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0 pointsthrowaway815235mo ago0 comments

I remember hearing that even a trivial React Native app is around 100MB on Android.

0 pointsthrowaway815235mo ago0 comments

I remember hearing that even a trivial React Native app is around 100MB on Android.

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marcosdumay5mo ago· 5 in thread

If you use Electron, yes, any application starts from around 100MB.

But there are alternatives that reuse the OS's libraries nowadays.

React Native doesn’t use Electron

efskap5mo ago

Why Electron? React Native doesn't even use HTML.

How does a web application reuse browser system-native libraries?

Electron ships a version of Chrome. Other frameworks like Tauri use the device's webview.

The entire discussion is about native applications, not web.

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