On: State of React Native 2018

[jporsay]

Have you tried replacing the JavaScript Core with the one from the react-native-community repository? https://github.com/react-community/jsc-android-buildscripts

[untog → jporsay]

The downside with those is that the build of JavaScriptCore is significantly bigger than the one React Native currently ships with. It's quite a big dependency to have in an app, and a shame Google doesn't expose the system V8 runtime on Android in the same way Apple does with JavaScriptCore on iOS.

[kuschku → untog]

Android stopped having a system V8 runtime several years ago. Ever since all webviews you use are just frames to a normal app that's updated over the normal app stores.

[untog → kuschku]

Right, but you can use the system webview that way... so why not also use the V8 engine embedded inside the system webview?