Install UIKit and the required dependencies

You can install UIKit for React Native using yarn. Enter the following code on the command line with yarn or npm.

Note: If you're using React-Native version 0.71 or lower, install @sendbird/react-native-scrollview-enhancer.

CLIExpo

yarn add @sendbird/uikit-react-native \
         @sendbird/chat \
         date-fns \
         react-native-safe-area-context \
         @react-native-community/netinfo \
         react-native-mmkv

Install native modules

In order to access native APIs that are not available in JavaScript, you need to use native modules within your React Native application. There are many native modules available for open source that you can use to create your app with. For this reason, Sendbird UIKit is built so that there isn't a dependency on a specific type of native module.

CLIExpo

yarn add react-native-video \
         react-native-permissions \
         react-native-file-access \
         react-native-image-picker \
         react-native-document-picker \
         react-native-create-thumbnail \
         react-native-audio-recorder-player \
         @react-native-clipboard/clipboard \
         @react-native-camera-roll/camera-roll \
         @react-native-firebase/app \
         @react-native-firebase/messaging \
         @bam.tech/react-native-image-resizer

npx pod-install

Installation guide

Refer to the installation guide for each native module below.

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Install native modules

Sample app