diff --git a/types/react-native-read-more-text/index.d.ts b/types/react-native-read-more-text/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for react-native-read-more-text 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/expo/react-native-read-more-text
+// Definitions by: Jeff Held <https://github.com/solkaz>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.8
+
+import * as React from "react";
+
+export interface ReadMoreProps {
+    children: React.ReactNode;
+    numberOfLines: number;
+    onReady?: () => void;
+    renderRevealedFooter: (onPress: () => void) => React.ReactNode;
+    renderTruncatedFooter: (onPress: () => void) => React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+export default class ReadMore extends React.Component<ReadMoreProps> {}
diff --git a/types/react-native-read-more-text/react-native-read-more-text-tests.tsx b/types/react-native-read-more-text/react-native-read-more-text-tests.tsx
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+// Tests taken from Usage at https://github.com/expo/react-native-read-more-text#usage
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Text, View } from "react-native";
+
+import ReadMore from "react-native-read-more-text";
+
+interface Props {
+    text: string;
+}
+
+declare const styles: any;
+declare const Colors: any;
+
+export class DescriptionCard extends React.Component<Props> {
+    render() {
+        const { text } = this.props;
+
+        return (
+            <View>
+                <View style={styles.cardLabel}>
+                    <Text style={styles.cardLabelText}>Description</Text>
+                </View>
+
+                <View style={styles.card}>
+                    <View style={styles.cardBody}>
+                        <ReadMore
+                            numberOfLines={3}
+                            renderTruncatedFooter={this._renderTruncatedFooter}
+                            renderRevealedFooter={this._renderRevealedFooter}
+                            onReady={this._handleTextReady}
+                        >
+                            <Text style={styles.cardText}>{text}</Text>
+                        </ReadMore>
+                    </View>
+                </View>
+            </View>
+        );
+    }
+
+    _renderTruncatedFooter = (handlePress: () => void) => {
+        return (
+            <Text
+                style={{ color: Colors.tintColor, marginTop: 5 }}
+                onPress={handlePress}
+            >
+                Read more
+            </Text>
+        );
+    }
+
+    _renderRevealedFooter = (handlePress: () => void) => {
+        return (
+            <Text
+                style={{ color: Colors.tintColor, marginTop: 5 }}
+                onPress={handlePress}
+            >
+                Show less
+            </Text>
+        );
+    }
+
+    _handleTextReady = () => {
+        // ...
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/react-native-read-more-text/tsconfig.json b/types/react-native-read-more-text/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": ["es6"],
+        "jsx": "react-native",
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": ["../"],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": ["index.d.ts", "react-native-read-more-text-tests.tsx"]
+}
diff --git a/types/react-native-read-more-text/tslint.json b/types/react-native-read-more-text/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }