diff --git a/example/babel.config.js b/example/babel.config.js
index 3c25e5d9..0729213f 100644
--- a/example/babel.config.js
+++ b/example/babel.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+const path = require("path");
+const pkg = require("../package.json");
+
+const resolverConfig = {
+  extensions: [".ts", ".tsx", ".js", ".jsx", ".json"],
+  alias: { [pkg.name]: path.resolve(__dirname, "../src") },
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   presets: ["module:@react-native/babel-preset"],
+  plugins: [["module-resolver", resolverConfig]],
 };
diff --git a/example/metro.config.js b/example/metro.config.js
index 892433a8..707004c0 100644
--- a/example/metro.config.js
+++ b/example/metro.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
+const path = require("path");
+const pkg = require("../package.json");
+
 const { getDefaultConfig, mergeConfig } = require("@react-native/metro-config");
+const escape = require("escape-string-regexp");
+const exclusionList = require("metro-config/src/defaults/exclusionList");
+
+const peerDependencies = Object.keys(pkg.peerDependencies);
+const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
+const projectNodeModules = path.join(__dirname, "node_modules");
+const rootNodeModules = path.join(root, "node_modules");
+
+// We need to make sure that only one version is loaded for peerDependencies
+// So we block them at the root, and alias them to the versions in example's node_modules
+const blacklistRE = exclusionList(
+  peerDependencies.map(
+    (name) => new RegExp(`^${escape(path.join(rootNodeModules, name))}\\/.*$`),
+  ),
+);
+
+const extraNodeModules = peerDependencies.reduce((acc, name) => {
+  acc[name] = path.join(projectNodeModules, name);
+  return acc;
+}, {});
 
 /**
  * Metro configuration
@@ -6,6 +29,10 @@ const { getDefaultConfig, mergeConfig } = require("@react-native/metro-config");
  *
  * @type {import('metro-config').MetroConfig}
  */
-const config = {};
+const config = {
+  projectRoot: __dirname,
+  watchFolders: [root],
+  resolver: { blacklistRE, extraNodeModules },
+};
 
 module.exports = mergeConfig(getDefaultConfig(__dirname), config);
diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index d0b137b9..09501322 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
     "node": ">=18"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "clean-modules": "rm -rf ./node_modules/react-native-bootsplash/{example,node_modules}",
     "clean": "rm -rf ./node_modules ./ios/Pods",
-    "preinstall": "cd .. && yarn build && cd example",
-    "postinstall": "yarn clean-modules && pod-install",
+    "preinstall": "cd .. && yarn && yarn build && cd example",
+    "postinstall": "yarn pod-install",
     "start": "react-native start",
     "web": "webpack serve",
     "reinstall": "yarn clean && yarn install"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
     "react-dom": "18.2.0",
     "react-native": "0.73.1",
     "react-native-bars": "2.4.2",
-    "react-native-bootsplash": "file:../",
+    "react-native-bootsplash": "link:../",
     "react-native-web": "0.19.10"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
     "@react-native/metro-config": "^0.73.2",
     "@types/react": "^18.2.46",
     "babel-loader": "^9.1.3",
+    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^5.0.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.6.0",
     "pod-install": "^0.1.39",
     "react-native-web-image-loader": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/example/tsconfig.json b/example/tsconfig.json
index 9663ce16..0510031e 100644
--- a/example/tsconfig.json
+++ b/example/tsconfig.json
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@
     "noImplicitReturns": false,
     "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "noUnusedParameters": true
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+
+    "paths": {
+      "react-native-bootsplash": ["../src"]
+    }
   },
-  "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
+  "include": ["src"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "babel.config.js", "metro.config.js"]
 }
diff --git a/example/yarn.lock b/example/yarn.lock
index 65a8c859..aced372f 100644
--- a/example/yarn.lock
+++ b/example/yarn.lock
@@ -2230,6 +2230,17 @@ babel-loader@^9.1.3:
     find-cache-dir "^4.0.0"
     schema-utils "^4.0.0"
 
