Is it worth the effort to create a site in Laravel and React, or simply Laravel when you have to create API's for an Android APP

I am working on a website for which the client requirement is a php website and an Android APP, is it viable to create a React Frontend, so that there's no need for creating separate API's for the android App. Correct if i am wrong, i have worked on MERN stack and LAMP stack but never on a combination of both.

What would be a better option Laravel+React or Simply Laravel to have the least development time, all the data for the Android App will be handled by the Laravel API.

via Chebli Mohamed