Native React Native components, Google Sign-In, and Core 3

@clerk/expo 3.0 brings native UI components powered by SwiftUI (iOS) and Jetpack Compose (Android), native Google Sign-In, and the new Core-3 Signal API. This is a major version bump that requires Expo SDK 53+.

Native React Native components

Three prebuilt native components are now available from @clerk/expo/native:

• <AuthView /> renders the full sign-in/sign-up UI natively, with support for signIn, signUp, and signInOrUp modes. Session sync to the JS SDK happens automatically.
• <UserButton /> displays the user's avatar and opens the native profile modal on tap. It fills its parent container, so the parent controls the size and shape.
• <UserProfileView /> renders the profile management UI inline. For modal presentation, use the new useUserProfileModal() hook.

All components use hook-based state management rather than callbacks. React to auth state changes with useAuth() in a useEffect:

import { AuthView, UserButton } from '@clerk/expo/native'
import { useAuth, useUserProfileModal } from '@clerk/expo'

function App() {
  const { isSignedIn } = useAuth()
  const { presentUserProfile } = useUserProfileModal()

  if (!isSignedIn) {
    return <AuthView mode="signInOrUp" />
  }

  return (
    <>
      <View style={{ width: 44, height: 44, borderRadius: 22, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
        <UserButton />
      </View>
      <TouchableOpacity onPress={presentUserProfile}>
        <Text>Manage Profile</Text>
      </TouchableOpacity>
    </>
  )
}

These components require the @clerk/expo Expo config plugin, which automatically adds the clerk-ios⁠ and clerk-android⁠ native SDKs to your project. See the native components overview for setup and usage.

Native Google Sign-In

Google Sign-In now uses platform-native APIs instead of browser-based OAuth:

• iOS: ASAuthorization (system credential picker)
• Android: Credential Manager (one-tap / passkey-ready)

This is exposed via the NativeClerkGoogleSignIn TurboModule spec and integrated into the @clerk/expo config plugin. No extra packages are needed beyond configuring your Google OAuth credentials in the Clerk Dashboard.

Core-3 Signal APIs

@clerk/expo 3.0 ships with the Core-3 Signal API, which replaces the legacy setActive() pattern with reactive hooks:

// Core 3
const { signIn } = useSignIn()
await signIn.create({ identifier: email })
await signIn.password({ password })
if (signIn.status === 'complete') {
  await signIn.finalize({ navigate: () => router.push('/') })
}

Key changes from Core 2:

• signIn.password(), signIn.emailCode.sendCode() replace signIn.attemptFirstFactor()
• signIn.finalize() replaces setActive({ session: signIn.createdSessionId })
• Error handling via errors.fields.identifier?.message instead of try/catch

See the Expo quickstart and Core-3 upgrade guide for migration details.

New hooks

Three new hooks are exported from @clerk/expo:

Get started

Follow the Expo quickstart to set up a new project with native components, or check the native components reference for the full API. The clerk-expo-quickstart⁠ repo has three example apps: JS-only, JS with native sign-in, and full native components.