React Native UI Libraries: Accelerate Development With Pre-Built Components

As a developer, time management and efficiency are crucial aspects of the development process, especially when creating mobile applications. One way to optimize time spent on development is by leveraging pre-built components from React Native UI libraries. These libraries offer a variety of pre-developed, customizable components that can significantly accelerate the development process. 

This comprehensive guide will explore several React Native UI libraries and their features, helping you choose the best library for your project’s needs. Let’s dive in!

React Native Paper is an open-source, cross-platform UI library that follows Google’s Material Design guidelines. Developed by Callstack, React Native Paper offers theming support and numerous customizable, production-ready components.

Key features:

• Google Material Design-based components
• Theming support with light and dark themes
• Babel plugin for optimizing bundle size
• Support for React Native Web

Getting started:

To use React Native Paper, simply install the library using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-paper

or 

yarn add react-native-paper

Next, import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “react-native-paper”;

function MyApp() {

  return <Button onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}>Click me</Button>;

}

React Native Elements is a cross-platform UI toolkit that implements a more generalized design system, allowing you greater control over component customization. With a focus on simplicity, React Native Elements offers a wide range of components and supports theming.

 Key features:

• Wide range of components
• Easy customization with React Native core API
• ThemeProvider for theming support
• Compatibility with React Native Web

Getting started:

Install React Native Elements using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-elements

or

yarn add react-native-elements

Import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “react-native-elements”;

function MyApp() {

  return (

    <Button

      title=”Click me”

      onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}

    />

  );

}

NativeBase is a well-established React Native UI library offering a rich cross-platform component collection. These components come production-ready and include predefined configurations for various use cases.

Key features:

• Extensive component library
• Customizable and production-ready components
• Theming support

Getting started:

Install NativeBase using npm or yarn:

npm install native-base

or

yarn add native-base

Import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “native-base”;

function MyApp() {

  return <Button onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}>Click me</Button>;

}

Also Read: How To Build An MVP With React Native: The Best Ways To Help Startups

UI Kitten is a React Native UI library based on the Eva Design System. With over 480 icons and more than 20 essential UI components, UI Kitten offers extensive customization options and supports right-to-left writing systems.

Key features:

• Based on Eva Design System
• Over 480 icons
• Customizable themes
• Right-to-left writing system support
• React Native Web compatibility

Getting started:

Install UI Kitten using npm or yarn:

npm install @ui-kitten/components

or

yarn add @ui-kitten/components

Import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “@ui-kitten/components”;

function MyApp() {

  return <Button onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}>Click me</Button>;

}

RNUI is a feature-rich React Native UI library maintained by Wix. Offering support for both older and latest React Native versions, RNUI provides a range of customized components and even includes some unique animated components.

Key features:

• Over 20 customized components
• Animated components
• Right-to-left writing system support
• Full accessibility support

Getting started:

Install RNUI using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-ui-lib

or

yarn add react-native-ui-lib

Import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “react-native-ui-lib”;

function MyApp() {

  return <Button onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}>Click me</Button>;

}

Teaset is a UI library that offers over 20 minimalistic components, allowing you and your users to focus more on the content of the app rather than its design. Teaset provides common and uncommon components, catering to various use cases.

Key features:

• Over 20 minimalistic components
• Focus on content rather than design
• Unique components like Stepper, Badge, TabView, and DrawerView

Getting started:

Install Teaset using npm or yarn:

npm install teaset

or

yarn add teaset

Import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “teaset”;

function MyApp() {

  return <Button onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}>Click me</Button>;

}

The Shoutem UI kit is an open-source library that offers over 25 composable and customizable UI components. With predefined styles and support for complex UIs, Shoutem UI is a great choice for professional-looking mobile applications.

Key features:

• Over 25 composable and customizable UI components
• Predefined styles
• Custom CSS-like styling with Shoutem themes library
• Animation components library

Getting started:

Install Shoutem UI using npm or yarn:

npm install @shoutem/ui

or

yarn add @shoutem/ui

Import and use the desired components in your React Native app:

import { Button } from “@shoutem/ui”;

function MyApp() {

  return <Button onPress={() => console.log(“Pressed”)}>Click me</Button>;

}

Lottie is an outstanding open-source animated graphic library developed by Airbnb. With Lottie, you can create beautiful animations for your React Native apps by using featured animations or creating custom animations with Adobe After Effects.

Key features:

• Open-source animated graphic library
• Featured animations
• Custom animations with Adobe After Effects
• JSON export format for excellent performance

Getting started:

Install Lottie for React Native using npm or yarn:

npm install lottie-react-native

or

yarn add lottie-react-native

Import and use the Lottie component in your React Native app:

import LottieView from “lottie-react-native”;

function MyApp() {

  return (

    <LottieView

      source={require(“./animation.json”)}

      autoPlay

      loop

    />

  );

}

Also Read: Top Reasons To Choose React Native For Cross-Platform App Development

React Native Maps is a useful library that provides customizable map components for iOS and Android apps. With components like MapView, Marker, Polygon, and Polyline, React Native Maps enables you to create engaging user experiences.

Key features:

• Customizable map components
• Support for Animated API
• Compatible with React Native ≥v0.64.3

Getting started:

Install React Native Maps using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-maps

or

yarn add react-native-maps

Import and use the MapView component in your React Native app:

import MapView from “react-native-maps”;

function MyApp() {

  return (

    <MapView

      style={{ flex: 1 }}

      initialRegion={{

        latitude: 37.78825,

        longitude: -122.4324,

        latitudeDelta: 0.0922,

        longitudeDelta: 0.0421,

      }}

    />

  );

}

React Native Gifted Chat is a library that offers a pre-developed, customizable chat component for your React Native apps. With features like event handlers, typing indicators, and quick reply options, this library simplifies adding chat screens to your mobile applications.

Key features:

• Pre-developed customizable chat component
• Event handlers
• Typing indicator
• Quick reply options
• Composer actions

Getting started:

Install React Native Gifted Chat using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-gifted-chat

or

yarn add react-native-gifted-chat

Import and use the GiftedChat component in your React Native app:

import { GiftedChat } from “react-native-gifted-chat”;

function MyApp() {

  const [messages, setMessages] = useState([]);

  function onSend(newMessages = []) {

    setMessages(GiftedChat.append(messages, newMessages));

  }

  return (

    <GiftedChat

      messages={messages}

      onSend={newMessages => onSend(newMessages)}

      user={{ _id: 1 }}

    />

  );

}

React Native UI libraries provide a wealth of components and tools that can significantly accelerate the development of your mobile application, reducing the time and effort required for coding from scratch.

Whether you want to create a simple utility app or a complex mobile ecosystem, Mobio Solutions can transform your vision into a dynamic, user-friendly application. We stand by these libraries’ power and are ready to leverage their strengths to bring your mobile app to life. With our dedication to quality, speed, and innovation, we offer unparalleled service to meet your mobile application development needs.

At Mobio Solutions, our team has extensive experience with these libraries and more, allowing us to deliver custom mobile solutions quickly and efficiently. Our proficiency in React Native development and our business-centric approach allows us to create applications that meet technical specifications and drive growth.