Using React Native, can I create android and iOS applications?

Question

And if possible, what IDEs will you recommend to install on a pc to make this possible? David Carroll, Airree, Hatsy Rei, Alexander Klimov, GAWEN STEASY, John Wells

Answer 1

I am currently going through Mosh Hamedani's free video on youtube on react-native. He shows you how to set up all the required software to develop for ios and android. I have a laptop with an AMD cpu though, so the android virtual device wouldn't work for me even though i tried some workarounds i found online.

I am just using the web browser to go through the tutorial for the time being.

But yes, you can totally use react-native to build ios and android apps.

Answer 2

Mofey My development teams use VS Code. I use both VS Code and phpStorm. While VS Code is more than sufficient, I tend to favor phpStorm. I personally believe phpStorm has much better debugging support for unit tests. Otherwise, they are very similar.

That said, XCode and Apple SDK are required to build your iOS application. I personally use a Mac to do that. However, I know others who use VMs, Hackintoshes, and third party services to run their builds remotely. I've just not personally had experience with these other methods. Hope this helps.

UPDATE: Expo might be worth looking into:

- https://expo.io/
- https://docs.expo.io/

Answer 3

if Windows VScode, Mac - Xcode, but it’s better to test which one is more convenient for you and your PC

Answer 4

VS Code works on Mac as well. XCode is needed just for the build step.

Answer 5

Yes it did, thank you David Carroll

Answer 6

Thank you for that answer Nathan Stanley