Shopify's 5-Year React Native Journey: Successes, Lessons, and the Future
2025-01-16
Shopify shares its five-year experience with React Native. Initially driven by efficiency, talent portability, and faster value delivery, Shopify migrated all its mobile apps to React Native. The transition was successful, resulting in high-performing apps (<500ms screen loads, >99.9% crash-free sessions). They learned about React Native's speed, hot reloading, and how TypeScript improves talent portability. Challenges included debugging complexities, updates requiring effort, and reliance on third-party libraries. Shopify stresses the importance of native development and improved team skills via shared infrastructure and training. They will continue collaborating with Meta to improve React Native.
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