6 Expo UI Tricks That Save You Hours of Debugging
Beto, March 7, 2026 · 8,531 views
Expo UI bugs rarely look like bugs. Touches stop registering, inputs float above the keyboard for no reason, and the layout just feels off. I've been using Expo UI since its alpha days, and these six tricks cover the traps I kept hitting while building Platano's native settings screen. I show every fix in the video on Expo SDK 55.
What's inside
- Fix weird keyboard gaps with the property
- Size SwiftUI host views correctly with so touches register
- Embed React Native views inside SwiftUI screens with the React Native host view
- Split native components cleanly with , , and fallback files
- Share API calls and state across SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose with one React context
Resources
CourseReact Native course
Go deeper in Native Modules: 60 minutes on the Expo Modules API and custom native views.
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