Styling met de StyleSheet-API en Flexbox

import { StyleSheet, View, Text } from 'react-native';

function Card() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.card}>
      <Text style={styles.title}>Hello</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  card: { padding: 16, backgroundColor: '#fff', borderRadius: 8, shadowColor: '#000', shadowOpacity: 0.1, elevation: 2 },
  title: { fontSize: 18, fontWeight: 'bold', color: '#111' },
});

<View style={{ padding: 16, backgroundColor: '#f5f5f5' }} />

// Array merging:
<Text style={[styles.base, isActive && styles.active, { marginTop: 8 }]} />

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,                   // fill available space
    flexDirection: 'column',   // default in RN (web default is 'row')
    justifyContent: 'center',  // main axis alignment
    alignItems: 'center',      // cross axis alignment
  },
});

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  row: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignItems: 'center',
    gap: 12, // gap is supported in RN 0.71+
  },
});

<View style={styles.row}>
  <Image source={avatar} />
  <Text>{username}</Text>
</View>

// Sidebar takes 1/3, content takes 2/3:
<View style={{ flexDirection: 'row', flex: 1 }}>
  <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#eee' }}>Sidebar</View>
  <View style={{ flex: 2 }}>Content</View>
</View>

const badge = StyleSheet.create({
  badge: {
    position: 'absolute',
    top: -4,
    right: -4,
    width: 16,
    height: 16,
    borderRadius: 8,
    backgroundColor: 'red',
  },
});

import { Platform } from 'react-native';

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  shadow: {
    ...Platform.select({
      ios: { shadowColor: '#000', shadowOpacity: 0.2, shadowRadius: 4 },
      android: { elevation: 4 },
    }),
  },
});

import { PlatformColor } from 'react-native';

// System color — adapts to dark mode automatically:
const labelColor = PlatformColor('label', '#000'); // iOS 'label' semantic color

function Badge({ color, size = 16 }: { color: string; size?: number }) {
  return (
    <View
      style={[
        styles.badge,
        { backgroundColor: color, width: size, height: size, borderRadius: size / 2 },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({ badge: { position: 'absolute' } });