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release/react-native/native/copilot/.github/instructions/react-native.instructions.md

presets.dev react-native.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from beel-collab/presets.dev. It costs 772 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

React Native development instructions are rules for building mobile apps with React Native, which uses JavaScript or TypeScript to create iOS and Android interfaces. They cover components, navigation, state, effects, and platform-specific code.

In plain words
What is it for?
They guide agents when changing screens, navigation, components, data loading, focus-based work, and native or platform-specific files.
Why use it?
They help prevent incorrect screen lifecycle handling, stale state, unnecessary native code, and differences between iOS and Android behavior.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is beel-collab/presets.dev's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on presets.dev itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything presets.dev configures →

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release/react-native/native/copilot/.github/instructions/react-native.instructions.md · 75 lines

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The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 75 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

React Native Copilot Instructions: Expo, Navigation and Native Lifecycle

Path-specific Copilot instructions for React Native. They apply through applyTo and leave .github/copilot-instructions.md in place.

Updated for React Native 0.88.1, Nov 2026

Do not upgrade dependencies or the framework version unless the task asks.

Project shape

Read app.json or app.config, the navigation library, and whether the app is Expo or a bare workflow. Follow that. Screens live where the navigator already registers them. Platform files (ios, android, .native) stay the split the repo uses.

A new native module or config plugin is a product decision. Do not add one to solve a JavaScript problem.

Components and state

The React rules still apply: derive values during render, clean up effects, and do not store props in state. In a native stack, pushing another screen does not unmount the one underneath. Focus-owned work uses useFocusEffect and returns a cleanup that runs on blur. Effect cleanup runs when the screen actually unmounts, which is later, often after it is popped. Do not treat blur as unmount.

After await, check that the screen is still focused before you set state or navigate. A request started on focus is cancelled in the focus cleanup.

Platform behavior

Branch on Platform.OS for a real platform difference, not for a style you can share. A web preview in Expo is not a phone. Do not call window, document, or a DOM layout API.

Permissions are requested at the moment of use, with a reason the platform stores already show. Handle the denial. Do not assume a permission granted in the simulator is granted on a device.

Safe area, keyboard, and back behavior come from the libraries the app already uses. A fixed padding that ignores the inset will collide with the notch or the gesture bar.

Register screens in the existing navigator. Pass serializable params. Do not pass functions or class instances through route params.

Read the full file on GitHub · 75 lines

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