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<blockquote data-quote="Hacker News" data-source="post: 74788" data-attributes="member: 365">I revisited an old React Native project with a view to make a new, updated refresh.React Native is great; React Native firebase is great; Firebase is great; Apple is great.Getting an app published that depends on all these to work together is an absolute nightmare.Just installing it is now a walk through a minefield of errors - is your mac an M1? There are dozens of different recipes to follow for a maddening mix of how to install different versions of ruby, of cocoapods, with homebrew or not, with the arm terminal or rosetta emulator.Maybe I was naive to expect that after a couple of years things would have just gotten easier or faster.After a day spent 99% on just setup and getting a generic app to not break, before even touching a line of code to make a feature, I have quit.I wonder if others feel this way? I'm sad because I like app development, and the idea of building for multiple platforms. And I previously invested a lot in learning and supporting RN but the balkanization of this platform has reached the tipping point for me.<hr />Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33609943" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33609943</a>Points: 12# Comments: 16<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33609943" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hacker News, post: 74788, member: 365"] I revisited an old React Native project with a view to make a new, updated refresh. React Native is great; React Native firebase is great; Firebase is great; Apple is great. Getting an app published that depends on all these to work together is an absolute nightmare. Just installing it is now a walk through a minefield of errors - is your mac an M1? There are dozens of different recipes to follow for a maddening mix of how to install different versions of ruby, of cocoapods, with homebrew or not, with the arm terminal or rosetta emulator. Maybe I was naive to expect that after a couple of years things would have just gotten [I]easier[/I] or [I]faster[/I]. After a day spent 99% on just setup and getting a generic app to [I]not break[/I], before even touching a line of code to make a feature, I have quit. I wonder if others feel this way? I'm sad because I like app development, and the idea of building for multiple platforms. And I previously invested a lot in learning and supporting RN but the balkanization of this platform has reached the tipping point for me. [HR][/HR] Comments URL: [URL]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33609943[/URL] Points: 12 # Comments: 16 [url="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33609943"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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