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  • Introduction
    nativecn is shadcn for Expo apps: Components you copy into your app and own, built so AI agents can build and verify whole mobile apps.
  • Installation
    Create a new Expo app with nativecn, or add nativecn to an existing one.
  • components.json
    The project file that records your Preset, Structure, aliases and agents.
  • CLI
    Every nativecn-cli command and flag: init, create, add, agents and mcp.
  • Changelog
    What changed in each nativecn release.
  • Theming
    Tokens, Colour Roles, Scale, Scheme, createStyles and fonts.
  • Presets & Styles
    Style, Base Colour, Accent Colour, Radius and fonts: chosen once, baked into your code.
  • Folder structure
    Flat and feature Structures, Destinations and the placement rule.
  • AI agents
    Rules, Skills, the nativecn MCP server, the Plugin and the Visual QA Loop.
  • Alert
    Alert, AlertTitle and AlertDescription: an inline message with Variants (default, destructive, success, warning, info), each with a default icon.
  • Avatar
    Round user image (expo-image) with fallback initials, in sizes sm, md and lg.
  • Badge
    Small status label with Variants default, secondary, outline, destructive, success and warning.
  • Button
    Button with Variants (primary, secondary, outline, ghost, destructive, link), Sizes, an icon slot, loading and status; icon-only requires aria-label.
  • Card
    Card surface with CardHeader, CardTitle, CardDescription, CardContent and CardFooter; onPress makes the whole card pressable.
  • Checkbox
    Checkbox with an optional label, controlled or uncontrolled, an indeterminate (mixed) state and a haptic tick.
  • Chip
    Chip (plain, toggle or removable, with an optional icon) and ChipGroup (single or multiple choice on the SelectionGroup Primitive), with a haptic tick.
  • Container
    Wraps a Screen: safe-area edges, scrolling, keyboard avoidance, Token padding and a max content width.
  • Drawer
    Drawer panel content for Expo Router's drawer (expo-router/drawer): DrawerContent, DrawerHeader, DrawerSection, DrawerItem (label, icon, href, badge; active from the current route) and DrawerFooter.
  • Empty State
    What a Screen or list shows when there is nothing to show yet: an icon, a title, a description and an action.
  • FormField
    Lays out a control with its Label, description and error, and links them for screen readers ("Email, text field, Enter a valid email").
  • Icon
    Every glyph: a Lucide icon at a Token size in a Colour Role, decorative unless labelled.
  • Input
    Single-line text field with Sizes, a leading icon, error/success status, a focus ring and an automatic Show/Hide password toggle.
  • InputOTP
    One-time code field: one hidden input drives N cells; numeric keyboard, SMS/Keychain autofill, paste, onComplete, error/success status and secure.
  • Label
    A field's visible label in the label type Variant, with a required marker read as "required".
  • List
    Settings-style rows: ListSection, ListSectionHeader, ListSectionFooter and ListItem (title, description, icon, trailing, chevron, destructive, onPress); FlashList-safe.
  • Progress
    A horizontal progress bar: a value 0–100 that animates, or indeterminate; role progressbar with its value.
  • RadioGroup
    RadioGroup and RadioGroupItem: a single choice from a list on the SelectionGroup Primitive, vertical or horizontal, with a haptic tick.
  • SchemeSwitcher
    Theme switcher / dark mode toggle: System, Light and Dark as SegmentedTabs, or one icon button cycling through them. Calls setScheme, which persists the choice.
  • SearchField
    Search box with a search icon, an automatic clear (×) button, a loading spinner and onSubmit from the keyboard's Search key.
  • SegmentedTabs
    In-screen tabs (not navigation): segmented or underline Variants, an animated indicator, and only the selected tab's content rendered.
  • Separator
    A hairline divider, horizontal or vertical, decorative by default.
  • Skeleton
    A placeholder shape shown while content loads; pulses unless Reduce Motion is on, hidden from screen readers.
  • Slider
