TypeScript Example

npx create-react-native-app -t with-typescript

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript which gives you static types and powerful tooling in Visual Studio Code including autocompletion and useful inline warnings for type errors.

🚀 How to use

Creating a new project

• Install the CLI: npm i -g expo-cli
• Create a project: expo init --template expo-template-blank-typescript
• cd into the project

Adding TypeScript to existing projects

• Copy the tsconfig.json from this repo, or new typescript template
• Add typescript dependencies: yarn add --dev @types/react @types/react-native @types/react-dom typescript
• Rename files to TypeScript, .tsx for React components and .ts for plain typescript files

📝 Notes

• Expo TypeScript guide