expo-tailwind-setup
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
# Install dependencies
npx expo install tailwindcss@^4 nativewind@5.0.0-preview.2 react-native-css@0.0.0-nightly.5ce6396 @tailwindcss/postcss tailwind-merge clsx
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