As someone who has tried to learn Android development from scratch with both approaches (native Android and React Native), I preferred React Native by far!
To me, React Native just has a much nicer ecosystem to develop around. The folks at Expo make some of the best development tools I've seen, and as an added bonus you get the awesome open source component library of React and React Native.
Once a jobbing developer I have since moved into Management. I continue with a couple of hobby projects to ensure I don't go mad. I focus on iOS/Swift and ROR.
As someone who has tried to learn Android development from scratch with both approaches (native Android and React Native), I preferred React Native by far!
To me, React Native just has a much nicer ecosystem to develop around. The folks at Expo make some of the best development tools I've seen, and as an added bonus you get the awesome open source component library of React and React Native.
If you want to get started with React Native, I can't say enough good things about this course: React Native Basics: Build a Currency Converter
Thanks Aaron - I'll check out the link.