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    React Native!

Prerequisites

Node (v8.4.0): https://nodejs.org/en/

NPM/Yarn (>= v5.3.0 / v0.27.5): https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install / https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/

React Native (v0.48): https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html
NVM

For Node, it's highly recommended you use a version manager. NVM is great and allows you to have multiple versions of Node installed simultaneously.
Node version mananager
https://github.com/creationix/nvm
Device

React Native requires a simulator/emulator to run.
iOS

Xcode: https://developer.apple.com/download/ or you can download it from the app store.
Android

With Android Studio: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

Without Android Studio: https://medium.com/skyshidigital/install-react-native-without-android-studio-366317419e7e
Create an app

$ npm install -g create-react-native-app
$ create-react-native-app AwesomeProject
$ cd AwesomeProject
$ yarn start
$ yarn run ios/android

Good to read through https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
Running your app without Expo

https://github.com/react-community/create-react-native-app/blob/master/react-native-scripts/template/README.md#ejecting-from-create-react-native-app