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MS Appcenter ceasing support of Codepush for Cordova apps end March 2022. Is react-native a viable alternative?


We have two apps (one Android, one iOS) used by thousands of clients, which are built in Cordova.

We update the content (very regularly!) using Appcenter's Codepush plugin, but this is being retired at the end of March.

I believe that reactive-native Codepush support will continue.

Is it feasible to convert (or build from scratch) our apps in React-Native given that the content is many pages of a web site, extracted from a CMS and added to the Cordova app.

I have a tight deadline and am looking for a solution that will allow us to update our apps content quickly without having to republish the apps to the app stores each time we amend the pages.

ps I have little knowledge of React-Native as yet, but have seen comments that the 'Expo' framework may help with this.


Solution

  • According to my Cross-platform developing knowledge best choice can be React Native , and it also works perfectly fine with App center as we used with some of our apps .

    For transfering , some parts can be used , but some part needs to be totally recoded which wont take that much time according to your app functionality! if you provide more detail i will be able to give you a better estimation and tools need to be used!

    P.S. do not prefer Expo for Production if you will develop your app in a customizable way.