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- name: building-native-ui
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- description: Cross-platform Native UI mastery (React Native / Expo). Building seamless, 60fps mobile interfaces, handling safe areas, navigation architectures (Expo Router), native modules, gestures/animations (Reanimated), and platform-specific styling. Use when building React Native or Expo mobile apps.
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- allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
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- version: 2.0.0
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- last-updated: 2026-04-02
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- 8. **Keyboard Avoidance:** Failing to wrap inputs in `<KeyboardAvoidingView>`, meaning the digital keyboard pops up and permanently obscures the text input.
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- 9. **Platform Blindness:** Applying `shadowOpacity` expecting it to work on Android (it doesn't, requires `elevation`).
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- 10. **Legacy Navigation:** Generating sprawling `react-navigation` stack files instead of utilizing modern Expo Router file-based topologies.
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- ---
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-
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- ## 🏛️ Tribunal Integration
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-
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- ### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit
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- ```
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- ✅ Did I exclusively use native primitives (<View>, <Text>, <Pressable>) and NO HTML tags?
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- ✅ Is `react-native-reanimated` handling all physics and animations on the UI thread?
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- ✅ Are large lists utilizing `<FlashList>` with a declared `estimatedItemSize`?
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- ✅ Is UI guarded from notches using `useSafeAreaInsets`?
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- ✅ Are styles written strictly via `StyleSheet.create` with numeric values, not string CSS?
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- ✅ Are interactive touch points using `onPress`, not `onClick`?
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- ✅ Is the Keyboard explicitly handled via `KeyboardAvoidingView` or `KeyboardAwareScrollView`?
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- ✅ Is routing leveraging modern Expo Router file systems?
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- ✅ Are shadows handled specifically for iOS (shadowProps) and Android (elevation)?
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- ✅ Have I avoided sending massive state updates back and forth across the JS bridge?
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- ```
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+ ---
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+ name: building-native-ui
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+ description: Cross-platform Native UI mastery (React Native / Expo). Building seamless, 60fps mobile interfaces, handling safe areas, navigation architectures (Expo Router), native modules, gestures/animations (Reanimated), and platform-specific styling. Use when building React Native or Expo mobile apps.
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+ allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
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+ version: 2.0.0
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+ last-updated: 2026-04-02
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+ applies-to-model: gemini-2.5-pro, claude-3-7-sonnet
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Hallucination Traps (Read First)
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+ - ❌ `SafeAreaView` wrapping everything -> ✅ Use `SafeAreaProvider` + `useSafeAreaInsets()` for granular control
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+ - Using `ScrollView` for long lists -> `FlatList` or `FlashList` for virtualized rendering; ScrollView renders ALL items
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+ - `Dimensions.get('window')` for responsive layouts -> Use `useWindowDimensions()` hook (reactive to rotation/resize)
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+ - ❌ Animating with `Animated.timing` by default -> ✅ Use `Reanimated 3` with `useSharedValue` for 120fps worklet-based animations
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+
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+ # Building Native UI React Native & Expo Mastery
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+
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+ A mobile app isn't a website confined to a small screen.
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+ 60 FPS is not a goal; it is a rigid requirement. The JS thread is a fragile bottleneck.
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 1. The Expo Router Architecture
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+
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+ File-based routing replaces legacy imperative React Navigation boilerplates.
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // Directory structure dictates routes
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+ // app/
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+ // ├── _layout.tsx (Global wrap, e.g. Stack or Tabs)
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+ // ├── index.tsx (Matches '/')
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+ // ├── (auth)/ (Route group, invisible in URL)
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+ // │ └── login.tsx (Matches '/login')
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+ // └── user/
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+ // └── [id].tsx (Dynamic route, matches '/user/123')
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+
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+ // Link navigation (Strongly typed in Expo Router v3+)
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+ import { Link, router } from 'expo-router';
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+
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+ export default function Home() {
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+ return (
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+ <View>
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+ {/* Declarative */}
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+ <Link href="/user/123" asChild>
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+ <Pressable><Text>Go to Profile</Text></Pressable>
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+ </Link>
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+
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+ {/* Imperative */}
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+ <Button onPress={() => router.push('/(auth)/login')} title="Login" />
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+ </View>
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+ );
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 2. Platform Nuances & Safe Areas
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+
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+ Mobile devices have notches, home indicators, and varied status bars.
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // BAD: Ignoring notches
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+ export const Header = () => <View style={{ paddingTop: 20 }} />
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+
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+ // ✅ GOOD: react-native-safe-area-context
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+ import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
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+
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+ export const Header = () => {
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+ const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
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+ return (
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+ <View style={{ paddingTop: insets.top, paddingBottom: insets.bottom }}>
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+ <Text>Header Content</Text>
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+ </View>
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+ );
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+ }
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+
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+ // ✅ Platform-specific logic
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+ import { Platform, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
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+
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+ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
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+ shadow: {
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+ ...Platform.select({
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+ ios: { shadowColor: '#000', shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 2 }, shadowOpacity: 0.2 },
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+ android: { elevation: 4 }, // Android requires elevation for shadows
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+ }),
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+ }
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+ });
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 3. High-Performance Animations (Reanimated)
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+
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+ Never animate over the React Native bridge. Keep animations strictly on the native UI thread using `react-native-reanimated`.
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ // BAD: Animated.Value across the bridge, or setState driven animations
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+ // setState -> JS Thread calculate -> Bridge JSON -> Native UI (Drops frames!)
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+
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+ // ✅ GOOD: Reanimated UI thread execution
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+ import Animated, { useSharedValue, useAnimatedStyle, withSpring } from 'react-native-reanimated';
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+
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+ export function BouncyBox() {
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+ const offset = useSharedValue(0); // Lives natively
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+
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+ const animatedStyles = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
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+ return {
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+ transform: [{ translateY: offset.value }], // Syncs natively
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+ };
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+ });
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+
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+ return (
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+ <>
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+ <Animated.View style={[styles.box, animatedStyles]} />
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+ <Button onPress={() => (offset.value = withSpring(Math.random() * 255))} title="Bounce" />
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+ </>
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+ );
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 4. List Performance
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+
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+ FlatList rendering is the #1 cause of React Native app crashes due to OOM (Out of Memory).
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+
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+ ```typescript
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+ import { FlashList } from "@shopify/flash-list";
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+
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+ // ❌ BAD: Standard ScrollView for massive lists
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+ // Maps every item instantly. Crashes on large data sets.
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+
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+ // MEDIOCRE: FlatList
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+ // Blank spaces when scrolling fast due to JS thread bridge bottlenecks.
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+
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+ // ✅ BEST: FlashList (Shopify)
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+ // Recycles views instantly like native UICollectionView / RecyclerView.
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+ export function FastList({ data }) {
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+ return (
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+ <FlashList
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+ data={data}
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+ renderItem={({ item }) => <Text>{item.title}</Text>}
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+ estimatedItemSize={50} // CRUCIAL for performance
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+ />
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+ );
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---