Why the transition from Apache Cordova to React Native is inevitable
summary
A team describes migrating from Apache Cordova to React Native after six months of testing and converting 30+ Cordova projects and six large case studies. They cite Cordova issues—plugin conflicts, large WebView binary (+~30 MB), long splash delays (3–4 s), iOS localStorage clearing, and poor animation/performance on low‑end Android—and report that React Native provides native UI components, better native API access, faster perceived UX, and allowed a rewrite reproducing about 60% of functionality in roughly two weeks.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 19:12Performance for large projects
- 33:25Deeper integration with native API
- 35:14Component updates
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