Facebook today is unveiling React Native for Android, extending its JavaScript development technology for Web and native development to Google's popular mobile platform.
React Native lets developers create Web, iOS, and Android apps with the same core set of code by leveraging JavaScript and React, a Facebook- and Instagram-developed JavaScript library for building user experiences. React Native was open-sourced in March.
Developers using React Native get declarative, self-contained UI components and fast development cycles on the mobile platform while retaining speed, fidelity, and the feel of native applications, Facebook bloggers said on Monday.