With modern smartphones introducing notches, status bars, dynamic islands, and gesture navigation, managing safe screen boundaries becomes very important. That is where react native SafeArea comes into play.

React Native provides a component called SafeAreaView that makes sure that your content is always within that space.

Before SafeAreaView

import { View, Text } from 'react-native'; const App = () => {   return (     <View>       <Text>Hello, world!</Text>     </View>   ); };

After SafeAreaView

import {SafeAreaProvider, SafeAreaView} from "react-native-safe-area-context" import Header from './components/Header.jsx'; const App = () => {   return (     <SafeAreaProvider>       <SafeAreaView>         <Header title={"React Native"}/>          </SafeAreaView>     </SafeAreaProvider>   ) } export default App;

We can also use useSafeAreaInsets() to get the space required using following code

const Screen = () => {   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();   return (     <View       style={{         paddingTop: insets.top,         paddingBottom: insets.bottom,         paddingLeft: insets.left,         paddingRight: insets.right,         flex: 1,       }}     >       <Text>Hello with full control!</Text>     </View>   ); };

Platform Differences

• iOS: Strictly enforces safe area, especially on devices with notches/home indicators.

• Android: Less strict, but newer phones with gesture bars or punch-hole cameras still benefit from SafeAreaView.

Final thoughts

Using SafeAreaView or react-native-safe-area-context is a must for production apps. It helps avoid UI overlap and makes your design look polished and professional on every device.