Thanks Andreas, from the docs the sense I get is that React Native lacks some of these native integrations provided by Ionic through Cordova plugins, meaning that I need to get into ObjectiveC or Java code to get Push Notifications, Picture taking, etc..

Does React Native provide hooks to native phone APIs such as the ones you get with Ionic through Cordova plugins? (Camera, Contacts, etc...)

found some more discussion about it here: https://hashnode.com/post/what-are-the-primary-use-cases-for-rethinkdb-ciiw5defl0005wx53gxndd33v

Any thoughts about RethinkDB ? It has a really simple interface for realtime and ReQL looks appealing, but after some initial tests still not convinced about performance or driver maturity. Anyone has production experience with it?