Recommendations for React Native alternative?
Hi! 😄
I am looking to build a mobile app for both android and iOS and I'm looking to use some similar tools like in the BETH stack.
Do you have any suggestions for what could be used to achieve this, or do you know any starters that does something like this already?
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Hyperview · Native mobile apps, as easy as creating a web site
Native mobile apps, as easy as creating a web site
htmx for mobile
But would I still have access to all Native API's and such that people have built integrations for in React Native?
I will need integrations with Google Maps, location, chat, notifications and many other things 🤔
Hmm I will need to have local/offline data for language / theming and such so might not be a great fit then
It seems like it can be used in React Native though but would love to find a starter that sets up the basics so I don't have to start from 0
What you could do is instead of using RN going for something like Tauri's mobile setup (still in development btw) which allows you to fully use just about anything both Native binding up to a whole lot of web technologies. https://next--tauri.netlify.app/next/mobile/development/configuration for a little more details about it.
Ps. running HTMX in Tauri is just like running it on the web 😉
Configuration | Tauri Apps
Currently, Tauri Mobile support is only available on the 2.0.0 alpha tracks, so the main tauri build tools will not produce a project that supports it. You'll need to update a few dependencies to get started.
Tauri's mobile setup feels way to early for me to touch for anything serious tbh but it's really interesting 🙂
Trust me, I get that. But I’ve personally already used it on a couple of production apps at my last job and apart from some iOS specific permission issues all went fine👌
I'm not that much of a fan of having to figure out half of the things on my own, there's a very limited community for these types of things and I am not likely to use it professionally for many years. I'd much rather stay in RN land and find a great solution that stays within that box
Fair enough👌