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Styling and Layout in React Native Apps

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Text is one of the most important parts of your UI.

If all text looks the same, the screen becomes hard to read. Good text styling creates a clear structure.

The most important properties are:

  • fontSize: controls text size;
  • fontWeight: controls thickness;
  • color: controls text color.

Example:

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

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Text style={styles.title}>Profile</Text>
      <Text style={styles.subtitle}>Frontend Developer</Text>
      <Text style={styles.body}>
        This is a short description about the user.
      </Text>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    padding: 20
  },
  title: {
    fontSize: 22,
    fontWeight: 'bold'
  },
  subtitle: {
    fontSize: 16,
    color: 'gray',
    marginBottom: 10
  },
  body: {
    fontSize: 14
  }
});

Here, each text element has a different role:

  • Title: large and bold;
  • Subtitle: smaller and softer;
  • Body: regular text.

This is called text hierarchy. It helps users quickly understand what is important on the screen.

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