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title: "React Native App Development Company | Arbocode"
description: "We build mobile apps with React Native and Expo, sharing components and logic with a React web app and using native modules where the platform needs them."
url: https://arbocode.com/technologies/react-native
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# React Native App Development Company

Native platform components driven from a React codebase your web team can already read.

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React Native renders real native platform components and does not draw its own UI, which is the core difference from Flutter's approach. A button in a React Native app is a genuine UIButton or Android View underneath, styled and controlled from JavaScript or TypeScript. The New Architecture, with Fabric for rendering and the JSI-based bridge, closed much of the historical performance gap with fully native apps for typical business app UI.

Expo has become the default starting point for the large majority of the React Native projects we build, handling build configuration, over-the-air updates and a wide library of pre-built native modules so teams spend their time on product features rather than native build tooling. We recommend React Native most for teams that already have React web engineers and want to extend that skill set to mobile, or for products that share business logic and components between a web app and a mobile app.

Fit

## When React Native is the right choice, and when it is not

### Good fit

- Your team already has React or JavaScript/TypeScript engineers and wants to extend that skill set to mobile rather than hiring separate native iOS and Android teams
- The product has a companion React web app and can share business logic, API clients, and in some cases components between the two
- You want to use Expo's managed workflow to avoid maintaining native build configuration directly, with the option to eject into a bare workflow later if a specific native requirement demands it
- The app's UI is largely standard mobile patterns (lists, forms, navigation, standard animations) where native platform components rendered through React Native cover the need directly

### Consider something else

- The app is a thin wrapper over an existing website with minimal native functionality; the overhead of an app store submission, native builds and ongoing OS compatibility maintenance may not be worth it compared to a progressive web app
- The product needs heavy custom graphics, complex animations or game-like rendering; Flutter's own rendering engine or a fully native approach generally handles this class of UI more predictably than React Native's native-component bridge
- The app requires deep, frequent integration with many native SDKs that lack a maintained React Native wrapper, since each one may need custom native module work that erodes the cross-platform time savings
- The team has no React experience at all and the project timeline does not allow ramp-up time on React's component and hooks model before mobile-specific concepts layer on top

What we build

## What we build with React Native

- ### Cross-platform apps sharing logic with a React web app  
Business logic, API clients, validation schemas and sometimes UI components shared between a React Native mobile app and a React web app in a monorepo, reducing duplicate work across platforms.
- ### Apps built on Expo's managed workflow  
Fast iteration using Expo's build service, over-the-air updates for JavaScript changes without an app store review cycle, and a large library of pre-built native modules for common device features.
- ### Native module integration  
Custom native modules written in Swift or Kotlin and bridged into the React Native app for specific hardware or SDK integrations that Expo's built-in modules do not cover.
- ### Offline-capable apps with local persistence  
Local storage (via WatermelonDB or a similar solution) syncing with a backend, for apps used in the field or with unreliable connectivity.
- ### Design systems shared across web and mobile  
Component libraries built with a cross-platform styling approach so a design system's tokens and component behavior stay consistent between the web and mobile apps.

Ecosystem

## Libraries and tools we pair it with

- Expo for managed builds, OTA updates and native module access
- React Navigation for screen routing and navigation patterns
- Zustand or Redux Toolkit for state management, shared with a web codebase where relevant
- TanStack Query for server state and caching
- WatermelonDB for offline-first local data storage
- Reanimated for performant, native-thread animations
- Detox or Maestro for end-to-end mobile testing

## The New Architecture and what it changed

React Native's original bridge serialized every call between JavaScript and native code as JSON, which worked but added latency that showed up as jank on animation-heavy or list-heavy screens under load. The New Architecture replaces that bridge with JSI, a direct JavaScript-to-native interface, and Fabric, a new rendering system that lets native and JavaScript work concurrently rather than waiting on serialized round trips.

For projects we build today, this mostly shows up as fewer of the performance workarounds that used to be standard React Native practice: less need to manually optimize list rendering, smoother gesture-driven interactions, and native modules that respond faster since they are no longer paying the JSON serialization cost on every call.

## Sharing code between a React web app and a React Native app

React Native and React share the same component model and much of the same ecosystem (state management, data fetching, form validation), which makes sharing business logic between a web and mobile app more practical than with most other cross-platform mobile approaches. What does not transfer directly is the UI layer itself: React Native's View, Text and platform navigation are not the same as a web app's div, span and browser routing.

We structure these projects as a monorepo with a shared package for anything platform-agnostic (API clients, validation schemas, business logic, some hooks) and separate UI layers for web and mobile, rather than attempting a single shared component library across both, which tends to produce compromises that serve neither platform well.