    Pick a number in a range by dragging or tapping (Gesture Handler + Reanimated), snapped to steps with a haptic tick; adjustable for screen readers.
  • Spinner
    An indeterminate loading indicator in a Colour Role, announced as busy; still under Reduce Motion.
  • Switch
    A themed on/off Switch, identical on iOS and Android, with an optional label, a thumb that slides (instant under Reduce Motion) and a haptic tick.
  • TabNavigation
    The bottom tab bar: the custom tabBar of an Expo Router JS Tabs Layout, with classic and floating Variants, per-tab icons and badges from Tabs.Screen options.
  • Text
    All text: the type ramp as Variants, text Colour Roles, alignment and the font-scaling switch.
  • Textarea
    Multi-line text field that grows from minRows to maxRows, with a character counter when maxLength is set.
  • Toast
    Sonner-style Toasts: a <Toaster /> in the root Layout and toast(), toast.success/error/info/warning/dismiss. At most 3 stacked, 4s auto-dismiss, swipe away, announced, above native modals.
  • Profile header + grouped sections
    Drawer panel with a profile header (avatar, name, email, plan Badge), labelled sections (Main, Workspace, Support) and Log out pinned in the footer.
  • SaaS workspace
    Drawer panel for a SaaS workspace: logo and name with a close button, an Accent Colour onboarding item with a 5 Steps Badge, main items, a bottom group (Notifications with a count, Settings, Docs, Help) and a footer with a team switcher and the user's avatar.
  • Cover header
    Drawer panel with a dark cover (large avatar, name, View profile, a bell with a count, an overflow button and a round + action), icon items active in Accent Colour text, a divider and text-only secondary items.
  • Classic centred
    A centred sign-in Screen: logo, email and password, Forgot password, an "or" divider, then Apple and Google, and a Sign up link.
  • Social-first hero
    A social-first sign-in Screen: a dark brand hero (logo, headline, subtitle, centred) above a panel where Apple and Google lead and "Continue with email" reveals the email form.
  • Email-first, two steps
    An email-first sign-in Screen in two steps: the email, then the password, with "Email me a code instead" switching to a 6-digit code (InputOTP). Lucide chevron-left Back buttons.
  • Classic single form
    A classic sign-up Screen on one scroll: Apple and Google on top, "or", then name, email and password, a terms Checkbox with Terms and Privacy Policy links, Create account, and a Sign in link.
  • Step-by-step wizard
    A sign-up wizard, one question per step under a Progress bar: email, name, password, then a 6-digit code (InputOTP). Lucide chevron-left Back buttons; the Continue button rides above the keyboard.
  • Social-first + verify
    A brand-led, passwordless sign-up Screen: the logo and headline centred above Apple and Google; "Sign up with email" reveals the email field, and Send code moves on to a 6-digit code (InputOTP).
  • announce
    Reliable screen-reader announcements on iOS and Android (Button and Input status, Toast, error, success and warning Alerts).
  • FocusChain
    Automatic Next/Done between fields in on-screen order; Done submits the form.
  • FormField context
    Links a field to its label, description and error for screen readers; passes status, disabled and required down.
  • Keyboard
    KeyboardProvider setup, a scroll view that keeps the focused field above the keyboard, and a footer that keeps a form's main button above it.
  • Portal
    Renders content above every Screen (above native modals on iOS), layered and safe-area aware.
  • Pressable
    Pressed look from a Style Slot, tap area extended to 48, no handlers while disabled or loading, optional haptics, role and aria-* states.
  • SelectionGroup
    Single or multiple choice within a group, with radio, tab or checkbox roles and selected states.
  • useControllableState
    One implementation of controlled and uncontrolled values for form controls.
  • useMotion
    Enter/exit animations and timing/spring configs from the motion Tokens; instant when Reduce Motion is on.
  • Theme
    Tokens, Scale, Colour Roles, ThemeProvider, createStyles and the navigation theme.

