# Our Transition to React Native

DevFeed: [Our Transition to React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/our-transition-to-react-native-27402.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/react-native-at-khan.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2020-07-09T22:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react-native.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>)

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## AI overview

Khan Academy describes completing its transition to React Native for its iOS and Android apps. The article explains why the team moved away from separate platform codebases and outlines the transition's exploration, straddling, and extinction phases.

## Source excerpt

In 2017, Khan Academy started using React Native in our iOS and Android apps. As of this year, we've reached a big milestone: our transition to React Native is complete! Every screen in the app is rendered in React Native.