In React Native we will be dealing with two different types of packages, normal
JavaScript packages and packages with native dependencies. We can install any
JavaScript package using the yarn add package-name command. There are no extra
steps required.
For native dependencies, in addition to yarn add package-name we should run
pod install from the ios directory. No additional steps for Android. That's
it, thanks to Autolinking!
Starting from React Native 0.60 packages are auto-linked. So we should not do
any steps mentioned in the Manual linking section of a package including
npx react-native link package-name.
Check out this doc to learn about how auto linking works.
What is Manual Linking?
Before React Native 0.60 we had to manually link packages with native
dependencies that involved a series of native file changes in both iOS and
Android.