Input

Single-line text field with Sizes, a leading icon, error/success status, a focus ring and an automatic Show/Hide password toggle.

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Default Preset a0: Vega, neutral, neutral accent, default radius, Inter.Change Preset

Installation

$npx nativecn-cli@latest add input

Also installs: theme, form-field-context, focus-chain, pressable, icon, announce.

Packages: lucide-react-native@^1.51.0, react-native-svg.

Usage

Input demo

Inputs with an icon, Sizes, a status and a password toggle.

import { Mail } from "lucide-react-native";
import { View } from "react-native";

import { Input } from "@/components/input";

export function InputDemo() {
  return (
    <View>
      <Input icon={Mail} placeholder="Email" aria-label="Email" keyboardType="email-address" />
      <Input size="sm" placeholder="Small" aria-label="Small" />
      <Input size="lg" placeholder="Large" aria-label="Large" />
      <Input status="error" defaultValue="not-an-email" aria-label="Email" />
      <Input secureTextEntry placeholder="Password" aria-label="Password" />
      <Input disabled defaultValue="Read only" aria-label="Disabled" />
    </View>
  );
}

InputOTP demo

A 6-digit verification code, checked when complete, with error and success.

import { useState } from "react";
import { View } from "react-native";

import { InputOTP, type InputOTPStatus } from "@/components/input-otp";
import { Text } from "@/components/text";
import { createStyles } from "@/theme";

const useStyles = createStyles((t) => ({ root: { gap: t.spacing[3] } }));

/** A 6-digit verification code: checked when complete; typing again clears the status. */
export function InputOTPDemo() {
  const styles = useStyles();
  const [code, setCode] = useState("");
  const [status, setStatus] = useState<InputOTPStatus>();

  return (
    <View style={styles.root}>
      <Text variant="label">Verification code</Text>
      <InputOTP
        aria-label="Verification code"
        value={code}
        onChangeText={(next) => {
          setCode(next);
          setStatus(undefined);
        }}
        onComplete={(full) => setStatus(full === "123456" ? "success" : "error")}
        status={status}
      />
      <Text variant="caption" color={status === "error" ? "destructive" : "mutedForeground"}>
        {status === "error" ? "That code is not right. Try 123456." : "Enter the code we sent you."}
      </Text>
    </View>
  );
}

Props

PropType and description
...TextInputPropsReact Native TextInput props pass through (value, defaultValue, onChangeText, keyboardType, ...)
size'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' (default 'md')
iconLucideIcon: leading, decorative
status'error' | 'success': colours and a screen-reader announcement
disabledboolean: not editable, dimmed, skipped by FocusChain
secureTextEntryboolean: hides the text and adds a Show/Hide password toggle
refRef<TextInput>
styleViewStyle, layout only, merged last onto the frame

Variants

  • size: sm, md, lg
  • status: error, success

Accessibility

  • The accessible name is aria-label, else the FormField label; inside a FormField the error, or else the description, is the hint.
  • A new status is announced once ("Email: error"), unless a FormField is already announcing its error.
  • disabled sets aria-disabled and makes the field read-only.
  • The frame extends the tap area to 48 above and below, and a tap there focuses the field; screen readers skip the frame and reach the TextInput directly.
  • With secureTextEntry, the toggle is a button named "Show password" or "Hide password", with its tap area extended to 48.

Notes

Inside FormField, status and disabled come from the field. Inside FocusChain the return key reads Next/Done automatically; a field's own returnKeyType/onSubmitEditing wins. Precedence: disabled > status.

Source

The Vega Style's code, exactly as add copies it into your app.

{components}/input.tsx

import { Eye, EyeOff, type LucideIcon } from "lucide-react-native";
import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, type Ref } from "react";
import {
  Pressable as RNPressable,
  StyleSheet,
  TextInput,
  type StyleProp,
  type TextInputProps,
  type ViewStyle,
} from "react-native";

import { Icon, type IconSize } from "@/components/icon";
import { useFocusChainField } from "@/components/primitives/focus-chain";
import {
  useFormField,
  type FormFieldState,
  type FormFieldStatus,
} from "@/components/primitives/form-field-context";
import { Pressable, touchTargetHitSlop } from "@/components/primitives/pressable";
import { createStyles, useTheme } from "@/theme";
import { announce } from "@/utils/announce";

export type InputSize = "sm" | "md" | "lg";
export type InputStatus = FormFieldStatus;

const iconSizes = { sm: "sm", md: "md", lg: "lg" } as const satisfies Record<InputSize, IconSize>;

export type InputProps = Omit<TextInputProps, "style"> & {
  /** Default `md`. */
  size?: InputSize;
  /** A Lucide icon shown before the text (decorative). */
  icon?: LucideIcon;
  /** Error or success colours, announced once. Inside a FormField it defaults to the field's. */
  status?: InputStatus;
  /** Not editable, dimmed and skipped by FocusChain. Inside a FormField it defaults to the field's. */
  disabled?: boolean;
  /** Layout only, merged last onto the root (the bordered frame). */
  style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
  ref?: Ref<TextInput>;
};

