State of React Native 2025: Opinions
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State of React Native 2025

Opinions

How do you feel about the state of React Native?

React Native direction

Is React Native moving in the right direction?
0%
9%
19%
28%
38%
47%
1

Disagree Strongly

8
2

Disagree

18
3

Neutral

101
4

Agree

427
5

Agree Strongly

348
0%
9%
19%
28%
38%
47%
% of question respondents
902
59%
4.2
4

Building React Native apps is overly complex right now

Building React Native apps is overly complex right now
0%
8%
17%
25%
33%
41%
1

Disagree Strongly

104
2

Disagree

374
3

Neutral

266
4

Agree

124
5

Agree Strongly

34
0%
8%
17%
25%
33%
41%
% of question respondents
902
59%
2.6
2

The React Native ecosystem is changing too fast

The React Native ecosystem is changing too fast
0%
7%
14%
21%
28%
35%
1

Disagree Strongly

45
2

Disagree

261
3

Neutral

312
4

Agree

205
5

Agree Strongly

76
0%
7%
14%
21%
28%
35%
% of question respondents
899
59%
3
3
TBD
We asked members of the React Native community to share their opinions about the results

React Native pain points

What are the things that makes you feel annoyed while developing React Native apps?
0%
6%
13%
19%
25%
32%
1

Ecosystem and dependencies

82
2

Version changes

38
3

Building

36
4

Upgrades and maintenance

35
5

Android experience

34
6

Expo

30
7

Performance

29
8

Debugging

28
9

UI

26
10

iOS experience

24
11

Bugs and stability issues

20
12

Web support

19
13

Native code

16
14

Error handling

15
15

Maintenance

15
16

New architecture

15
17

Cross-platform compatibility

13
18

Excessive complexity

13
19

Developer tools

8
20

Lack of documentation

8
21

Configuration

7
22

Speed of change

7
23

Cutoff Answers

35
24

Unmatched Answers

57
0%
6%
13%
19%
25%
32%
% of question respondents
260
17%

Missing features

What do you feel currently is missing from React Native?
0%
8%
15%
23%
30%
38%
1

Native features

43
2

Better UI solutions

32
3

Performance

29
4

Missing libraries

26
5

Improved cross-platform support

18
6

Android features

17
7

Debugging and profiling

17
8

Standarized solutions

15
9

Native support

12
10

Documentation

10
11

Routing and navigation

7
12

iOS features

4
13

Cutoff Answers

7
14

Unmatched Answers

73
0%
8%
15%
23%
30%
38%
% of question respondents
194
13%

React Native advantages

What are advantages of React Native over other solutions?
0%
9%
18%
27%
36%
45%
1

Ease to learn

94
2

Cross-platform features

80
3

Ecosystem and community

57
4

Native performance and feel

52
5

Developer experience

43
6

Expo ecosystem

17
7

Job market position

15
8

Unmatched Answers

40
0%
9%
18%
27%
36%
45%
% of question respondents
208
14%
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