--- title: "Multiplatform App Development With React Native" description: "Even if your product is primarily for one platform, the reality of your users demanding smooth experiences and impeccable functioning on many others will hit you sooner or later. Building for mobile, web, TV, or even VR might feel like juggling a dozen balls at once—each calling for a dedicated skill set, timeline, and budget." url: https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/multiplatform-app-development-with-react-native updated: 2026-10-24T08:39:42.895Z --- # Multiplatform App Development With React Native Even if your product is primarily for one platform, the reality of your users demanding smooth experiences and impeccable functioning on many others will hit you sooner or later. Building for mobile, web, TV, or even VR might feel like juggling a dozen balls at once—each calling for a dedicated skill set, timeline, and budget. _Guest: Mo Javad, Head of Mobile @ Theodo · Host: Łukasz Chludziński, Engineering Manager @ Callstack · Published 2024-02-15 · Duration 01:09:01 · Category: Cross-Platform_ Listen: [YouTube](https://youtu.be/H37zeN8LYXA) · [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DBKtY91bvqaj09ixXLwUI?si=dLWmyf9rRWalYi5lPvqQqQ) · [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/multiplatform-app-development-with-react-native-the/id1525543072?i=1000645415693) · [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/user-985069846/multiplatform-app-development-with-react-native-the-react-native-show-podcast-35/s-xLywNZonArk) Even if your product is primarily for one platform, the reality of your users demanding smooth experiences and impeccable functioning on many others will hit you sooner or later. Building for mobile, web, TV, or even VR might feel like juggling a dozen balls at once—each calling for a dedicated skill set, timeline, and budget. But it doesn't have to be that way. At least not if you’re relying on React and React Native, which open doors to multiplatform app development using the same codebase across all those platforms. You save time, cut costs, and keep everything consistent, while your team gets to focus on what really matters. In this episode, Łukasz sits down with Mo Javad to discuss this very approach: multiplatform app development with React and React Native. From the roots of the multiplatform vision and key strategic consideration to specific business cases and tech solutions facilitating code-sharing, they’re unpacking everything you need to know to build applications that run smoothly on any platform. ## Multiplatform app development strategies and best practices The formation of a multiplatform vision and resulting benefits: - The possibilities for building universal apps and how they changed over time - A business perspective on going multiplatform with React at the core - Early attempts to and challenges of sharing UI Today's multiplatform choices: - How React Native breaks down silos, streamlining team structures and workflows - A roundup of different multiplatform approaches you can adopt based on your product and industry-specific needs - Deep-dive into UI libraries, navigation, business logic, styling, and animations Case study of a universal streaming platform built with React Native: - Strategies and technological project decisions that impact project success and efficiency, e.g., monorepo considerations and build strategies - Day-to-day project realities, such as code reviews or breaking team silos - Bundler choices, including Webpack, Metro, and Re.Pack ## Cross-platform React Native development resources - [Mo Khazali - Creating universal design systems across web and mobile with Utility First Styling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ptxuojuYA&t=341s&pp=ygUKbW8ga2hhemFsaQ%3D%3D) - [Mo Khazali - Sharing logic & state between universal web and mobile apps - React Nexus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laBfivqmJEY&t=462s&pp=ygUKbW8ga2hhemFsaQ%3D%3D) - [Ben Ellerby - Sharing Code Between React and React Native: What Not to Share](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7SkFqRd7s&t=593s&pp=ygURYmVuIGVsbGVyYnkgcmVhY3Q%3D) - [The State of Building Native Mobile and Web Apps from a Single Codebase with React Native in 2023](https://blog.theodo.com/2023/05/react-native-single-codebase/) - [RNEU 2021: Lorenzo Sciandra & Tommy Nguyen - Improve all the repos - exploring Microsoft’s DevExp](https://youtu.be/DAEnPV78rQc?si=Iwgub6tEcrpaw583) Insights ## Learn more about Cross-Platform Here's everything we published recently on this topic. [View all](https://www.callstack.com/insights) - [Sparkling: The Missing App Layer for Lynx.js?](https://www.callstack.com/blog/sparkling-the-missing-app-layer-for-lynx-js) (Feb 27 · Article): A hands-on look at Sparkling for Lynx.js: CLI, native navigation, and the tooling layer that turns Lynx into a full mobile app framework. - [Sparkling: A New Framework for Lynx](https://www.callstack.com/events/sparkling-a-new-framework-for-lynx) (Feb 12 · Live Stream): Join the Lynx team live as we explore Sparkling, its boundaries with Lynx, core features, and bootstrap a project from scratch. - [Visualizing the Dual-Thread Model of Lynx JS](https://www.callstack.com/blog/visualizing-the-dual-thread-model-of-lynx-js) (Dec 19 · Article): A practical look at Lynx JS’s dual-thread runtime, using real examples to show how main and background threads behave under load. - [Two Threads of Lynx.js Part 2](https://www.callstack.com/events/two-threads-of-lynx-js-part-2) (Dec 2 · Live Stream): Learn how Lynx.js uses a dual-threaded model, how its APIs work, and what it means for performance in this live session with Lukasz Chludzinski and Kewin Wereszczynski. - [Exploring Lynx.js and Its Two-Thread Runtime](https://www.callstack.com/events/two-threads-of-lynx-js) (Nov 27 · Live Stream): A recap of our live session exploring how Lynx.js splits work across a main thread and a background thread. - [Introducing Solito 5 and the Web-Native Mindset](https://www.callstack.com/events/exploring-solito-5-building-cross-platform-apps-with-react-and-react-native) (Nov 20 · Live Stream): Join us on November 20 for a deep dive into Solito 5 with its creator, Fernando Rojo, and the Callstack team. - [Inside Valdi: What We Learned Exploring Snapchat’s New UI Framework](https://www.callstack.com/events/valdi-snapchats-new-cross-platform-framework) (Nov 13 · Live Stream): A hands-on look at Valdi, Snapchat’s new UI framework: setup, architecture, rendering model, and early developer impressions. - [My First Few Months With Lynx.js](https://www.callstack.com/events/my-first-few-months-with-lynx-js) (Nov 12 · Talk): Is Lynx.js the next big thing in UI? Łukasz shares a newcomer's journey with the framework from TikTok's creators, revealing the good, the bad, and crucial lessons he learned. - [Exploring Lynx JS: From Quick Start to CLI Workflows](https://www.callstack.com/blog/exploring-lynx-js-from-quick-start-to-cli-workflows) (Nov 7 · Article): Learn how to set up Lynx JS, explore its ecosystem, and use the Community CLI to build native apps with a familiar JavaScript workflow.