Tailwind CSS Setup for Expo with react-native-css

This guide covers setting up Tailwind CSS v4 in Expo using react-native-css and NativeWind v5 for universal styling across iOS, Android, and Web.

Overview

This setup uses:

• Tailwind CSS v4 - Modern CSS-first configuration
• react-native-css - CSS runtime for React Native
• NativeWind v5 - Metro transformer for Tailwind in React Native
• @tailwindcss/postcss - PostCSS plugin for Tailwind v4

Installation

Note: react-native-css@0.0.0-nightly.5ce6396 and nativewind@5.0.0-preview.2 are pre-release/experimental and may be unstable. Check for newer stable releases before using.