# Create and run the React Native and Expo starter

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The React Native and Expo starter is the quickest route to a mobile form0 application. It includes
example schemas, native renderers, fonts, supporting images, and local SQLite persistence.

## Create the application

Install [form0-cli](/cli/install-update), then initialize a project:

```bash
npm install --global form0-cli
form0 init my-mobile-form
```

Choose **Mobile app** and **React Native + Expo**. Enter the generated directory and install its
dependencies if the selected package manager has not already done so.

```bash
cd my-mobile-form
npm install
npm start
```

GitHub's **Use this template** button is an alternative when you explicitly want a repository copy.
The CLI remains the recommended creation path.

## Choose a development target

Use an Expo development build for production-oriented work and whenever the application includes
custom native code. Expo Go remains useful for learning and evaluation when a compatible SDK build
is available for the target platform. You can also run an Android emulator, iOS Simulator, or the
web target:

```bash
npm run android
npm run ios
npm run web
```

The template requires Node.js 22.13 or newer. Native builds support Android 7 or newer and iOS 16.4
or newer; local iOS builds require Xcode 26.4 or newer. Native emulator and device setup follows the
[Expo development environment guide](https://docs.expo.dev/get-started/set-up-your-environment/).

Continue with [Project structure and configuration](./project-structure-configuration).