What is the difference between Expo and React Native?
From the Expo website Expo lets web developers build truly native apps that work across both iOS and Android by writing them once in just JavaScript. Isn't this what React Native does? What's the difference?
I work at Expo! When you write code in Expo (abbr. XDE ), you write React Native code. Expo has two main pieces: 1) XDE : a developer tool for creating projects, viewing logs, opening on your device, publishing, etc. 2) The Expo client: an app on your phone that lets you open your projects while you're working on them, without needing to go through XCode or Android Studio , and also lets other people view them too! And if you publish it through XDE , people can access it at any time through the Expo client. Lastly, we also make it possible to build standalone apps so people don't have to use the Expo client to open it, and you can distribute to the app store and play store if you like. So, Expo is a set of tools built on top of / ...