Native Modules

ELI5 — The Vibe Check

Native modules are escape hatches that let you write actual Swift/Kotlin code when your cross-platform framework can't do something. It's like being bilingual — you mostly speak JavaScript, but switch to native when the conversation gets serious.

Real Talk

Platform-specific code modules written in native languages (Swift/Objective-C for iOS, Kotlin/Java for Android) that bridge into cross-platform frameworks like React Native or Flutter. Native modules provide access to platform APIs, third-party SDKs, and performance-critical operations not available through the framework's standard APIs.

When You'll Hear This

"We wrote a native module for the Bluetooth SDK because there's no React Native package for it." / "With the new architecture, writing native modules in React Native is way simpler."