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```js
module.exports = {
presets: ['module:metro-react-native-babel-preset'],
presets: ['module:@react-native/babel-preset'],
env: {
production: {
plugins: ['react-native-paper/babel'],
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};
```

If you created your project using Expo, it'll look something like this. New Expo projects don't include a `babel.config.js`, so create it in the project root if it's missing:
If you created your project using Expo, it'll look something like this. New Expo projects don't have a `babel.config.js`, so create one with `npx expo customize babel.config.js`, which also installs `babel-preset-expo`. Then add the `env` block:

```js
module.exports = function (api) {
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