Creating a React Native like runtime

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Builds a tiny React Native–like runtime on iOS by embedding the Hermes C++ engine, injecting scripts (one plus two) and adding a console.log binding. Uses JSI host objects to expose a document.createElement API that maps to UIViews and UILabels, appendChild mounts to the root view, and an attached click handler removes the view — the demos run successfully. Android is feasible via JNI; contrasted with Capacitor’s webview/message-passing approach.

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1. 0:00Introduction to native apps
2. 1:11Integrating Hermes engine
3. 3:08Binding with JSI
4. 5:31Implementing DOM-like APIs
5. 10:32Cross-platform approaches
6. 11:43React Native architecture

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