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An app built with React Native is indistinguishable from a "real" native app, unlike cordova apps it doesn't run in the browser (or in a webview).

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That's not categorically true.

For example, I believe that both the navigator components for React Native in iOS currently suffer from either bugs or performance issues. The more native one has an open issue related to UI flicker, and the JavaScript-based one drops frames when subviews are complex.

That statement might not be true tomorrow or next week, because the ecosystem is developing quickly. Generally I am very happy with React Native.

Yup, being indistinguishable from native has been the absolute priority for the project. We think we managed to do it for the apps we built but we took shortcuts in the process. The two open source versions of navigator definitely don't meet that promise and it is driving me crazy. We're working on solutions for those but it takes time :)

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