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How to get started with your Personal Loans Mobile React Native SDK integration (Recommended)

Welcome to Engine by MoneyLion’s Personal Loans React Native SDK Integration Guide. This guide covers software requirements, installing and initializing the SDK, and leveraging its customizable features to optimize the user journey. Finally, there are sample screenshots of how the SDK looks (which may vary depending on your color customizations).

Setup Instructions

Step 1: Request an API token

Before you can use the Engine SDK, you’ll need to request an API token from your Partner Manager. This is used to authenticate with the Engine API and provides access to different financial institutions. You may want to use multiple API tokens depending on how many entry points your app has into the SDK.

Step 2: Confirm Software Requirements

Requirements:

  • React Native

Package Size:

  • SDK Bundle Size: 1.27MB Unpacked

Step 3: Install the SDK

Install the SDK from npm using the command using your package manager, e.g.

  • npm install --save @moneylion/react-native-engine-sdk

  • yarn add @moneylion/react-native-engine-sdk

Step 4: Initialize the SDK

In your app, you’ll need to initialize the SDK by rendering its React component. As props, you’ll need to pass your provided bearer token (Step 1 - request a token from your Partner Manager), the Engine endpoint you’re connecting to, and any information you already have about the user if you don’t want the user to enter it again.

There are certain fields that must be provided to the Engine SDK component on initialization:

  • API endpoint

  • Bearer token

  • Required prefilled data (the Engine SDK does not ask for these 3 fields):

    • First name

    • Last name

    • Email address

  • Lead IP Address is captured automatically by the SDK from the user's device; you do not need to pass this field in your integration.

Here is a sample code snippet of how you might implement the Mobile SDK into your app:

User Experience & Demo

Note: any screen where that info is prefilled will be skipped.

Engine Mobile SDK Screen 2: Loan Amount
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 3: Loan Purpose
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 4: Date of Birth
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 5: Address
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 6: Phone Number
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 7: Credit Rating
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 8: Property Status
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 9: Highest Level of Education
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 10: Employment Status
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 11: Annual Income
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 13: SSN
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 13: Confirm Details
Engine Mobile SDK Screen 14: Offer Wall

Adding Client Tags for Reporting

The Engine Mobile SDK supports adding your unique Client Tags to track performance of specific campaigns or users. All Client Tag data is attributed to the lead level.

Client Tags can be added by including a clientTags attribute at the top level of the request body, where the value is an array of strings. We strongly recommend only including one element per array for ease of reporting/attribution - if you want two separate tags, include the second tag under a different key. There is no limit to the number of keys in the clientTags object.

Example

Here is a sample code snippet of how you might implement the Mobile SDK into your app, with sample clientTags appended:

See our GET Lead Client Tags endpoint for information on attributing lead analytics to your own client tags, if you decide to hit our Analytics API for reporting.

Supported Client Tag Keys

If you plan for the Engine team to set up reporting (i.e. you do not plan to hit our Analytics API), these are the only keys that are currently fully supported. If a different key is needed, please reach out to your partner manager - we may be able to accommodate, but adding nonstandard keys will increase the time it takes Engine to report Client Tag values back to you, and is therefore not recommended.

  • agentId

  • campaignId

  • clientId

  • deviceid

  • medium

  • sourceId

  • subid

  • subid1

  • subid2

  • subid3

  • target

  • trafficsource

  • userid

Prefilling Lead Data

The prefilledData object should be structured with any fields you want the user not to have to answer themselves, if you already have that info available. Here is an example of prefilledData as a Javascript Object. You may prefill as many of these fields as desired; the only 3 required are firstName, lastName, and email.

Prefilled values cannot be edited by the user on the final confirm-details screen (before submitting the form). If the user's info is incorrect (e.g. Address is incorrect outdated), the user should edit the info in your app directly.

Example React Native Implementation

Here is a sample code snippet of how you might implement the Mobile SDK into your app, with all prefilledData fields populated:

For any of these fields, DO NOT prefill any fields that are empty or otherwise unavailable. If you do not have info for a particular field available to prefill, omit that field in your prefilledDataobject.

