Customization framework for native mobile applications

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configures the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request from a native application of a computing device, the request identifies a view of a user interface (UI) of the native application;
• in response to the request, accessing metadata corresponding to the view, wherein the metadata identifies one or more components of the native application and specifies a layout of the one or more components;
• receiving a definition from a registry of providers, wherein a first component of the one or more components is mapped from the received definition;
• and
• transmitting the metadata, including the first component, to the native application.

A method, comprising:

• launching a view of a user interface (UI) of a native application;
• in response to the launching, sending a request which identifies the view to a metadata service;
• receiving metadata from the metadata service in response to the request;
• based on the metadata, accessing from the native application, a parent component and a selected child component which is selected from among a plurality of different types of available child components of the native application;
• receiving a definition from a registry of providers, wherein a first component of the one or more components is mapped from the received definition;
• and
• rendering the parent component and the selected child component in the view according to the metadata, and rendering the first component in the view.