expo-tailwind-setuplisted
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# 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
```bash
# 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
```
Add resolutions for lightningcss compatibility:
```json
// package.json
{
"resolutions": {
"lightningcss": "1.30.1"
}
}
```
- autoprefixer is not needed in Expo because of lightningcss
- postcss is included in expo by default
## Configuration Files
### Metro Config
Create or update `metro.config.js`:
```js
// metro.config.js
const { getDefaultConfig } = require("expo/metro-config");
const { withNativewind } = require("nativewind/metro");
/** @type {import('expo/metro-config').MetroConfig} */
const config = getDefaultConfig(__dirname);
module.exports = withNativewind(config, {
// inline variables break PlatformColor in CSS variables
inlineVariables: false,
// We add className support manually
globalClassNamePolyfill: false,
});
```
### PostCSS Config
Create `postcss.config.mjs`:
```js
// postcss.confi