For example, this is incorrect:

This is correct:

PrefilledData Type Validations

The data should follow a type schema, described here in Typescript notation:

Enums/Accepted Values for Certain Fields

Certain fields, although strings, must be within a predetermined list of accepted values. Here are those values:

PrefilledData Sanitization

Prefilled Data must align with the type validations above, and any fields with an accepted value enum must be within that enum. If you (the partner) prefill user data, and any type/value is invalid, that attribute will be stripped, and the lead will have to enter it again manually.

Event Handlers for Real-Time Tracking

The Engine Mobile SDK has real-time Event Handlers so you can track lead progression through the flow in real time (accessing lead data and notifications when leads progress through each step of the SDK, up to and including offer click).

Implementation

There are 11 Event Handlers you can implement that will be called as a user progresses through the SDK flow. Here is a screenshot of a sample code snippet of how you might implement the Mobile SDK into your app, with all 11 implemented (you can choose any or all of these to implement):

For your convenience, the same code snippet is pasted below as text, so you can copy-paste the bulk of the code. Please wrap the following snippet in a self closing `<` and `/>`, following the screenshot above (the text below omits the wrapping `</>` so as not to trigger a CSS attack warning on this page)

{ your handler logic } is a placeholder for any function you actually want to execute when that handler is called. Channel Partners typically use Event Handlers to call their own endpoints when leads hit specific funnel stages, for tracking, retargeting, or other purposes.

Each handler takes a structure object as an argument. Feel free to choose whichever arguments are useful to include in your handler logic, and omit the rest.

Descriptions

Below are descriptions of the various event handlers and the data each one has access to when it fires. All event handlers have access to timestamp, which is a string representation of the moment (in UTC) the handler was called.

  1. onInitialize is called when the SDK is initialized, after any data saved to local storage has been loaded. The saved data is supplied to the handler. onInitialize has access to the savedLeadUuid and savedLeadData, if the user's data was stored on the device from a previous session.

    All page names provided to the handlers, such as page, nextPage, and editingPage, will be in snake_case format.

    *Note: PrefilledLeadData here here and for the rest of this page indicates the data type, i.e. what fields/data formats might be present. This will include all fields set on the lead at that point, regardless of whether the data was initially prefilled, or later submitted by the user.

  2. onCreate is called when the SDK first creates a lead with the Engine service. The data used to create the lead is supplied along with the current page and the page the user is editing, if any.

  3. onUpdate is called whenever the SDK updates a lead with the Engine service. It receives the same data that the onCreate handler receives.

  4. onNavigate is called whenever the user navigates to a new page. It receives the current lead data, the current page, the next page, and the page the user is editing if any.

  5. onSubmit is called when the user submits their information to the Engine service and receives offers. The submitted data is supplied to the handler.

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  6. onRateTableRender is called when the user submits their information to the Engine service and receives offers. The submitted data is supplied to the handler.

  7. onOfferClick is called when the user submits their information to the Engine service and receives offers. The submitted data is supplied to the handler.

  8. onErrorPageView is called when the user is driven to the Error page ("Something Went Wrong"). This alerts you to when there may be an issue with Engine's servers, and when your users are not able to complete their application and submit for offers successfully.

  9. onErrorPageRetry is called when the user taps "Retry" on the error page. This informs you when the user attempts to retry on the previous page.

  10. onExit is called when the user attempts to exit the SDK flow. It is important to supply this handler in order to understand when the user exited the SDK and retarget the user to complete the flow.

  11. OnError is called when an error occurs during SDK operations. You may use this to log errors to your error tracking service or implement custom error handling logic.

    additionalInfo contains additional information that is relevant to the error that occured. Some examples of what information it could contain: • leadData (Record<string, unknown>) - The lead data object at the time of error • leadUuid (string) - The lead UUID

    page (string) - The current page where the error occurred

    productTypes (string) - Product types being processed

    clientTags (Record<string, string[]> - Client tags

    rateTableUuid (string) - Rate table UUID

All page names provided to the handlers, such as page, nextPage, and editingPage, will be in snake_case format.

Example Event Handler Calls

Scenario 1: No user info is prefilled

1. onInitialize

When the user first enters the SDK and reaches the splash page:

onInitialize fires with:

onInitialize({ timestamp, storedLeadUuid,storedLeadData })

*Note: unless a lead has already begun, exited, and re-entered the SDK, storedLeadUuid and storedLeadData will be null. If the user re-enters the SDK after a previous session where a leadUuid was created and leadData was stored in local storage on their device, the handler will fire with those values.

