# General Translation React SDKs (gt-react, gt-next): React Native
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/react/react-native.mdx
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title: React Native
description: Explore the React Native-specific setup for General Translation, including module-level initialization, the provider, and the polyfill plugin.

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`gt-react-native` brings General Translation to React Native apps, including Expo and the bare React Native CLI. It shares the same [`<T>`](/docs/react/reference/components/t) component, hooks, and variable components as the rest of the React ecosystem, but its setup differs in a few React Native-specific ways: you initialize at the module level, the provider loads translations itself, and a Babel plugin supplies the `Intl` polyfills that React Native lacks.

If you are just getting started, follow the [React Native Quickstart](/docs/react/react-native-quickstart) first. The shared [Guides](/docs/react/guides/configuring) and [Reference](/docs/react/reference/config) cover everything that works the same across frameworks; the pages here cover the React Native-only setup.

*Warning: `gt-react-native` is experimental and may not work for every project. It ships a native module, so Expo Go is not supported — you need a development build.*

## What is React Native-specific [#overview]

- **Module-level setup.** You call [`initializeGT`](/docs/node/reference/functions/initialize-gt) once at your app's entry point, and [`<GTProvider>`](/docs/react/reference/components/gt-provider) loads translations internally rather than taking `locale` and `translations` props. See [Setup](/docs/react/react-native/setup).
- **The polyfill plugin.** `gt-react-native/plugin` injects the `@formatjs` `Intl` polyfills that React Native's runtime does not include. See [Plugin](/docs/react/react-native/plugin).

There is also no prebuilt [`<LocaleSelector>`](/docs/react/reference/components/locale-selector) component in React Native — build a language switcher with the [`useLocaleSelector`](/docs/react/reference/hooks/use-locale-selector) hook instead.

## Pages [#pages]

| Page | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Setup](/docs/react/react-native/setup) | Initialize General Translation and add the provider in Expo and bare React Native apps. |
| [Plugin](/docs/react/react-native/plugin) | The `gt-react-native/plugin` Babel plugin that supplies `Intl` polyfills. |