diff --git a/javascript/components/MapView.js b/javascript/components/MapView.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { requireNativeComponent } from 'react-native';
+
+const RCTMGLMapView = requireNativeComponent('RCTMGLMapView', MapView);
+
+const DEFAULT_CENTER_COORDINATE = {
+  type: 'Point',
+  coordinates: [-77.036086, 38.910233]
+}
+
+class MapView extends React.Component {
+  static StyleURL = {
+    Street: 'mapbox-streets',
+    Dark: 'mapbox-dark',
+    Light: 'mapbox-light',
+    Outdoors: 'mapbox-outdoors',
+    Satellite: 'mapbox-satellite'
+  }
+
+  static propTypes = {
+    animated: PropTypes.bool,
+    centerCoordinate: PropTypes.object,
+    heading: PropTypes.number,
+    ptich: PropTypes.number,
+    style: PropTypes.any,
+    styleURL: PropTypes.string,
+    zoomLevel: PropTypes.number
+  };
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    animated: true,
+    centerCoordinate: DEFAULT_CENTER_COORDINATE,
+    heading: 0,
+    pitch: 0,
+    zoomLevel: 16,
+    styleURL: MapView.StyleURL.Street
+  };
+
+  render () {
+    return <RCTMGLMapView {...this.props} />;
+  }
+}
+
+export default MapView;
diff --git a/javascript/index.js b/javascript/index.js
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+import MapView from './components/MapView';
+
+let MapboxGL = {};
+
+// components
+MapboxGL.MapView = MapView;
+
+export default MapboxGL;
diff --git a/javascript/utils/index.js b/javascript/utils/index.js
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+import {
+  NativeModules,
+  findNodeHandle,
+  Platform,
+  requireNativeComponent,
+} from 'react-native';
+
+const LOG_TAG = '[ReactNativeMapboxNavigationUtils]';
+
+export const IS_ANDROID = Platform.OS === 'android';
+
+export function runNativeCommand(module, name, nativeRef, args = []) {
+  // android native command
+  const managerInstance = getManagerInstance(module)
+  if (!managerInstance) {
+    console.log(LOG_TAG, `Could not find ${module}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // get react tag so we can find, this component on the otherside
+  const handle = findNodeHandle(nativeRef);
+
+  // android native command
+  if (IS_ANDROID) {
+    NativeModules.UIManager.dispatchViewManagerCommand(
+      handle,
+      managerInstance.Commands[name],
+      args,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // ios native command
+  const method = managerInstance[name]
+  if (!method) {
+    console.log(LOG_TAG, `Could not find method ${name} on module ${module}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  method(handle, ...args);
+}
+
+function getManagerInstance(module) {
+  const obj = IS_ANDROID ? NativeModules.UIManager : NativeModules;
+  return obj[module];
+}