Show HN: Build, run and share React Native apps in your browser

Show HN: Build, run and share React Native apps in your browser(rnplay.org)

124 points by jozan 10 years ago | 17 comments

grrowl 10 years ago |

One day there'll be a collection of React-Native view components which output HTML/DOM, and it will be a terrible, fantastic, horrible day.

cheeaun 10 years ago | |

https://github.com/KodersLab/react-native-for-web https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web

morley 10 years ago | | |

As dumb as that sounds, it's not entirely without merit. React Native's direct goal isn't write-once-run-anywhere, it's write-once-write-anywhere. That's a good goal for a place with as many engineers as Facebook does, but smaller teams might place more importance on write-once-run-anywhere.

iLoch 10 years ago | |

Because why not, right? https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web

OliC 10 years ago |

We've gone full circle!

stevenh 10 years ago |

Were the accusations that React's license enables Facebook to steal your entire project without facing any legal consequences ever addressed?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357

floriancargoet 10 years ago | |

The patent grant has been updated in April.

https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-ou...

https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e429...

idibidiart 10 years ago | |

The updated PATENTS doc makes it clear: https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS

That if you sue Facebook for patent infringement or if you sue any party for patent infringement related to use of (or modification you make to) Facebook "Software" then the license granted to you to use said Software will terminate.

Plain and simple. Even makes sense!

javajosh 10 years ago | |

Whoah. I wasn't aware there was an issue. I'd like to get someone from FB to comment on this! Seems like an unfortunate poison pill - and perhaps the explaination as to why FB released all this React infrastructure, as leverage (although I can't help but think that any organization worth suing could afford to port an app from React to something similar).

beefsack 10 years ago |

Would love to see the ability to build Android apps too now that Android support has been released.

jozan 10 years ago | |

We're working on getting Android support along with other devices (iPhone 5/6/6+).

joshcrowder 10 years ago |

This has come along way in the last six months! Great work guys :)

jozan 10 years ago | |

Thanks! We have worked quite a lot in the past month to push this out.

Special thanks to Joshua who has done the groundwork with others. He's a great guy and it's been pleasure to work with him.

axx 10 years ago |

Really cool idea, hope to see more examples! :)

jozan 10 years ago | |

We have plans to add more examples and complete apps as well in the future.

Support for Android will come later, also landscape mode for simulator etc.

joseraul 10 years ago |

Looks like this React Native showcase is built with Angular!

jozan 10 years ago | |

Backend is powered by Rails. The editor is React app and the site is partly using React components.