What does native app mean?

Question

React

I'm studying react-native and constantly come across the term "native", what is native in translation, how should I perceive it? is the application native if it is written for the mobile platform? native component - a component that will be used on a mobile platform?

Answer 1

Usually, native means that the program is executed in the native environment of the device, uses native UI widgets, etc. For example, an application that runs in a browser and renders itself inside the browser would be "non-native" for the mobile platform and "native" for the browser. The browser itself will be "native" for the mobile platform. The language in which you wrote the application does not matter, you can also write "non-native" applications for android in java.

Answer 2

native - it means a component written in the "native" language for the platform, android - java, ios - swift / obj-c