NOTE: VERY EARLY PROOF OF CONCEPT (NOT USABLE)
Zulip Mobile is a new, experimental mobile client written in Javascript with React Native. The current goal is to assess whether React Native makes sense as a long-term direction for the mobile apps.
It will initially target iOS only (although most of the code will be cross-platform).
- Mac OS X (El Capitan recommended)
- XCode (7+ recommended)
git clone https://github.com/zulip/zulip-mobile.git
cd zulip-mobile
npm install
npm run ios will launch a new terminal with the React Native packager and open up the app in the iOS simulator.
npm test runs the unit test suite.
npm run lint checks the codebase against our linting rules. We're using the AirBnB ES6 and React style guides.
Pros:
- Support iOS and Android with one codebase
- Familar web programming model (React + Javascript + Flexbox)
Cons:
- Potential performance issues
- Greater technical risk (new ecosystem, not as battle-tested as native code)