React Native AI - Example App

This example app demonstrates both Apple Intelligence and MLC on-device AI capabilities.

Prerequisites

Important

Before running this app, you need to build the MLC runtime binaries.

Build MLC Runtime

Navigate to the MLC package and run the build command for your target platform:

For iOS:

cd ../../packages/mlc
bun run build:runtime:ios

For Android:

cd ../../packages/mlc
bun run build:runtime:android

Note

The build process requires additional setup. Run ./scripts/build-runtime.sh --help in the MLC package directory to see detailed prerequisites for your platform.

Running the App

After building the MLC runtime, navigate back to this directory and run:

iOS:

bun run ios

Android:

bun run android

Features

• Apple Intelligence (iOS 17+): Text generation, embeddings, transcription, speech synthesis
• MLC Models: Run Llama, Phi, Mistral, and Qwen models on-device
• Tool calling and structured output support
• Streaming text generation

Troubleshooting

Warning

If you encounter runtime errors related to MLC:

1. Ensure you've built the runtime binaries (see above)
2. Run npx expo prebuild --clean if you've made configuration changes
3. Check that your device has sufficient memory for the model you're using (1-8GB)