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Version: v2

React Native CLI

1. Create the project

npx react-native init AwesomeProject
cd AwesomeProject

You will need to install nativewind and it's peer dependency tailwindcss.

yarn add nativewind
yarn add --dev tailwindcss

2. Setup Tailwind CSS

Run npx tailwindcss init to create a tailwind.config.js file

Add the paths to all of your component files in your tailwind.config.js file.

// tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
- content: [],
+ content: ["./App.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}", "./<custom-folder>/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"],
theme: {
extend: {},
},
plugins: [],
}

3. Add the Babel plugin

Modify your babel.config.js

// babel.config.js
module.exports = {
presets: ['module:metro-react-native-babel-preset'],
+ plugins: ["nativewind/babel"],
};

Thats it 🎉

Start writing code!

/**
* Sample React Native App
* https://github.com/facebook/react-native
*
* @format
* @flow strict-local
*/

import React from 'react';
import type {Node} from 'react';
import {
SafeAreaView,
ScrollView,
StatusBar,
- StyleSheet,
Text,
useColorScheme,
View,
} from 'react-native';

import {
- Colors,
DebugInstructions,
Header,
LearnMoreLinks,
ReloadInstructions,
} from 'react-native/Libraries/NewAppScreen';

const Section = ({children, title}): Node => {
- const isDarkMode = useColorScheme() === 'dark';
return (
- <View style={styles.sectionContainer}>
+ <View className="mt-8 px-2">
- <Text
- style={[
- styles.sectionTitle,
- {
- color: isDarkMode ? Colors.white : Colors.black,
- },
- ]}>
+ <Text className="text-2xl text-black dark:text-white">
{title}
</Text>
- <Text
- style={[
- styles.sectionDescription,
- {
- color: isDarkMode ? Colors.light : Colors.dark,
- },
- ]}>
+ <Text className="mt-2 text-lg text-black dark:text-white">
{children}
</Text>
</View>
);
};

const App: () => Node = () => {
const isDarkMode = useColorScheme() === 'dark';

- const backgroundStyle = {
- backgroundColor: isDarkMode ? Colors.darker : Colors.lighter,
- };
+ const backgroundStyle = "bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-slate-900"

return (
- <SafeAreaView style={backgroundStyle}>
+ <SafeAreaView className={backgroundStyle}>
<StatusBar barStyle={isDarkMode ? 'light-content' : 'dark-content'} />
<ScrollView
contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior="automatic"
- style={backgroundStyle}>
+ className={backgroundStyle}>
<Header />
- <View
- style={{
- backgroundColor: isDarkMode ? Colors.black : Colors.white,
- }}>
+ <View className="bg-white dark:bg-black">
<Section title="Step One">
- Edit <Text style={styles.highlight}>App.js</Text> to change this
+ Edit <Text className="font-bold">App.js</Text> to change this
screen and then come back to see your edits.
</Section>
<Section title="See Your Changes">
<ReloadInstructions />
</Section>
<Section title="Debug">
<DebugInstructions />
</Section>
<Section title="Learn More">
Read the docs to discover what to do next:
</Section>
<LearnMoreLinks />
</View>
</ScrollView>
</SafeAreaView>
);
};

- const styles = StyleSheet.create({
- sectionContainer: {
- marginTop: 32,
- paddingHorizontal: 24,
- },
- sectionTitle: {
- fontSize: 24,
- fontWeight: '600',
- },
- sectionDescription: {
- marginTop: 8,
- fontSize: 18,
- fontWeight: '400',
- },
- highlight: {
- fontWeight: '700',
- },
- });

export default App;