebook that is widely used to develop native applications for both Android and iOS mobile platforms. It is developed using the JavaScript library of the React framework. React is a framework that is already known for focusing on mobile platforms instead of user interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>This allows the mobile app developers to make use of this JavaScript library while developing mobile applications boasting of native user experience and features. Moreover, the framework allows the developers to use the same code for both iOS and Android platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have introduced the two frameworks, let us explain the key differences between them.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Learning Curve<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since both NativeScript and React Native depend on JavaScript code, frontend teams can easily use them. In case the developer team is already versed with ReactJS, they can quickly adapt to the React Native.<\/p>\n<p>In complete contrast, Nativescript offers complete freedom to write the application code in their preferred JavaScript frameworks. They can use an array of combinations such as NativeScript + Angular, NativeScript + Typescript, NativeScript + VueJS, etc. But in the case of first-timers in cross-platform development, there is a little more steep learning curve.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Common Benefits of Two Frameworks for Cross-Platform Development<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In spite of all the differences that these two frameworks have, they also share some common benefits for developers. Let&#8217;s have a look at these common benefits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shared Codebase<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NativeScript and React Native are two advanced JavaScript frameworks that are known for their capability in sharing code for apps across iOS and Android platforms and the Web.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easy Maintenance<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because of the shared code across multiple platforms, maintaining app code and deploying any changes becomes easier.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost-Effective and Faster Development<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By using the single <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/how-to-select-the-right-tech-stack-for-your-application\/\">technology stack<\/a> across the whole infrastructure they offer faster and cost-effective development advantages.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Popularity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>React Native enjoys more popularity as a cross-platform mobile development framework and it already enjoys an edge over other similar frameworks such as Xamarin, Flutter, Ionic, etc. Since React Native was developed by Facebook, it enjoyed a quick surge in popularity. In respect of popularity and company support, neither NativeScript enjoys such support like that of Facebook nor it has become widely used as React Native.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Footprint and size<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case the project involves developing a cross-platform mobile app with complicated and multiple-layered <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\"   style=\"color:#1e73be;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inflowinventory.com\/?plid=27260\">business<\/a> logic, React Native can be a better option. React Native apps have a smaller footprint and size and can consume fewer data. In contrast, NativeScript apps can be bigger sized and can consume larger data volume. If keeping the app size lean and consuming fewer data for faster loading speed is a crucial requirement for a complex app, React Native can be a better choice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plugins and third-party tools<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you seek a complete repository of tools and plugins for meeting the needs of a particular development project, NativeScript can be a more ideal solution as it comes with a complete web resource loaded with plugins for any solution. With NativeScript on your side, taking help from third-party solutions becomes completely irrelevant. In the case of React Native, you cannot have such a dedicated repository of plugins except depending on the community support.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>App Performance and Speed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In terms of performance and speed, React Native is way ahead of NativeScript because of a number of reasons. Thanks to the use of Virtual DOM developers can easily enjoy easy rendering of the dynamic elements that normally can be found in all those apps built using native SDKs. Moreover, when responsiveness and faster loading speed are two important considerations for the app development projects, the rendering of NativeScript appears to be a lot slower.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Native API Interaction <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the NativeScript framework, the developers can easily get access to native Android and iOS APIs. For developers, this means they don\u2019t need any expertise in native development languages to start with. In contrast, for React Native development the developers don\u2019t get such useful capabilities. For connecting with native APIs, React Native uses special bridges and this requires knowing relevant native languages. In that respect, it is important to know that ready to use bridges are built and made accessible for other React Native developers by the React community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Robust web community<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though both though React Native and NativeScript appeared almost around the same time, React Native has a larger developer community of NativeScript. This is mainly possible because the React Native framework was developed by the developers at Facebook who already made a dominant presence with the React framework. Besides the popularity of React Native ensured by the React community and Facebook, it has already been used successfully across a lot of leading apps and cross-platform projects across the niches.<\/p>\n<div class='code-block code-block-2' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7371812982681123\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Responsive ads -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7371812982681123\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5373377611\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the final comparison, the most complex projects React Native appears to have a competitive edge. But NativeScript has also few areas of strength and choosing between the two requires a meticulous consideration of various differences between the two.<\/p>\n<h3>Video on NativeScript vs React Native<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"NativeScript VS React Native 2023 | performance | community | plugins\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4CK622XMidA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4CK622XMidA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4CK622XMidA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-10-18T21:30:00Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_4CK622XMidA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4CK622XMidA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">NativeScript VS React Native 2023 | performance | community | plugins<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4CK622XMidA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softwareforenterprise.us\/hub\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4CK622XMidA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"NativeScript VS React Native 2023 | performance | community | plugins\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Check out my mobile game: http:\/\/kingsdraw.com nativescript vs react native In this video were going to be talking about native script vs react native why you would want to use one other the other, by the end of this video you will have a good idea of what framework would work better for you and your next project. also im going to most be talking about the dev experience between the two, but ill also touch on things like performance and the community. Also before I start I just want to say I have used native script much more than I have used react native so if I get anything wrong about react native feel free to let me know in the comments. Ok lets talk about the dev experience between native script and react native If you want to make it super simple, Just go with whether you like react or angular. One of the nice things about native script is you can use whatever web framework you want to build a mobile app with. You can currently use angular or vuejs on top of nativescript And obviously with react native\u2026 you have to use react This is probably the first thing you should think about when deciding between react native and native script Ok lets talk about performance, Honestly from doing a little bit of research both react native and nativescript have similar performance I haven\u2019t run any simulations between the two so I can\u2019t tell you the benchmarks of how the compare to one another But at the end of the day when you compile your apk or release build you get a native app with performance that\u2019s on par or close to a real 100% native built app If your app is just a standard app with some form inputs and not too much going on, your not going to have to worry about performance. You have to start worrying about performance if you have lots of complex animations and lots of views being rendered at once or if your building a game, which I have done with native script you can check it out on the App Store or google play store if you want to see how a game performs on native script. Ok lets talk about the community The naticescipt community is just a bunch of salty devs who complain all day about how the react native community is better Nah im just kidding But the react native community is much bigger than the native script one. Depending on what your looking for a bigger community can be a good thing or bad thing. A bigger community usually means that if you run into a problem your probably not the first person to have that problem and you can find an answer easily. But a smaller community means if you ask a question your more likely to get a direct response from a developer or plugin author. Compared to if your question is just another question in a list of 5000 issues. Dev experience Both have hot reload, Both have code playground for fast prototyping both have a large library of plugs, But nativesript has a official plugin market place which some plugins are officially supported by the developers of native script Overall\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For developing mobile apps you have a lot of frameworks and with these frameworks, you can develop applications that will run on both iOS and Android. Today we will look at a comparison between NativeScript vs React Native. We call these hybrid app development frameworks. 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