# Link.AppleZoomTarget can only have a single native child (with one child)

> React Native flattens a plain View that only does layout, so nothing reaches the native side.

Web page: https://davidewins.com/errors/expo-router-appzoomtarget-single-native-child

Expo. Confirmed fix, 7 October 2026.

Versions: Expo SDK 57, expo-router 57.0.24, iOS 18+

Error:

```
Link.AppleZoomTarget can only have a single native child
```

## Cause

React Native flattens a plain View that only does layout, so nothing reaches the native side.

## Fix

Add `collapsable={false}` to that View (a View with a background colour is never flattened).

## More Expo errors

- [Dev client red screen: No script URL provided (launcher never appears)](https://davidewins.com/errors/expo-dev-client-no-script-url-precompiled)
- [Bundle fails with Invalid expression encountered after supabase-js update](https://davidewins.com/errors/supabase-js-hermes-invalid-expression)
- [After upgrading to SDK 57, expo-font / expo-image / expo-asset config is missing](https://davidewins.com/errors/expo-sdk57-plugins-must-be-declared)
- [SDK upgrade: export dies with SyntaxError after expo install --fix](https://davidewins.com/errors/expo-install-fix-leaves-babel-preset-stale)
- [expo-doctor wants TypeScript 6 but tsc reports hundreds of errors](https://davidewins.com/errors/typescript-6-explodes-typecheck-expo)

[Search all errors](https://davidewins.com/errors)