The latest articles on DEV Community by Nika Pkhakadze (@nikapkh). https://dev.to/nikapkh https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3875577%2F34a1a1dc-fc1d-4be8-b0bf-ac1e527f755e.png https://dev.to/nikapkh en Nika Pkhakadze Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:28:13 +0000 https://dev.to/nikapkh/how-to-add-ai-to-your-react-native-app-in-5-minutes-d14 https://dev.to/nikapkh/how-to-add-ai-to-your-react-native-app-in-5-minutes-d14 <h1> How to add AI to your React Native app in 5 minutes </h1> <p>Most React Native developers want to add AI features — chat, image analysis, form validation — but setting up Claude or OpenAI from scratch takes hours.</p> <p>I built <strong>react-native-ai-hooks</strong> to fix that.</p> <h2> Install </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>npm <span class="nb">install </span>react-native-ai-hooks </code></pre> </div> <h2> Add a chat interface </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight tsx"><code><span class="k">import</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nx">useAIChat</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">from</span> <span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">react-native-ai-hooks</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="kd">const</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nx">messages</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">sendMessage</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">isLoading</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">useAIChat</span><span class="p">({</span> <span class="na">apiKey</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">your-api-key</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="na">provider</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">claude</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">});</span> </code></pre> </div> <h2> Analyze images from camera </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight tsx"><code><span class="k">import</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nx">useImageAnalysis</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">from</span> <span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">react-native-ai-hooks</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="kd">const</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nx">analyzeImage</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">description</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">isLoading</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">useImageAnalysis</span><span class="p">({</span> <span class="na">apiKey</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">your-api-key</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="na">provider</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="dl">'</span><span class="s1">claude</span><span class="dl">'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">});</span> </code></pre> </div> <h2> All hooks </h2> <ul> <li> <code>useAIChat()</code> — multi-turn chat with streaming</li> <li> <code>useAIStream()</code> — real-time token streaming</li> <li> <code>useImageAnalysis()</code> — camera/gallery → AI description</li> <li> <code>useAIForm()</code> — AI-powered form validation</li> </ul> <p>Works with Claude, OpenAI &amp; Gemini.</p> <h2> Links </h2> <ul> <li>NPM: npmjs.com/package/react-native-ai-hooks</li> <li>GitHub: github.com/nikapkh/react-native-ai-hooks</li> </ul> ai mobile reactnative tutorial