# React Native

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: ReactNative, RN

A [framework](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tech-stack) from [Meta](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meta) for building iPhone and [Android apps](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-app-mobile-app) with [React](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/react) and [JavaScript](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/javascript), sharing most of the code between the two.

**For example:** A startup builds one React Native app and ships it to both [app stores](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-app-mobile-app) with a two-person team.

Official site: <https://reactnative.dev>

## Connects to (6)

- [Tech stack](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tech-stack): The set of programming languages and tools a product is built with.
- [Web app vs mobile app](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-app-mobile-app): A web app runs in a browser at a web address, on any device.
- [React](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/react): A JavaScript library for building user interfaces out of reusable pieces called components.
- [Expo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/expo): A set of tools and services for building, testing and publishing React Native apps, including cloud builds and app store submission.
- [Meta](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meta): The company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
- [Capacitor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/capacitor): An open-source tool that wraps a web app so it can be published as an iPhone or Android app with access to phone features.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/react-native