2. onNavigate and onCreate

When the user navigates to the following screen (which differs depending how much user info is prefilled), onNavigate and onCreate will fire. For example, if no info is prefilled, the user will navigate away from the splash screen, where onNavigate fires:

onNavigate({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData, currentPage, nextPage })

Values will be as follows:

  • leadUuid: null (unless the user returned from a previous session, where the leadUuid was stored in local storage)

  • leadData: any user info prefilled, e.g. {firstName: "Bob", lastName: "Dylan", email: "[email protected]", {...other prefilled data, if provided}}

  • currentPage: splash

  • nextPage: loan_amount

onCreate({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData, createPage })

Values will be as follows:

The user will then navigate into the loan_amount screen (again, assuming loanAmount is not prefilled):

When the user presses Continue, onNavigate will fire:

onNavigate({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData, currentPage, nextPage })

Values will be as follows:

  • leadUuid: {the lead's UUID as a string}

  • leadData: {"firstName":"Bob","lastName":"Dylan","email":"[email protected]","ipAddress":"x.x.x.x"}

  • currentPage: loan_amount

  • nextPage: loan_purpose

The lead is also updated at this point, so onUpdate fires:

onUpdate({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData, page })

Values will be as follows:

  • leadUuid: {the lead's UUID as a string}

  • leadData: {"firstName":"Bob","lastName":"Dylan","email":"[email protected]","ipAddress":"x.x.x.x","loanAmount":5000}

  • page: loan_amount

3. Subsequent onNavigate and onUpdate calls

onNavigate and onUpdate will fire at each user navigation, with the leadData object growing as fields are updated onto the lead. currentPage / nextPage values are as follows:

  • loan_purpose

  • date_of_birth

  • address

  • phone

  • credit_rating

  • property_status

  • education_level

  • employment_status

  • annual_income

  • ssn

  • confirm_details

  • offers

4. onSubmit

When the user presses See my offers on the confirm_details screen:

The Event Handlers that fire are:

onSubmit({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData })

onNavigate({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData, currentPage, nextPage })

onUpdate({ timestamp, leadUuid, leadData, page })

  • currentPage and page here will = confirm_details

  • nextPage will = offers

5. onRateTableRender

When the user lands on the offer page, onRateTableRender fires with a rateTableUuid, a leadUuid, and two arrays: loanOffers and specialOffers

rateTableUuid

This is associated with that application from that lead. Useful to identify and map with the leadUuid.

loanOffers

This is an array of objects. Each object will have the following attributes:

  • offerUuid

  • financialInstitutionName

  • financialInstitutionUuid

  • productType

  • productSubType

  • loanAmount

  • apr

  • termLength

  • monthlyPayment

specialOffers

This is an array of objects. Each object has the following attributes:

  • offerUuid

  • name

  • financialInstitutionName

  • financialInstitutionUuid

  • productSubType

  1. onOfferClick

onOfferClick fires when a lead clicks on an offer from the offer table. The financialInstitutionName , productType, and productSubType will indicate whether the user clicked a loan offer or special offer.

Scenario 2: Some (but not all) user info is prefilled

When some user info is prefilled, the first onNavigate fire away from the splash screen will have:

  • currentPage=splash

  • nextPage={the first page in the flow that was not prefilled}

The rest of the flow will be the same as Scenario 1 above.

Scenario 3: All user info is prefilled

When some user info is prefilled, the first onNavigate fire on the first navigation away from the splash screen will have:

  • currentPage=splash

  • nextPage=confirm_details

onCreate will also fire at this point, since this is when the leadUuid is created by posting the lead to the Engine API.

The user will submit by pressing See my offers, and onSubmit, onNavigate, and onUpdate will function the same as in Scenario 1.