+babel-plugin-module-resolver@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-module-resolver/-/babel-plugin-module-resolver-5.0.0.tgz#2b7fc176bd55da25f516abf96015617b4f70fc73"
+  integrity sha512-g0u+/ChLSJ5+PzYwLwP8Rp8Rcfowz58TJNCe+L/ui4rpzE/mg//JVX0EWBUYoxaextqnwuGHzfGp2hh0PPV25Q==
+  dependencies:
+    find-babel-config "^2.0.0"
+    glob "^8.0.3"
+    pkg-up "^3.1.0"
+    reselect "^4.1.7"
+    resolve "^1.22.1"
+
 babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2@^0.4.7:
   version "0.4.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2/-/babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2-0.4.7.tgz#679d1b94bf3360f7682e11f2cb2708828a24fe8c"
@@ -2374,6 +2385,13 @@ brace-expansion@^1.1.7:
     balanced-match "^1.0.0"
     concat-map "0.0.1"
 
+brace-expansion@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-2.0.1.tgz#1edc459e0f0c548486ecf9fc99f2221364b9a0ae"
+  integrity sha512-XnAIvQ8eM+kC6aULx6wuQiwVsnzsi9d3WxzV3FpWTGA19F621kwdbsAcFKXgKUHZWsy+mY6iL1sHTxWEFCytDA==
+  dependencies:
+    balanced-match "^1.0.0"
+
 braces@^3.0.2, braces@~3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/braces/-/braces-3.0.2.tgz#3454e1a462ee8d599e236df336cd9ea4f8afe107"
@@ -3337,6 +3355,14 @@ finalhandler@1.2.0:
     statuses "2.0.1"
     unpipe "~1.0.0"
 
+find-babel-config@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-babel-config/-/find-babel-config-2.0.0.tgz#a8216f825415a839d0f23f4d18338a1cc966f701"
+  integrity sha512-dOKT7jvF3hGzlW60Gc3ONox/0rRZ/tz7WCil0bqA1In/3I8f1BctpXahRnEKDySZqci7u+dqq93sZST9fOJpFw==
+  dependencies:
+    json5 "^2.1.1"
+    path-exists "^4.0.0"
+
 find-cache-dir@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-cache-dir/-/find-cache-dir-2.1.0.tgz#8d0f94cd13fe43c6c7c261a0d86115ca918c05f7"
@@ -3517,6 +3543,17 @@ glob@^7.1.1, glob@^7.1.3:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
+glob@^8.0.3:
+  version "8.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-8.1.0.tgz#d388f656593ef708ee3e34640fdfb99a9fd1c33e"
+  integrity sha512-r8hpEjiQEYlF2QU0df3dS+nxxSIreXQS1qRhMJM0Q5NDdR386C7jb7Hwwod8Fgiuex+k0GFjgft18yvxm5XoCQ==
+  dependencies:
+    fs.realpath "^1.0.0"
+    inflight "^1.0.4"
+    inherits "2"
+    minimatch "^5.0.1"
+    once "^1.3.0"
+
 globals@^11.1.0:
   version "11.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/globals/-/globals-11.12.0.tgz#ab8795338868a0babd8525758018c2a7eb95c42e"
@@ -4110,7 +4147,7 @@ json-schema-traverse@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz#ae7bcb3656ab77a73ba5c49bf654f38e6b6860e2"
   integrity sha512-NM8/P9n3XjXhIZn1lLhkFaACTOURQXjWhV4BA/RnOv8xvgqtqpAX9IO4mRQxSx1Rlo4tqzeqb0sOlruaOy3dug==
 
-json5@^2.1.2, json5@^2.2.3:
+json5@^2.1.1, json5@^2.1.2, json5@^2.2.3:
   version "2.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz#78cd6f1a19bdc12b73db5ad0c61efd66c1e29283"
   integrity sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==
@@ -4558,6 +4595,13 @@ minimatch@^3.0.2, minimatch@^3.1.1:
   dependencies:
     brace-expansion "^1.1.7"
 
