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⚡️ Complete Setup Guide: Expo + NativeWind (2026 Edition)

DEV Community·Nabin Kandel·6 months ago
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Build beautiful, responsive React Native apps with Tailwind CSS — the easy way.

💡 What is NativeWind?

NativeWind lets you use Tailwind CSS classes directly in React Native components. Write className="flex-1 bg-white" instead of verbose stylesheets. 🎨

📋 Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have:

Tool Install Command / Link

Node.js (LTS) nodejs.org

npm or yarn Comes with Node.js

Expo CLI npm install -g expo-cli

Xcode (for iOS) App Store ⚠️ macOS only

Android Studio (for Android) developer.android.com

🍎 iOS Developers : Xcode is ~12GB and required to run the iOS Simulator.…

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