Discord has adopted the cross-platform framework React Native for its Android app so it can keep up with the development pace of its clients on other OSes. However, there have been lots of complaints.

I just wish I started sooner.

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The frameworks use fundamentally different programming languages and UI rendering methods and vary in other characteristics.

Building mobile apps today can feel stuck in the past. Back in 2016, as a mobile engineer, I couldn’t get enough of Swift and Kotlin. They were sharp, powerful tools. But the landscape’s shifted.

One big hurdle with app development is that generally speaking, you have to build separate apps for both iOS and Android. There are cross platform frameworks such as React Native, however that ...