+minimatch@^5.0.1:
+  version "5.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimatch/-/minimatch-5.1.6.tgz#1cfcb8cf5522ea69952cd2af95ae09477f122a96"
+  integrity sha512-lKwV/1brpG6mBUFHtb7NUmtABCb2WZZmm2wNiOA5hAb8VdCS4B3dtMWyvcoViccwAW/COERjXLt0zP1zXUN26g==
+  dependencies:
+    brace-expansion "^2.0.1"
+
 minimist@^1.2.0, minimist@^1.2.3, minimist@^1.2.6:
   version "1.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.8.tgz#c1a464e7693302e082a075cee0c057741ac4772c"
@@ -4973,6 +5017,13 @@ pkg-dir@^7.0.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^6.3.0"
 
+pkg-up@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkg-up/-/pkg-up-3.1.0.tgz#100ec235cc150e4fd42519412596a28512a0def5"
+  integrity sha512-nDywThFk1i4BQK4twPQ6TA4RT8bDY96yeuCVBWL3ePARCiEKDRSrNGbFIgUJpLp+XeIR65v8ra7WuJOFUBtkMA==
+  dependencies:
+    find-up "^3.0.0"
+
 pod-install@^0.1.39:
   version "0.1.39"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pod-install/-/pod-install-0.1.39.tgz#853a0585bafbd332c2ca6543854fd4919958cfb3"
@@ -5177,17 +5228,9 @@ react-native-bars@2.4.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-bars/-/react-native-bars-2.4.2.tgz#7a9bf5122b7dbc9a16a5170733b5461afa233d85"
   integrity sha512-0tyLiiRkT6/HGTDg5VZa+W9fKSYV/Hk0OuRuBkl91emBAeO56QDHKyCXGlqgzPMR5P120nwjxnlsAG9g78//Hg==
 
-"react-native-bootsplash@file:..":
-  version "5.2.1"
-  dependencies:
-    detect-indent "^6.1.0"
-    fs-extra "^11.2.0"
-    node-html-parser "^6.1.12"
-    picocolors "^1.0.0"
-    prettier "^3.1.1"
-    sharp "^0.32.6"
-    ts-dedent "^2.2.0"
-    xml-formatter "^3.6.0"
+"react-native-bootsplash@link:..":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
 
 react-native-web-image-loader@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
@@ -5410,6 +5453,11 @@ requires-port@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz#925d2601d39ac485e091cf0da5c6e694dc3dcaff"
   integrity sha512-KigOCHcocU3XODJxsu8i/j8T9tzT4adHiecwORRQ0ZZFcp7ahwXuRU1m+yuO90C5ZUyGeGfocHDI14M3L3yDAQ==
 
+reselect@^4.1.7:
+  version "4.1.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/reselect/-/reselect-4.1.8.tgz#3f5dc671ea168dccdeb3e141236f69f02eaec524"
+  integrity sha512-ab9EmR80F/zQTMNeneUr4cv+jSwPJgIlvEmVwLerwrWVbpLlBuls9XHzIeTFy4cegU2NHBp3va0LKOzU5qFEYQ==
+
 resolve-cwd@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-cwd/-/resolve-cwd-3.0.0.tgz#0f0075f1bb2544766cf73ba6a6e2adfebcb13f2d"
@@ -5427,7 +5475,7 @@ resolve-from@^5.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-5.0.0.tgz#c35225843df8f776df21c57557bc087e9dfdfc69"
   integrity sha512-qYg9KP24dD5qka9J47d0aVky0N+b4fTU89LN9iDnjB5waksiC49rvMB0PrUJQGoTmH50XPiqOvAjDfaijGxYZw==
 
-resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.20.0:
+resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.20.0, resolve@^1.22.1:
   version "1.22.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.22.8.tgz#b6c87a9f2aa06dfab52e3d70ac8cde321fa5a48d"
   integrity sha512-oKWePCxqpd6FlLvGV1VU0x7bkPmmCNolxzjMf4NczoDnQcIWrAF+cPtZn5i6n+RfD2d9i0tzpKnG6Yk168yIyw==
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a9b9fd7..3cfba92a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     "*": "prettier -u -w"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "react": ">=18.1.0",
     "react-native": ">=0.70.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c9599d40..968b88da 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.tsx"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["example", "node_modules"]
 }