- Share API clients, validation schemas and business logic through a common package
- Keep UI components platform-specific rather than forcing one shared component layer
- A monorepo structure keeps the shared code discoverable without duplicating it

Services

## Services that use React Native

- [Mobile App DevelopmentWe build native and cross-platform mobile apps, handle App Store and Play Store submission, and design for the offline gaps and device permissions a phone has to cope with.](https://arbocode.com/services/mobile-app-development)
- [SaaS DevelopmentWe build multi-tenant SaaS products around tenant isolation, subscription billing and self-serve onboarding, architected to scale beyond your first cohort of customers.](https://arbocode.com/services/saas-development)
- [Custom Software DevelopmentWe build software around the processes your business already runs on, so operations no longer depend on spreadsheets, workarounds and tools never built for your workflow.](https://arbocode.com/services/custom-software-development)
- [Web Application DevelopmentWe build the logged-in side of your product, including dashboards, portals and workflow tools that handle real data volume, permissions and concurrent users.](https://arbocode.com/services/web-application-development)

Industries

## Where we use it

- [Retail & E-commerceInventory, POS and storefront software that stays synchronized across every channel, with EDI connected for your wholesale partners.](https://arbocode.com/industries/retail-ecommerce)
- [Travel & HospitalityBooking engines, channel managers and guest apps that keep rate and inventory data consistent across your PMS, OTAs and GDS connections.](https://arbocode.com/industries/travel-hospitality)
- [Fitness & WellnessClass booking, membership billing and wearable data sync for studios and gyms that have grown past Mindbody or Glofox.](https://arbocode.com/industries/fitness-wellness)
- [Media & EntertainmentStreaming, subscription and rights management software organized around DRM licensing and content availability by territory.](https://arbocode.com/industries/media-entertainment)

FAQ

## Questions about React Native

Is React Native fast enough for a production consumer app?

For the large majority of business app UI, yes, particularly since the New Architecture reduced the bridge overhead that used to cause jank on list-heavy or animation-heavy screens. Apps needing intensive custom graphics or game-like rendering still often perform more predictably built natively or in Flutter.

Should we use Expo or eject to a bare React Native workflow?

We start almost every project on Expo's managed workflow, since it covers the majority of native functionality most apps need and simplifies builds and updates significantly. We move to a bare or custom development client only when a specific native SDK requires deeper integration than Expo's managed modules support.

Can React Native share code with our existing React web app?

Business logic, API clients and validation schemas can be shared through a common package in a monorepo. UI components generally cannot be shared directly, since React Native's mobile components and a web app's HTML elements are different underlying primitives, even though both use React's component model.

How does React Native compare to Flutter for a new app?

React Native renders real native platform components and fits teams with existing React experience or a companion web app to share logic with. Flutter renders its own UI for pixel-identical branding across platforms and fits teams prioritizing a highly custom design system over code sharing with an existing React codebase.

Do React Native apps need separate native developers?

Not for most features, since Expo's modules and the broader React Native ecosystem cover most device functionality. A project occasionally needs a native module written in Swift or Kotlin for a specific SDK integration Expo does not support, which we handle within the same team rather than requiring a fully separate native team.

Compare

## Alternatives we also work with

- [FlutterA single Dart codebase drawn by Flutter's own engine, giving an interface that looks the same on iOS and Android.](https://arbocode.com/technologies/flutter)
- [Swift (iOS)Direct access to Apple's frameworks, for products where the iOS experience cannot be approximated.](https://arbocode.com/technologies/swift)
- [Kotlin (Android)Native Android in Kotlin, with Jetpack Compose for the interface and coroutines for everything that waits on the network.](https://arbocode.com/technologies/kotlin)

Insights

## Guides on this topic

- [8 min readHow to Build an MVP and Skip the Wrong FeaturesA practical guide on how to build an MVP: scope the smallest viable version, validate demand, pick an engagement model, and avoid the usual mistakes.](https://arbocode.com/blog/how-to-build-an-mvp)
- [7 min readWhat MVP Development CostsMVP development cost runs $15,000 to $60,000 for a single-workflow product, and $60,000-$150,000+ once billing or integrations come into play.](https://arbocode.com/blog/mvp-development-cost)
- [6 min readHow Long It Takes to Build a SaaS ProductHow long does it take to build a SaaS product? A focused MVP takes about 3-5 months and a full multi-tenant platform 6-10 months. See the breakdown.](https://arbocode.com/blog/saas-development-timeline)

## Talk to a React Native developer

Send a short description of the project. A senior engineer reads each request and answers with questions, next steps and an early budget range.

[Get a free estimate](https://arbocode.com/get-a-quote) [Speak with an engineer](https://arbocode.com/contact)