diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
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+++ b/.babelrc
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+{
+  "whitelist": [
+    "es6.modules",
+    "es6.arrowFunctions",
+    "es6.blockScoping",
+    "es6.classes",
+    "es6.destructuring",
+    "es6.parameters",
+    "es6.properties.computed",
+    "es6.properties.shorthand",
+    "es6.spread",
+    "es6.templateLiterals",
+    "es6.constants",
+    "es7.trailingFunctionCommas",
+    "es7.objectRestSpread",
+    "react",
+    "es7.classProperties",
+    "es7.asyncFunctions",
+    "es7.decorators"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+++ b/.editorconfig
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+# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# OSX
+#
+.DS_Store
+
+# Xcode
+#
+build/
+*.pbxuser
+!default.pbxuser
+*.mode1v3
+!default.mode1v3
+*.mode2v3
+!default.mode2v3
+*.perspectivev3
+!default.perspectivev3
+xcuserdata
+*.xccheckout
+*.moved-aside
+DerivedData
+*.hmap
+*.ipa
+*.xcuserstate
+project.xcworkspace
+
+# node.js
+#
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log
+
+
+/dist
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+## react-native-dismiss-keyboard ![CircleCi](https://circleci.com/gh/DanielMSchmidt/react-native-dismiss-keyboard.png?circle-token=905f7ed099611e3f8079a5bf72674beab5e55e50)
+
+A simple way to dismiss the keyboard programmatically in a react native application.
+
+## Add it to your project
+
+1. Run `npm install react-native-dismiss-keyboard --save`
+2. `var dismissKeyboard = require('react-native-dismiss-keyboard');`
+3. Run `dismissKeyboard()` anywhere in your code to close the keyboard.
+
+## Support
+
+We currently support `react-native >= 0.11`, if you experience any restrictions or if it works below, please let us know.
+
+## Contribution
+
+Please make sure to run the tests before proposing a PR by running `npm test`.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+++ b/index.js
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+import React from 'react-native';
+
+const {
+  TextInput: {
+    State: TextInputState,
+  },
+} = React;
+
+export default function dismissKeyboard() {
+  TextInputState.blurTextInput(TextInputState.currentlyFocusedField());
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "react-native-dismiss-keyboard",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "description": "A simple way to dismiss the keyboard programmatically in a react native application.",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "babel": "babel *.js --out-dir dist",
+    "build": "npm run-script clear && npm run-script babel",
+    "clear": "rm -rf dist/ && mkdir dist/",
+    "prepublish": "npm run build",
+    "test": "xo"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist/"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git@github.com:DanielMSchmidt/react-native-dismiss-keyboard.git"
+  },
+  "author": "Daniel Schmidt <daniel.maximilian@gmx.net> (https://github.com/DanielMSchmidt)",
+
+  "xo": {
+    "ignores": [
+      "DismissKeyboardExample/**",
+      "dist/*"
+    ],
+    "esnext": true,
+    "space": 2,
+    "plugins": [
+      "react"
+    ],
+    "rules": {
+      "babel/object-curly-spacing": [
+        2,
+        "always"
+      ],
+      "comma-dangle": [
+        2,
+        "always-multiline"
+      ],
+      "react/jsx-curly-spacing": 2,
+      "strict": [
+        2,
+        "never"
+      ],
+      "no-use-before-define": 0,
+      "one-var": [
+        2,
+        {
+          "uninitialized": "always",
+          "initialized": "never"
+        }
+      ],
+      "react/no-set-state": 1,
+      "react/prop-types": 2,
+      "react/jsx-sort-prop-types": 2,
+      "react/jsx-closing-bracket-location": [
+        2,
+        {
+          "selfClosing": "after-props",
+          "nonEmpty": "after-props"
+        }
+      ],
+      "react/jsx-indent-props": [
+        2,
+        2
+      ],
+      "react/self-closing-comp": 2
+    }
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "react",
+    "react-native",
+    "ios",
+    "android",
+    "keyboard",
+    "dismiss"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "babel": "^5.8.34",
+    "babel-eslint": "^5.0.0-beta6",
+    "eslint": "^1.10.3",
+    "eslint-config-xo": "^0.9.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-babel": "^3.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-no-empty-blocks": "0.0.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-no-use-extend-native": "^0.3.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^3.13.1",
+    "xo": "^0.12.1"
+  }
+}