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I-am-abdulazeez • Edited

Hi, Phillips

Nice article. It seems my story and ours are going in the opposite direction.

Ionic is great! I worked with it using the Angular part for like 3 years, but have not really tried the Vue part extensively.
Ionic-angular is cool. We enjoyed every part of it. It just works well. We integrated plugins; they work well too.
As for ionic-react, we had a lot of issues, beginning with the navigation. Ionic-React-Router occasionally lags. Some people even suggested using pure react-router instead of Ionic-React-Router. Then we also had issues with plugins; some work and some do not.
 
However, in React Native, which I recently came across and also from what I have heard from developers in my country, React Native is a goal here.
I posted a lot of questions on stackoverflow and ionicforum concerning ionic-react. I got no positive answer. It seems people don't really know much about it.
Most of your issues are related to iOS. I think 2 years of experience in React Native is a lot for you to decide, but I see people with 4 years of experience in React Native with minimal complaints.
 
Lastly, what I love about react-native is the react-navigation lib. Almost everything is done out of the box. Ionic has an animation builder API for you to create a custom animation, but I think react-native plugins do something beautiful too.
They all have their pros and cons. For me, I think react-native is cool.
 
Ionic-angular is cool.
Ionic-react is not yet cool.
Welcome to the ionic world 🌎🌎