can we combine IONIC for User interface and react native for device communication? I like to use IONIC styles for my app instead of writing my own.
No not really. The closest thing that could be implemented would be to use a React Native WebView and render ionic css styling in the WebView, but it would be pretty complex for not a lot of payoff.
A lot of the built in styling that Ionic comes with is iOS and Android specific, matching the iOS and Android native apis and components. React Native also does this out of the box, so many components (Picker, DatePicker, AlertIOS, ProgressBarAndroid, TabBariOS, etc...) will already have platform specific styling similar to Ionic. The Ionic button styling, cards, etc can be custom built in React Native thought without a ton of effort.
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I'm making some cross-platform components for mobile web and app. For that use, I'd like to set a core that works as a view, and two implementations, one for web and another for app. In app side code, with React Native, I can use ScrollView component to make effects when scrolled, by using ref, onSCroll, onScrollBeginDrag, etc., that are only in ScrollView of ReactNative. Is there any modules, strategies or whatever I can use ScrollView in React for the use in web browser?
you can use react-slick library it is provides lots of features.
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I want to study a course about React, but I don't know couple of things, like:
What is the difference between React, ReactJS, and React Native ?
Well, if there is a big difference, What is the best one of them to study ?
I am really looking forward to study it, so if you got any information on the best way to start learning this course, I would appreciate it.
Thank you so much.
React and React.Js is one and the same.
React / ReactJs
ReactJS is an open-source JavaScript library used to build the user interface for Web Applications. It is responsible only for the view layer of the application. It provides developers to compose complex UIs from a small and isolated piece of code called "components." ReactJS made of two parts first is components, that are the pieces that contain HTML code and what you want to see in the user interface, and the second one is HTML document where all your components will be rendered.
React Native
React Native is an open-source JavaScript framework used for developing a mobile application for iOS Android, and Windows. It uses only JavaScript to build a cross-platform mobile app. React Native is same as React, but it uses native components instead of using web components as building blocks. It targets mobile platforms rather than the browser.
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What is the best one of them to study ?
React and React native both solves different kind of problem. React is common library between react and react-native which provides supports for hooks and generate virtual dom.
react-dom will render content on web using virtual dom created by react.
However on other side react-native will create bundle for android and iOS.
Main differences between Reactjs and React Native
When it comes to a web platform, Reactjs can be defined as a base
derivative of React DOM, while React Native acts as a base
derivative by keeping workflow and syntax the same alongside
altering components.
React is a JavaScript library that can help your developers in
building a highly responsive UI Layer and React Native on the other
hand is a complete framework to develop cross-platform applications.
Virtual DOM is used to extract browser code in React; native APIs
help in rendering components in mobile in React Native.
In React Native, UI is rendered with the help of JSX but the
applications curated with Reactjs extract HTML in UI.
For styling in Reactjs, CSS is used, and React Native platform
requires a stylesheet for styling.
Using CSS, you can carry out animation in Reactjs; for animation in
React Native, you need to use an animated API.
I have a Hybrid Android App which uses Android WebView for rendering the Web Pages.
I have Wiziwig Editor (which is written in HTML, javascript, and css). I am using Webkit Interface for communicating between Java and JavaScript
I want to integrate React Native in my Editor. Previously I was using JavaScript models and JS functions for implementing various functionalities in the WiziWig Editor and manipulating DOM.
But its UX is not fast and appealing. Moreover, I had integrated the Twitter BloodHound Engine in Editor. Whenever the user types in the Editor the typeahead list of BloodHound Engine lags.
I am thinking of using the React Native in my Editor. With React Native I can also use the Android Native components for showing messages and other things instead of the JavaScript Models. There are also other possibilities of improvement with React Native.
I built a demo app in which, I am able to communicate between Java and Javascript code using React Native Modules.
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My WiziWig has so much Code already written in HTML, CSS, and plain JavaScript. In order to convert my code to React Native and using Native components for UI, it would take a lot of time.
Is there a way in which I can use my old code base in React Native and then I slowly move the code to the React Native using JSX and components.
I have seen There is Render function in React Native for Rendering the html content. But I have to write the plain JS code in JSX. Is there a fast way to do it. Because my file has already 4495 lines of Code.
Thanks in advance
ReactXP is pretty new, nothing much about it out there.
AFAIK
Both ReactXP and React Native can build native mobile apps (iOS, Android).
ReactXP is something build on top of ReactJS/React Native.
Looks like the purpose of React Native and ReactXP are same -- building cross platform mobile apps.
Is it ReactXP just more Microsoft friendly?
The authors of React use the phrase “learn once, write anywhere”.
With React and React Native, your web app can share most its logic with your iOS and Android apps
Problem: the view layer needs to be implemented separately for each platform.
ReactXP(Solution): a thin cross-platform layer which can share your view definitions, styles and animations across multiple target platforms.
More: In general, it exposes APIs, components, props, styles and animation parameters that are implemented in a consistent way across React JS (HTML) and React Native for iOS and Android. A few platform-specific props and style attributes have been exposed, but we have tried to keep these to a minimum.
Source/Reference: https://microsoft.github.io/reactxp/
ReactXP is built using React and React Native, and the lifecycle methods remain the same across both platforms. The main difference between React Native is that ReactXP works out of the box with not only iOS and Android, but also on the web and on WindowsOS!
Whether the same REACT codebase can be shared across mobile web and mobile app?
Unfortunately, you cannot. React Native uses a bunch of pre-built components that are really just native iOS components wrapped in Javascript. For example, you could use <div> or <span> in React but in React Native you'd have to use <Text>, images can only be displayed in <Image> components, etc. There are also stricter limitations on what styles, data, or nested components each React Native component can have.
On a side note, trying to do this goes against the React philosphy -> 'Learn once, write anywhere'. You can try taking a look at Ionic if you're interested in something that ports easily over to mobile apps.