React Native Claude Skill — Claude That Knows RN Navigation and Performance

React Native sits in an unusual position — it is JavaScript but not web, it targets iOS and Android but with a single codebase, it has its own navigation system, its own performance model, and platform-specific quirks that trip up developers who come from a web background.

Claude knows JavaScript well. But React Native without context leads to generic suggestions — web patterns that don't work on mobile, missing platform-specific handling, navigation code that fights against React Navigation's expectations.

The React Native Skill gives Claude the context it needs to write React Native code correctly from the first line.

What the React Native Skill Covers

Navigation with React Navigation — stack navigators, tab navigators, drawer navigators, nested navigators, deep linking, auth flow patterns. Claude stops treating navigation like web routing and starts writing it the React Navigation way.

Performance optimisations — FlatList vs ScrollView decisions, React.memo and useMemo usage, avoiding unnecessary re-renders on mobile where performance is more critical than on desktop.

Platform-specific code — Platform.OS checks, platform-specific file extensions (.ios.js, .android.js), handling safe area insets, keyboard avoiding views.

Styling patterns — StyleSheet.create vs inline styles, handling different screen densities, responsive layouts without CSS media queries.

Native modules and libraries — Expo vs bare React Native decisions, which libraries to use for common tasks (camera, storage, notifications, maps).

State management — Redux Toolkit, Zustand, or Context for React Native — what works well on mobile and what causes performance problems.

Common Claude Mistakes Without This Skill

Without the React Native Skill, Claude tends to:

• Suggest window or document APIs that don't exist in React Native
• Use web-style routing instead of React Navigation stack patterns
• Miss KeyboardAvoidingView on forms — a common mobile UX issue
• Forget SafeAreaProvider and safe area inset handling
• Suggest CSS solutions instead of React Native StyleSheet patterns
• Use <div> and <span> instead of <View> and <Text>

These are easy mistakes to make without mobile context — and the skill prevents all of them.

How to Install

1. Visit rohansurve.in/rohankit/skills/react-native for the install guide
2. Run:

npx skills add react-native

1. Claude starts writing correct React Native code immediately

Flutter vs React Native — Both Are Covered

If your team works with both Flutter and React Native, RohanKit has skills for both:

• Flutter Development Skill — Flutter and Dart conventions, Riverpod, GoRouter
• React Native Skill — React Navigation, platform-specific patterns, performance

Install whichever matches your project — or both if you work across both platforms.

Related RohanKit Skills

• Flutter Development Skill — Flutter alternative for mobile development
• Code Review Skill — review React Native code for platform-specific issues
• TDD Skill — test-driven development for React Native components
• Git Commit Messages Skill — conventional commits for your RN project
• CLAUDE.md Generator Skill — generate project context for your React Native app

All free at rohansurve.in/rohankit.

Mobile-First Code From Claude

The React Native Skill gives Claude the mobile development context it needs to write code that actually works on iOS and Android — not just code that looks reasonable on the surface but fails the moment it runs on a device.