Core Components

Batteries included

React Native includes a few dozen components which can be used out-of-the-box. More complex components can be built by combining the core components in interesting ways.

Nearly all the core components extend the View component, and can be passed an optional style prop. The style can include visual properties like colors and borders, as well as layout properties. Components use the flexbox algorithm to specify the layout of their children.

Let's now take a look at the flexbox algorithm and some of the most common core components. If you want to dive deeper, I cover these topics in great detail in the "Core Components" chapter of my book.