Fig. 12 — React Native apps
Hire React Native developers
One codebase, both stores, and a team that also builds the backend the app talks to — so the contract between them is not a negotiation between vendors.
Why one team for app and backend
The expensive bugs in mobile products live between the app and the API, and they are hardest to fix when two companies own the two halves. We build both, share types across them, and change them together — the mismatch class of bug mostly stops existing.
- A single typed contract the app and the API both compile against
- Offline and slow-network behaviour designed, not discovered in reviews
- Store submissions and release builds handled as part of delivery
- Crash reporting from the first release, not after the first complaint
What React Native is good for
It earns its place when the product is largely the same on both platforms and speed to both stores matters. It is the wrong answer for heavy graphics, deep platform integrations or anything where a native feel is the product. We will say which case you are in before you commit budget — including when the answer costs us the work.
After the first release
Mobile does not end at launch: OS versions move, store rules change, and dependencies age faster than on the web. Products we ship stay supported, which is why we care what the codebase looks like a year in.