Pro Backed by Facebook
Facebook writes their mobile apps in react native so the code base gets pretty thoroughly used in some highly demanding scenarios
Pro Allows you to develop native apps
React native allows you to create native apps by generating native views with JavaScript instead of using a web wrapper.
Pro Large, supportive community
Despite being such a young framework (early 2015), the support for React Native grew quickly. There is a forum, active tag on Stackoverflow and many other ways to get help from the community.
Con Steep learning curve
React Native is not the most beginner-friendly framework for creating mobile apps with JavaScript. It requires that the developer know React, which is known to have a steep learning curve.
Con If core team doesn't use a certain feature, it's not developed
Whenever there's functionality you need that they don't use in their apps, it's not going to get developed by them, even if it's obvious it should be in the core. They always say to either submit a PR or create a separate module.
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