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Making any multiplatform real-time 3D for Apple is such a pain. Even simply using Xcode is a nightmare.

Agree with you there! I don't particularly love Facebook and haven't even used it since 2009, but I can't deny how world-changing React has been for not only front-end (in terms of state management etc.) but also for building cross-platform native UIs on various platforms like TVs and mobile devices - and being able to do it with a (mostly) common codebase.

I probably would have never built for iOS if I had to use Xcode and their entire ecosystem, luckily in RN you usually just need to install their command line tools and never open the software.

If you use Expo, you don’t even have to do that.

Expo was amazing for my first foray into React Native (https://github.com/bennyschmidt/daily-tarot)

I eventually ran into some limitations (accessing Camera Roll back then, also in-app purchases back then) that forced me to have to use more native stuff. I bet it's come a long way though since then.

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