skills/react-native-best-practices/references/svg/SKILL.md
Software Mansion's best practices for SVG rendering in React Native apps using React Native SVG. Use when rendering vector graphics, icons, charts, illustrations, or any SVG content. Trigger on: 'react-native-svg', 'SVG', 'vector graphics', 'render icon', 'draw shape', 'chart', 'path', 'Svg component', 'SvgUri', 'SvgXml', 'SvgCss', 'FilterImage', 'SVG filter', or any request to display scalable vector content in a React Native app.
npx skillsauth add software-mansion-labs/skills svgInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Software Mansion's production SVG patterns for React Native using React Native SVG.
For API details on specific components and props, webfetch https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-svg/blob/main/USAGE.md
| File | When to read |
|------|-------------|
| when-to-use.md | Deciding between react-native-svg, expo-image, @expo/vector-icons, Skia, or Lottie |
| svg.md | Installing react-native-svg; loading SVGs from URIs, XML strings, or files; filters; touch events; performance considerations; known issues |
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Use when the user mentions migrating deep links, switching away from Branch or AppsFlyer, replacing their deep linking SDK, setting up Detour deep linking for the first time, or asks how Branch/AppsFlyer concepts map to Detour. Covers the complete migration end to end - Detour Dashboard configuration, Universal Links and App Links setup, SDK swap with code examples, and analytics migration. Works across Android, iOS, React Native, and Flutter.
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Complete onboarding guide for developers who are new to Detour, the open-source deferred deep linking SDK by Software Mansion. Use this skill whenever a user asks what Detour is, how to get started with Detour, how to set up deep linking with Detour, how to install the Detour SDK, how to configure the Detour dashboard, or how deferred deep linking works. Also use it when the user has no prior deep linking setup and wants to add deep links to their app. Covers everything from zero to production: account setup, dashboard configuration, Universal Links and App Links, platform SDK integration for React Native, iOS, Android, and Flutter, analytics, and architecture.
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React Native / Expo SDK for Fishjam — video/audio streaming on iOS and Android. Use when writing a React Native or Expo app that calls Fishjam, configures the Fishjam Expo plugin, sets up permissions, runs background streaming, integrates CallKit, or renders RTCView. Trigger on: '@fishjam-cloud/react-native-client', 'fishjam expo plugin', 'FishjamProvider mobile', 'useCameraPermissions', 'useMicrophonePermissions', 'useForegroundService', 'useCallKit', 'useCallKitEvent', 'useCallKitService', 'RTCView', 'RTCPIPView', 'ScreenCapturePickerView', 'startPIP', 'stopPIP', 'AudioDeviceType', 'useAudioOutput', '@fishjam-cloud/react-native-webrtc', 'fishjam react native', 'expo fishjam', 'fishjam ios', 'fishjam android', 'broadcast extension'. Re-exports @fishjam-cloud/react-client hooks plus mobile-only: permissions, foreground service, iOS broadcast extension, audio routing, CallKit, Expo config plugin.
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Browser-only React SDK for Fishjam — joining rooms, capturing camera/microphone/screen, displaying peers, and acting as a livestream streamer or viewer in a React web app. Use whenever the user is writing a React app in a browser that calls Fishjam APIs, sets up FishjamProvider, or uses any Fishjam React hook. Trigger on: '@fishjam-cloud/react-client', 'FishjamProvider', 'useConnection', 'useCamera', 'useMicrophone', 'useScreenShare', 'usePeers', 'useDataChannel', 'useVAD', 'useLivestreamStreamer', 'useLivestreamViewer', 'useCustomSource', 'useInitializeDevices', 'useUpdatePeerMetadata', 'useSandbox', 'PeerWithTracks', 'joinRoom', 'peerToken', 'fishjamId', 'fishjam react', '@fishjam-cloud/ts-client', 'FishjamClient ts-client'. Covers the provider, the full hook catalog, simulcast configuration, custom sources, data channels, VAD, livestream WHEP playback, device persistence, and reconnection. Briefly notes when to drop down to @fishjam-cloud/ts-client for non-React or worker contexts.