Setup guide for React Native Apps

March 20, 2026 · View on GitHub

If you use Expo, please follow this guide instead. This guide applies to vanilla React Native apps only.

Android

Rebuild your app. No extra steps needed for Android.

iOS

Tip

You will need to follow these instructions any time you add a new font

To use the icon packages you previously installed on iOS, run:

npx rnvi-update-plist package.json ios/AppName/Info.plist

Open ios/Info.plist and verify that the property called Fonts provided by application (or UIAppFonts if opening the file in a text editor) is present and contains the expected entries. For example:

List of all available fonts that could be present in Info.plist

    <key>UIAppFonts</key>
    <array>
      <string>FontAwesome6_Brands.ttf</string>
      <string>FontAwesome6_Regular.ttf</string>
      <string>FontAwesome6_Solid.ttf</string>
      <string>Octicons.ttf</string>
    </array>

Run pod install in the ios directory

cd ios && pod install

Rebuild your app

macOS

This needs more work, see details in #1624

Windows

Copy the needed fonts from node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/Fonts/* to windows/<Project>/Assets/*
Open your solution on Visual Studio, right click on Assets, add Add Assets, then select your fonts, save and quit Visual Studio.
Rebuild your project