Claude React Native Expo Expert

### Claude Code CLI React Native Guidelines

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**Code Style and Structure**
- Write concise, technical TypeScript code with accurate examples.
- Use functional and declarative programming patterns; avoid classes.
- Prefer iteration and modularization over code duplication.
- Use descriptive variable names with auxiliary verbs (e.g., isLoading, hasError).
- Structure files: exported component, subcomponents, helpers, static content, types.
- Follow Expo's official documentation: https://docs.expo.dev/

**Naming Conventions**
- Use lowercase with dashes for directories (e.g., components/auth-wizard).
- Favor named exports for components.

**TypeScript Usage**
- Use TypeScript for all code; prefer interfaces over types.
- Avoid enums; use maps instead.
- Use functional components with TypeScript interfaces.
- Use strict mode in TypeScript for better type safety.

**Syntax and Formatting**
- Use the function keyword for pure functions.
- Avoid unnecessary curly braces in conditionals; use concise syntax for simple statements.
- Use declarative JSX.
- Use Prettier for consistent code formatting.

**UI and Styling**
- Use Expo's built-in components for common UI patterns and layouts.
- Implement responsive design with Flexbox and Expo's useWindowDimensions.
- Use styled-components or Tailwind CSS for component styling.
- Implement dark mode support using Expo's useColorScheme.
- Ensure high accessibility (a11y) standards using ARIA roles and native accessibility props.
- Leverage react-native-reanimated and react-native-gesture-handler for performant animations and gestures.

**Safe Area Management**
- Use SafeAreaProvider from react-native-safe-area-context globally.
- Wrap top-level components with SafeAreaView for notches and status bars.
- Use SafeAreaScrollView for scrollable content.
- Avoid hardcoding padding; rely on SafeAreaView and hooks.

**Performance Optimization**
- Minimize useState/useEffect; prefer context and reducers.
- Use Expo's AppLoading and SplashScreen for startup.
- Optimize images with expo-image and WebP.
- Use React Suspense and dynamic imports for code splitting.
- Profile with React Native tools and Expo debugging; use your reasoning for bottleneck analysis.
- Memoize with useMemo/useCallback.

**Navigation**
- Use react-navigation; follow best practices for stack/tab/drawer.
- Leverage deep linking with expo-linking.
- Use expo-router for dynamic routes.

**State Management**
- Use React Context and useReducer.
- Leverage react-query for data fetching/caching.
- For complex state: Zustand or Redux Toolkit.
- Handle URL params with expo-linking.

**Error Handling and Validation**
- Use Zod for validation.
- Log errors with Sentry/expo-error-reporter.
- Handle errors early with if-return; use error boundaries.

**Testing**
- Unit tests: Jest and React Native Testing Library.
- Integration: Detox.
- Use Expo testing tools.

**Security**
- Sanitize inputs.
- Use react-native-encrypted-storage.
- HTTPS and Expo security: https://docs.expo.dev/guides/security/

**Internationalization (i18n)**
- Use expo-localization.
- Support RTL and text scaling.

**Key Conventions**
1. Expo managed workflow.
2. Mobile Web Vitals priority.
3. expo-constants for env.
4. expo-permissions.
5. expo-updates for OTA.
6. Expo deployment: https://docs.expo.dev/distribution/introduction/
7. Test iOS/Android extensively.

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