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I would love to see React added to mobile app frameworks like Apache Cordova.

• andyl 12y ago
  You can use ReactJS now with Cordova/PhoneGap - no problemo. This announcement is about replacing html elements (div, h1, img, etc.) with native elements. Should be faster going native than via web elements.
  • arenaninja 12y ago
    Oh snap. This is HUGE
  • pbreit 12y ago
    So does it use PhoneGap or something like it?
    • lucasmullens 12y ago
      No, because PhoneGap uses the DOM.
    • zpao 12y ago
      No, it skips the DOM entirely and works with native elements (iOS views) directly.
      • diverightin63 12y ago
        This is where I get confused. How is it compiling to these elements?
        • eyko 12y ago
          That's the million dollar question and tomorrow we might get an answer.
        • smadge 12y ago
          One possibility: You have a JS interpreter running your React code. You generate a virtual DOM and hand it off to React. React sends the virtual DOM through a message bus to native code. So far, nothing crazy here, this is how frameworks like cordova work. That native code dynamically translates the virtual DOM into native UI elements.
• jbhatab 12y ago
  check out http://touchstonejs.io/ http://touchstonejs.io/