import StartCoding from "../\_start-coding.md"

# Create React Native App

## 1. Create a new React Native application

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

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

```bash
cd my-nativewind-app
```

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

```bash
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.

```diff
// 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`

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

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