>> they've ported all their apps to the Tizen Store, so they seem to think Tizen has potential.
Samsung will have paid them handsomely for doing those ports. Facebook have over a billion users. There are only just over 1 million Tizen handsets. Why on earth would Facebook care about Tizen? On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Olivier Nyssen <nysse...@gmail.com> wrote: > Facebook's mindshare with web devs is gigantic: adding Tizen to React > Native is a no-brainer imo. > Facebook is a natural ally btw: they've ported all their apps to the Tizen > Store, so they seem to think Tizen has potential. > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Bob Summerwill <b...@summerwill.net> > wrote: > >> While the technology is interesting, I don't why you are posting this >> here, Olivier. >> >> There is no React Native for Tizen and it is exceedingly unlikely that >> Facebook or anybody else would ever bother to build that. There is simply >> no market. >> >> React is a pattern for building applications in a better way. Tizen >> needs device install base and it needs ANY applications. We aren't short >> of ways to build applications for Tizen. It simply isn't worth bothering >> doing. >> >> You can see that in the recent episode on application-dev where Yair >> Solomon has been unable to ship his Unity application for months and it >> turns out the final hurdle is that there is use of non-approved Tizen API >> in the Unity player itself, meaning in all likelihood that there are ZERO >> Unity3D titles in the Tizen Store, in spite of Unity being used for over >> 50% of all iOS and Android games. >> >> All the professional software developers left Tizen a long time ago. >> Many of my peers ported their games in 2013, and then gave up waiting for a >> market to get any money back on their work. Especially after OSP was >> dropped, breaking every single native app. Like most games. >> >> Technology is not the answer. Lack of communication and >> command-and-control culture are the problem. >> >> Tizen is very hostile and unappealing to professional developers and >> there is just no install base to justify the risk of investment. I would >> love that not to be the case, but that is the unvarnished reality. >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Olivier Nyssen <nysse...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> “Cordova renders to web views — HTML, the DOM, basically — whereas React >>> Native renders natively, to native views — UIKit, Android views. They look >>> different and feel different, you manipulate them in different ways, and >>> you have more capabilities, we think.” >>> >>> >>> https://code.facebook.com/posts/1189117404435352/react-native-for-android-how-we-built-the-first-cross-platform-react-native-app/ >>> >> >> "React Native <https://facebook.github.io/react-native/> is Facebook's >> open-source framework for building native mobile apps using JavaScript. >> Unlike PhoneGap/Cordova, React Native provides bindings for native UI >> controls which totally outclass HTML-based hybrid solutions. After playing >> with the sample app for a while, I decided to jettison my Cordova codebase >> and rewrite the Circadi <http://www.circadi.com/> app using this new >> framework. It took me about 96 working hours to finish an MVP, now >> published on the App Store >> <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/circadi/id1035015954?ls=1&mt=8>. My >> overall experience with React Native is positive. I'm going to give an >> account of my key findings below for people who're considering to adopt the >> framework." >> >> http://blog.zmxv.com/2015/09/what-i-learned-from-building-react.html >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General@lists.tizen.org >> https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/general >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@lists.tizen.org > https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/general > > -- b...@summerwill.net
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