Advantages and Drawbacks of Using React Native for a Food App

For two consecutive years 2019 and 2020, about 42% of software developers use React Native app development framework. This cross-platform mobile app development software is becoming increasingly popular by the day because of its numerous advantages and the most important one being, it allows you to create applications that run on multiple platforms with a single codebase.

As far as the food industry is concerned, applications like JustEat, DoorDash, UberEats, etc. have seen significant growth in user statistics. With more customers willing to use food apps for delivery and dine-in, the food app market is projected to grow to a market size of $300 Billion.

While such food apps are extremely popular, using the right mobile app development framework is of the essence. So, if you are thinking about developing such a cross-platform food application, you might consider the React native app framework for this. Look into the various advantages and disadvantages it has and decide for yourself if it is best suited for your needs.

Advantages of React Native App Framework

1. React native developers can use web technology to create mobile applications easily. A business can make use of this technology to create web applications, multi-platform mobile applications and expand their food business significantly.

2. Your food business has Android as well as iOS customers as a targeted audience and the use of Javascript language allows you to build native-like applications effortlessly. Such mobile applications are fast, responsive, and perform efficiently.

3. Since 90% of the code is common to all the platforms, this mobile app development practice saves a lot of time and cost. Businesses looking to develop a food or restaurant application can reduce their development costs or quickly get the app built.

4. Your food or restaurant React native app is consistently used by the audience and hence it needs to be regularly updated and maintained. A React native developer makes sure to use native UI components and easily manages the updates and maintenance part.

Disadvantages of React Native App Framework

Despite the many advantages, React Native does have a few limitations that can affect your food industry significantly.

1. The use of Javascript for development makes React native developers face severe runtime issues like a sudden crash of applications, programming errors, etc.

2. Another limitation of using this mobile app development framework is its future scope. Developers and businesses can be concerned about the future support for React Native by Facebook. So, the concerns related to safety, patent license, and long-term support are real.

Being one of the top multi-platform mobile application development frameworks, React Native application framework has several advantages that you can use to create robust and fast food apps. However, there may be a few coupled limitations too. So, before you make up your mind to use this framework for good, give this a read.

It will help you decide on the best app development framework for your food business, and if you are settled with React Native, Auxesis Infotech is here to assist you in this venture. They can help you develop robust mobile applications and are well-experienced in developing food mobile applications.

Auxesis Infotech is an established agency which is dedicated towards the web development and web design.