Note: onUpdate will still fire when the user presses See my offers on the confirm_details screen because this is when legal consents are accepted / set to the lead object.

onExit - wherever a user exits the flow

onExit will fire whenever a user leaves the Engine Mobile SDK, regardless of where in the flow the user left the flow. You can use this to infer whether a lead completed / submitted the loan form, depending what other Event Handler callbacks have fired (assuming you set those up as well). More details in the next section:

onError - when an error occur

For example, if the SDK API call to synchronize a lead fails, the onError callback is invoked with these props

How to use Event Handlers for Tracking

Event handlers can be used to track how far a lead progressed in the flow, i.e. if your Event Handler callbacks fire an onExit but do not fire an onSubmit, and/or if your onNavigate handlers never fire with nextPage=offers, you can infer that the lead exited the flow before submitting to see offers. This allows you to retarget the lead accordingly to entice them to complete the form and see their offers.

Similarly, if your Event Handler fires indicate the lead submitted the form (i.e. onSubmit fires and/or onNavigate fires with nextPage=offers, but you do not receive reporting/notifications that the lead converted on a loan or other product, you may retarget the lead to entice them to re-enter the SDK, immediately see their offers (since on re-entry the user will be directed straight to the offers screen, and ideally convert on an available offer. See Reporting Options for Channel Partners for your available options for receiving conversion reporting from Engine by MoneyLion.

User Flow

When the EngineSdk component is rendered, it will first determine how much information it needs to ask from the user (if not provided in prefilledData). It will then present the user with a splash screen explaining the process to them. When they continue, if all info is prefilled, they are taken directly to the summary screen with their info and can immediately submit to see their offers. Otherwise, they navigate through subsequent screens to collect any missing information, before being presented with the summary screen. From the summary screen, the user is able to correct any info* before submitting it and receiving their offers.

*Note: only info submitted directly by the user can be edited; prefilledData cannot be edited at this time. If firstName/lastName/email or other `prefilledData` fields need to be updated, that should be done in the host app, not the SDK data capture.

At each step through the loan form, the information is saved to the phone and an attempt is made to submit it to the Engine API (updating lead info to track progress/dropoff). If no network is available, the SDK will proceed to the next step without submitting to the Engine API. A network is only required for the final step of submitting the form and receiving offers.

Dropoff and Reentry

Any time a user exits and re-enters the Engine Mobile SDK, they will restart at the same point they were before they exited the SDK.

  • If a user was in the middle of the form but did not submit, they will start back on that step (and all previously entered info will be retrieved from local storage so they will not need to enter it again).

  • If a user submitted a form and saw offers before exiting, the next time they re-enter the SDK (within the offer expiration period of 31 days), they will be directed back to their offer screen. If offers have expired (>31 days later), they will start at the beginning of the form (save for any prefilled info that will be skipped).

Offer Expiration

Offers will expire 31 days after initially received by the user. Any time within the valid period, users re-entering the SDK will see the same available offers (consumers are unlikely to have material changes to their credit worthiness within that period, which is why offers are cached for that time duration). Users entering the SDK >31 days after they initially received those offers will start the form again as a new lead (minus any prefilled info).

Customization

You can also customize some of the branding by changing the primary and secondary colors to match your own brand. Use the primaryColor and secondaryColor attributes to accomplish this.

*Dark mode is not currently available in the Engine Mobile SDK. This will be coming in a future update.

Changelog

View the full React Native Personal Loan SDK changelog

2.1.0 (2026-07-21)

  • Upgraded build tooling to support latest React Native features and improvements

  • Added loading state to button group component for better user feedback during async operations

2.0.0 (2026-07-07)

  • Replaced deprecated React Native SafeAreaView usage with react-native-safe-area-context to align with the current React Native recommendations and improve compatibility

1.10.0 (2026-06-23)

  • Fixed modal animation and safe area handling for improved UI behavior

  • Added react-native-safe-area-context as a required peer dependency

1.9.0 (2026-04-21)

  • Improved type definitions

1.8.0 (2026-04-14)

  • Improved SSN handling by masking sensitive values for enhanced user privacy and security

1.7.1 (31 Mar 2026)

  • Renamed consentsToSms field to phoneConsent in lead creation data

1.7.0 (25 Mar 2026)

  • Fixed a potential infinite loop in masked input fields (address, date of birth, phone, SSN)

    • Inputs no longer re-trigger updates when value is set externally

  • Improved prop handling in form input components to prevent unnecessary re-renders

  • Fixed type alignment across lead data utilities

  • Moved react-native-svg to peer dependencies (required version: >=15.11.0 <16)

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