# react-native-community/hooks **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/react-native-community-hooks).** 3,629 stars · 204 forks · TypeScript · ISC ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/react-native-community-hooks.md ## Description This library provides a collection of reusable React hooks designed to simplify mobile development by abstracting complex native hardware interactions and system event monitoring. It enables developers to replace imperative platform-specific code with declarative functions that integrate directly into the component lifecycle, facilitating reactive state synchronization and automated resource management. The project distinguishes itself by providing specialized utilities for monitoring mobile-specific device states, such as screen orientation, keyboard visibility, and accessibility preferences. It also includes mechanisms for intercepting hardware inputs, such as the back button, and managing complex navigation flows. By encapsulating these native APIs, the library reduces boilerplate and ensures that interface adjustments occur in response to real-time system changes. Beyond core device monitoring, the library covers a broad range of mobile development requirements, including media asset management, performance-aware task execution, and responsive layout measurement. It provides tools to coordinate background updates with user interactions and animations, ensuring that applications remain responsive during data fetching or content refreshes. The library is distributed as a set of functional hooks compatible with standard React development patterns. ## Tags ### Mobile Development - [React Native Components](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/react-native-ecosystem/react-native-components.md) — Provides a suite of hooks for building responsive mobile interfaces that adapt to system changes in real time. - [React Native Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/react-native-ecosystem/react-native-libraries.md) — Provides a collection of reusable hooks that simplify access to native device APIs and platform features. - [Back-Button Event Interception](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/back-button-event-interception.md) — Intercepts hardware back button presses to execute custom navigation logic instead of default system actions. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks/blob/main/README.md)) - [View Dimension Measurement](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/view-dimension-measurement.md) — Provides real-time layout measurement of UI components to support responsive interface adjustments. ### Part of an Awesome List - [Navigation State Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/react-native-navigation/navigation-state-management.md) — Manages navigation flows by intercepting hardware back button events and tracking application lifecycle states. - [Mobile and Cross-Platform](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/productivity/mobile-and-cross-platform.md) — Provides utilities for managing hardware interactions and system events in cross-platform mobile applications. ### Programming Languages & Runtimes - [Native API Wrappers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/native-api-wrappers.md) — Offers a functional interface for monitoring device state and metrics without manual lifecycle management. ### Software Engineering & Architecture - [Application Lifecycle Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/application-lifecycle-monitors.md) — Monitors application lifecycle transitions to trigger updates or data persistence when the app state changes. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks#readme)) - [Lifecycle Side Effects](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/architectural-design-patterns/design-patterns/functional-design-patterns/side-effect-management/lifecycle-side-effects.md) — Automates the registration and cleanup of native event listeners using standard component lifecycle hooks. - [Functional Lifecycle Hooks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/functional-lifecycle-hooks.md) — Wraps imperative native APIs into declarative, stateful functional hooks for easier integration. ### System Administration & Monitoring - [Keyboard Visibility Monitoring](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/real-time-monitoring-systems/keyboard-visibility-monitoring.md) — Tracks on-screen keyboard visibility and height to adjust interface elements for better input field visibility. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks/blob/main/README.md)) ### User Interface & Experience - [Event-Driven State Synchronizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/event-driven-state-managers/event-driven-state-synchronizers.md) — Synchronizes internal component state with native system events to trigger reactive UI updates. - [Interaction Completion Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/interaction-detection/interaction-completion-monitors.md) — Provides hooks to detect when animations and user interactions finish, ensuring background tasks execute only when the interface is responsive. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks/blob/main/README.md)) - [Dynamic Element Measurers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/measurement-tools/dynamic-element-measurers.md) — Captures precise dimensions and screen coordinates of UI elements to support dynamic positioning. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks/blob/main/README.md)) - [Imperative API Encapsulators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/parent-to-child-data-flows/imperative-method-exposure/imperative-api-encapsulators.md) — Encapsulates complex native method calls behind simple hooks to reduce boilerplate in user code. - [Pull-to-Refresh Data Refreshing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/pull-to-refresh-components/pull-to-refresh-frameworks/pull-to-refresh-data-refreshing.md) — Wraps asynchronous data fetching tasks within pull-to-refresh interfaces to provide visual feedback during content updates. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks/blob/main/README.md)) ### Web Development - [Orientation Monitors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/device-orientation-apis/orientation-monitors.md) — Monitors physical device orientation to automatically trigger layout adjustments during screen rotation. ([source](https://github.com/react-native-community/hooks/blob/main/README.md))