/** The frame's styles, shared by Input and Textarea (same Style Slots, same Colour Roles). */
export const useInputStyles = createStyles((t) => {
  const { fontSize, lineHeight, fontFamily, letterSpacing, ...frame } = {
    height: t.controlHeight.md,
    borderRadius: t.radius.md,
    paddingHorizontal: t.spacing[3],
    borderWidth: t.borderWidth.default,
    ...t.type.body,
  };
  return {
    root: {
      ...frame,
      flexDirection: "row",
      alignItems: "center",
      gap: t.spacing[2],
      borderCurve: "continuous",
      backgroundColor: t.colors.background,
      borderColor: t.colors.input,
    },
    sm: { height: t.controlHeight.sm, paddingHorizontal: t.scaleValue(10) },
    md: {},
    lg: { height: t.controlHeight.lg, paddingHorizontal: t.spacing[4] },
    text: {
      flex: 1,
      alignSelf: "stretch",
      margin: 0,
      padding: 0,
      color: t.colors.foreground,
      fontSize,
      fontFamily,
      letterSpacing,
    },
    /** Textarea: the frame grows with its content. */
    autoHeight: { height: "auto", alignItems: "stretch" },
    multilineText: { lineHeight, paddingVertical: t.spacing[2], textAlignVertical: "top" },
    // The focus ring: the `ring` Colour Role, drawn outside the border.
    focused: {
      borderColor: t.colors.ring,
      outlineColor: t.colors.ring,
      outlineStyle: "solid",
      outlineWidth: t.borderWidth.default * 2,
    },
    error: { borderColor: t.colors.destructive, outlineColor: t.colors.destructive },
    success: { borderColor: t.colors.success, outlineColor: t.colors.success },
    disabled: { opacity: t.opacity.disabled },
    pressed: { filter: [{ brightness: 0.88 }] },
  };
});

/**
 * The extra tap area above and below a text field's frame so it reaches `min` (the 48 touch
 * target), from the frame's height. The height is known before layout (a Size's Style Slot, or
 * a height set through `style`), so the tap area is right from the first frame. Width is left
 * alone: fields are wide.
 */
function fieldHitSlop(frameStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle>, min: number) {
  const { height } = StyleSheet.flatten(frameStyle) ?? {};
  return touchTargetHitSlop(undefined, typeof height === "number" ? height : undefined, min);
}

export type TextFieldOptions = Pick<
  TextInputProps,
  "placeholder" | "aria-label" | "accessibilityHint" | "onFocus" | "onBlur"
> & {
  disabled?: boolean;
  status?: InputStatus;
};

export type TextField = {
  /** The enclosing FormField, or `null`. */
  field: FormFieldState | null;
  disabled: boolean;
  status: InputStatus | undefined;
  focused: boolean;
  /** Spread onto the TextInput: accessible name and hint, disabled state and focus tracking. */
  inputProps: Pick<
    TextInputProps,
    "aria-label" | "aria-disabled" | "accessibilityHint" | "onFocus" | "onBlur"
  >;
};

/**
 * The shared behaviour of text fields (Input, Textarea): reads the enclosing FormField,
 * tracks focus for the ring and announces a new `status`. Precedence: `disabled` > `status`. A FormField's error is announced by the FormField itself.
 */
export function useTextField({
  disabled: disabledProp,
  status: statusProp,
  placeholder,
  "aria-label": ariaLabel,
  accessibilityHint,
  onFocus,
  onBlur,
}: TextFieldOptions): TextField {
  const field = useFormField();
  const disabled = disabledProp ?? field?.disabled ?? false;
  const status = disabled ? undefined : (statusProp ?? field?.status);
  const [focused, setFocused] = useState(false);

  const name = ariaLabel ?? field?.label ?? placeholder;
  const fieldError = field?.error;
  const announced = useRef<InputStatus | undefined>(undefined);
  useEffect(() => {
    if (status && status !== announced.current && !fieldError) {
      announce(name ? `${name}: ${status}` : status);
    }
    announced.current = status;
  }, [status, name, fieldError]);

