--- title: Building cross platform applications with React Native description: Cross platform development allows developers to reach a broader target, save costs, deploy features across platforms in parallel, and have faster development... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-cross-platform-applications-with-react-native-efohtn8lq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building cross platform applications with React Native | daily.dev og:description: Cross platform development allows developers to reach a broader target, save costs, deploy features across platforms in parallel, and have faster development... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-cross-platform-applications-with-react-native-efohtn8lq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EFoHTn8lQ.png og:image:alt: Building cross platform applications with React Native og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building cross platform applications with React Native **[Appwrite](https://daily.dev/sources/appwrite_source)** · 6 min read · 57 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Cross platform development allows developers to reach a broader target, save costs, deploy features across platforms in parallel, and have faster development time. However, it is not recommended when relying on advanced device features, high-performance requirements, fine control over memory management and processing, or when a team is already fluent in native development. Cross platform frameworks provide a unified API in a single language and compile the code as native code. UI elements can be rendered through native rendering or a custom rendering engine. Native device-specific functionalities are handled through plugins. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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