Animation & Gestures

Graphics & Drawing

• lottie-react-native - Adobe After Effects animations rendered natively with vector graphics.
• react-native-gesture-handler - Native-driven gesture management system replacing RN touch system.
• react-native-reanimated - Native-level animations with worklet support for complex interactions.

Authentication & Security

Graphics & Drawing

• expo-stable-id - Persistent cross-device user identifier using iCloud sync and secure local storage.
• react-native-keychain - Secure credential storage using iOS Keychain and Android Keystore.

Backend & BaaS

Graphics & Drawing

• Appwrite - Self-hosted BaaS with auth, databases, storage, and functions.
• AWS Amplify - AWS cloud services integration for mobile and web apps.
• React Native Firebase - Firebase SDK with Firestore, Auth, Cloud Functions, analytics, and more.

Camera & Vision

Graphics & Drawing

• react-native-vision-camera - High-performance camera with frame processors and real-time AI capabilities.

Component Libraries

• Gluestack UI - Universal accessible components with Tailwind CSS support for React Native and Next.js.
• HeroUI Native - Beautiful, fast and modern React Native UI library with pre-built components.
• NativeBase - Accessible component library inspired by Material UI, Chakra UI, and Ant Design.
• React Native Elements - Cross-platform UI toolkit with customizable components.
• React Native Paper - Cross-platform Material Design library with M3 support by Callstack.
• Tamagui - Performance-focused UI kit with optimizing compiler that flattens component trees at build time.

Data Fetching & Networking

Graphics & Drawing

• SWR - React hooks for data fetching with stale-while-revalidate strategy.

Deep Linking

Graphics & Drawing

• Branch - Attribution and deferred deep linking platform.

Developer Tools

Graphics & Drawing

• Radon IDE - VSCode extension turning your editor into a React Native IDE.
• Reactotron - Desktop app for inspecting React Native apps without debug mode.

Frameworks & Platforms

Graphics & Drawing

• Expo - Framework and platform for universal React Native applications.
• React Native - Framework for building native apps using React by Meta.
• react-native-windows - React Native for Windows desktop applications.
• Re.Pack - Webpack-based bundler for React Native with module federation support.

Internationalization (i18n)

Graphics & Drawing

• Lingui - ICU MessageFormat-based i18n library with compile-time message extraction and React Native support.
• react-native-localize - Locale and timezone utilities for React Native.

Maps & Location

Graphics & Drawing

• MapLibre React Native - Interactive vector tile maps with MapLibre Native.
• react-native-maps - Map components using Google Maps and Apple Maps.

Navigation

Graphics & Drawing

• Expo Router - File-based routing built on React Navigation with universal links support.
• React Navigation - Extensible navigation library with stack, tab, and drawer navigators.

Payments & In-App Purchases

Graphics & Drawing

• RevenueCat - In-app subscriptions and purchase management with analytics.
• Stripe React Native - Payment processing with Apple Pay and Google Pay support.

Performance Monitoring & Analytics

Graphics & Drawing

• Sentry - Error tracking and performance monitoring with profiling support.

Push Notifications

Graphics & Drawing

• Notifee - Advanced notification library with custom layouts and actions.
• OneSignal - Push notification service with segmentation and analytics.

Storage & Database

Graphics & Drawing

• expo-cloud-settings - iCloud key-value synchronization across iOS devices using React hooks.
• MMKV - Fast key-value storage, 30x faster than AsyncStorage.
• WatermelonDB - Reactive SQLite database optimized for complex React Native apps.

Styling & Theming

Graphics & Drawing

• NativeWind - Tailwind CSS for React Native with universal styling support.
• Unistyles - Low-level styling library with breakpoints, themes, and runtime style updates.

Templates & Boilerplates

Graphics & Drawing

• Ignite - Battle-tested boilerplate by Infinite Red with MobX-State-Tree and generators.

Testing

Graphics & Drawing

• Detox - Gray-box E2E testing with auto-synchronization by Wix.
• React Native Testing Library - User-centric component testing library by Callstack.

UI Components

Buttons & Actions

• React Native Bouncy Checkbox - Animated checkbox with customizable bounce effect.

Calendars & Date/Time Pickers

• Flash Calendar - Fast and flexible calendar library optimized for performance.
• react-native-calendars - Customizable calendar components with marking and multi-period support.
• react-native-ui-datepicker - Customizable date picker with Jalali calendar and NativeWind support.

Charts & Data Visualization

• react-native-chart-kit - Simple chart library with Bezier line charts and progress rings.
• Victory Native - Modular charting library with extensive customization and interactive features.

Forms & Inputs

• Formik - Complete form solution with intuitive API for validation and submission.
• React Hook Form - Performant form library with minimal re-renders and small bundle size.

Graphics & Drawing

• React Native Skia - High-performance 2D graphics using the Skia engine by Shopify.

Icons

• Expo Vector Icons - Built on react-native-vector-icons with FontAwesome, MaterialIcons, and more.
• react-native-vector-icons - Customizable icon sets with full styling support.

Image & Media Display

• react-native-image-picker - Native UI for media selection with cropping and resizing options.

Keyboard

• react-native-keyboard-controller - Keyboard manager with frame-level control, interactive dismissal, and consistent cross-platform behavior.

Lists & Tables

• react-native-sortables - Drag-and-drop sortable grid and list components with gesture-based reordering.

Modals, Sheets & Overlays

• react-native-bottom-sheet - Performant bottom sheet with gesture interactions built on Reanimated.
• react-native-modal - Enhanced modal component with animations and backdrop customization.
• react-native-true-sheet - Fully native bottom sheet with Fabric support and iOS Liquid Glass.

Progress, Loaders & Skeletons

• react-native-auto-skeleton - Automatically generates skeleton loaders based on existing UI layout.

Toasts & Notifications

• react-native-toast-message - Animated toast message component with customizable presets.