  const a11y = field?.accessibilityProps;
  return {
    field,
    disabled,
    status,
    focused,
    inputProps: {
      "aria-label": ariaLabel ?? a11y?.["aria-label"],
      accessibilityHint: accessibilityHint ?? a11y?.accessibilityHint,
      "aria-disabled": disabled,
      onFocus: (e) => {
        setFocused(true);
        onFocus?.(e);
      },
      onBlur: (e) => {
        setFocused(false);
        onBlur?.(e);
      },
    },
  };
}

/**
 * A single-line text field. Colours come from the Colour Roles (`input` border, `ring` focus
 * ring, `destructive`/`success` status); Sizes from the `input.*` Style Slots. With
 * `secureTextEntry` it adds a Show/Hide password toggle. Inside a FormField it takes the label as
 * its name and the error as its hint, and inside a FocusChain its return key reads Next/Done.
 * TextInput props pass through; `style` is merged last onto the frame.
 */
export function Input({
  size = "md",
  icon,
  status,
  disabled,
  secureTextEntry,
  editable,
  placeholder,
  placeholderTextColor,
  returnKeyType,
  onSubmitEditing,
  submitBehavior,
  "aria-label": ariaLabel,
  accessibilityHint,
  onFocus,
  onBlur,
  style,
  ref,
  ...props
}: InputProps) {
  const { colors, iconSize, minTouchTarget } = useTheme();
  const styles = useInputStyles();
  const inputRef = useRef<TextInput | null>(null);
  // Merge the own ref (stable, for FocusChain) with the user's `ref` prop.
  const setRef = useCallback(
    (node: TextInput | null) => {
      inputRef.current = node;
      if (typeof ref === "function") ref(node);
      else if (ref) ref.current = node;
    },
    [ref],
  );
  const f = useTextField({
    disabled,
    status,
    placeholder,
    "aria-label": ariaLabel,
    accessibilityHint,
    onFocus,
    onBlur,
  });
  const [revealed, setRevealed] = useState(false);
  const chain = useFocusChainField(inputRef, {
    disabled: f.disabled || editable === false,
    multiline: props.multiline,
    returnKeyType,
    onSubmitEditing,
    submitBehavior,
  });

  const toggleSide = iconSize[iconSizes[size]];
  const isEditable = !f.disabled && editable !== false;
  const frameStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = [
    styles.root,
    styles[size],
    f.focused ? styles.focused : null,
    f.status ? styles[f.status] : null,
    f.disabled ? styles.disabled : null,
    style,
  ];
  const hitSlop = fieldHitSlop(frameStyle, minTouchTarget);

  return (
    // The frame extends the tap area to 48 (TextInput has no hitSlop): a tap on the frame or
    // within its hitSlop focuses the field. It is invisible to screen readers, which reach the
    // TextInput (and the password toggle) directly.
    <RNPressable
      accessible={false}
      focusable={false}
      importantForAccessibility="no"
      disabled={!isEditable}
      hitSlop={hitSlop}
      onPress={isEditable ? () => inputRef.current?.focus() : undefined}
      style={frameStyle}
    >
      {icon ? <Icon icon={icon} size={iconSizes[size]} color="mutedForeground" /> : null}
      <TextInput
        ref={setRef}
        editable={isEditable}
        placeholder={placeholder}
        placeholderTextColor={placeholderTextColor ?? colors.mutedForeground}
        selectionColor={colors.primary}
        secureTextEntry={!!secureTextEntry && !revealed}
        style={styles.text}
        {...props}
        {...chain}
        {...f.inputProps}
      />
      {secureTextEntry ? (
        <Pressable
          aria-label={revealed ? "Hide password" : "Show password"}
          disabled={f.disabled}
          size={{ width: toggleSide, height: toggleSide }}
          pressedStyle={styles.pressed}
          onPress={() => setRevealed((r) => !r)}
        >
          <Icon icon={revealed ? EyeOff : Eye} size={iconSizes[size]} color="mutedForeground" />
        </Pressable>
      ) : null}
    </RNPressable>
  );
}