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xotahal/react-native-material-ui — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-26

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In one sentence

A library of ready-made Material Design buttons, cards, toolbars, and other UI components for building mobile apps with React Native on both iOS and Android without designing them from scratch.

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  root((Material UI RN))
    What it does
      Pre-built components
      Material Design
      iOS and Android
    Components
      Buttons and FAB
      Cards and lists
      Toolbars
    Customization
      Colors
      Spacing
      Themes
    Setup
      npm install
      MIT licensed
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add Material Design buttons, cards, and toolbars to a React Native app without designing or coding them from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Build a consistent iOS and Android app with Google's Material Design look using pre-built components.

USE CASE 3

Customize colors and spacing of Material UI components to match your brand without rewriting the underlying code.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptReact Native

How does it compare?

xotahal/react-native-material-ui0hq/webgptsubprotocol/verlet-js
Stars3,7853,7853,784
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity2/53/52/5
Audiencevibe coderdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min
Free to use in personal and commercial apps without paying royalties, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

So what is it?

React Native Material UI is a library of pre-built interface components for building mobile apps with React Native. It follows Material Design, the visual style guide created by Google that defines how buttons, cards, lists, toolbars, and other common interface pieces should look and behave on screen. The library works on both iOS and Android, giving developers a consistent set of building blocks across both platforms without maintaining separate code for each. The main value is that app developers do not have to design or code these common interface pieces from scratch. Instead, they install this package and drop ready-made components into their app. The components are described as highly customizable, meaning you can adjust colors, spacing, and other visual properties to match your app's specific look without rewriting the underlying component code. This saves a significant amount of time during the early stages of building a mobile product. The README itself is short and delegates most of the detail to separate documentation pages covering installation steps, a usage guide, a full component catalog, and live demos. A couple of real published apps, Savee.io and Reservio, are shown as examples of products built with this library, which gives a rough sense of what finished apps using it look like. The repository is written in JavaScript and is available via npm, the standard package registry for JavaScript projects. It carries an MIT license, which means it is free to use in personal and commercial projects without royalty obligations. The project was created by Jiri Otahal and Jan Ziemba.

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Prompt 1
Using react-native-material-ui, show me how to add a floating action button and a bottom navigation bar to my React Native screen.
Prompt 2
How do I customize the primary and accent colors globally in react-native-material-ui to match my brand?
Prompt 3
Write a React Native screen using react-native-material-ui that has a toolbar at the top, a list of cards in the middle, and a FAB button at the bottom.
Prompt 4
How do I use the ActionButton component from react-native-material-ui to create a speed dial menu with multiple actions?
Prompt 5
Show me how to install react-native-material-ui in an Expo project and render a basic card component.

Frequently asked questions

What is react-native-material-ui?

A library of ready-made Material Design buttons, cards, toolbars, and other UI components for building mobile apps with React Native on both iOS and Android without designing them from scratch.

What language is react-native-material-ui written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, React Native.

What license does react-native-material-ui use?

Free to use in personal and commercial apps without paying royalties, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is react-native-material-ui to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is react-native-material-ui for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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