Yes, React Native is a native mobile app, which compiles a native mobile app using native app components. It is neither a Hybrid mobile app that uses WebView to run the HTML5 app nor a mobile web app. The React Native framework builds a real mobile app, which is indistinguishable from an app built using Objective-C/Swift or Java.
No, React Native is not a native mobile app in the traditional sense. React Native is a framework for building mobile applications using JavaScript and React. It allows developers to write code in JavaScript and use React components to create a mobile app that can run on both iOS and Android platforms.
While React Native provides a way to build cross-platform mobile applications, it doesn’t generate truly native code for each platform. Instead, it uses a bridge to communicate with native components. This approach allows for code reuse across platforms but may not offer the same level of performance as fully native development.
In summary, React Native enables the development of cross-platform mobile apps, but it’s not considered native in the sense of generating platform-specific native code.