Company
Date Published
Author
Max Lynch
Word count
587
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

React Native support for Portals, a new SDK developed by Ionic, introduces a micro-frontend architecture for mobile app development, allowing large organizations to scale their app development across different teams. Portals enable embedding of micro-frontend web experiences into a React Native app through a drop-in component that extends Web View functionality, offering native-like performance and real-time updates for bug fixes and new features. This integration facilitates the sharing of React web code with React Native apps, empowering web teams to contribute seamlessly, and supports traditional iOS, Android, and hybrid apps. With production use in significant mobile apps, Portals help teams accelerate the shipping process by enabling parallel and real-time publishing of updates, bypassing traditional mobile release bottlenecks. The process to integrate Portals into a React Native app involves minimal setup, and Ionic provides extensive documentation and demos to assist teams in getting started.