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Create React Native App

1. Create a new React Native application​

npx create-react-native-app my-nativewind-app

Choose "Default new app" and then move into the project's directory.

cd my-nativewind-app

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}", "./screens/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

3. Add the Babel plugin​

Modify your babel.config.js

// babel.config.js
module.exports = {
- plugins: [],
+ plugins: ["nativewind/babel"],
};

Thats it 🎉​

Start writing code!

import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
import React from 'react';
- import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+ import { Text, View } from 'react-native';

export default function App() {
  return (
-   <View style={styles.container}>
+   <View className="flex-1 items-center justify-center bg-white">
      <Text>Open up App.js to start working on your app!</Text>
      <StatusBar style="auto" />
    </View>
  );
}

- const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-   container: {
-     flex: 1,
-     backgroundColor: '#fff',
-     alignItems: 'center',
-     justifyContent: 'center',
-   },
- });