22 posts tagged with "release"

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.85!

This release includes the New Animation Backend, moves the Jest preset to a dedicated package, and includes many other improvements and fixes.

Highlights​

• New Animation Backend
• React Native DevTools Improvements
• Metro TLS Support

Breaking Changes​

• Jest Preset Moved to New Package
• Dropped Support for EOL Node.js Versions
• StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject Removed
• Other Breaking Changes

Today we're excited to release React Native 0.84!

This release makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine, bringing significant performance improvements to all React Native apps. We've also continued removing the Legacy Architecture on both iOS and Android, and are shipping precompiled iOS binaries by default.

Highlights​

• Hermes V1 as Default
• Precompiled Binaries on iOS by Default
• Legacy Architecture Components Removed
• Node.js 22 Minimum

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.83!

This release includes React 19.2, significant new features for React Native DevTools, and support for the Web Performance and Intersection Observer APIs (Canary). This is also the first React Native release with no user facing breaking changes.

Highlights​

• React 19.2
• New DevTools features
• Intersection Observers (Canary)
• Web Performance APIs as stable

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.76!

This is a major milestone for React Native, as we’re enabling the New Architecture by default, and we’re introducing React Native DevTools. This has been the culmination of 6 years of hard work from our team, together with the support of our incredible community of developers.

Highlights​

• React Native New Architecture by default
• React Native DevTools
• Faster Metro resolution
• Box Shadow and Filter style props

Breaking Changes​

• Removed the dependency on the react-native-community/cli
• Android Apps are ~3.8Mb smaller thanks to Native Library merging
• Updates to Minimum iOS and Android SDK requirements

Today we're releasing React Native 0.74! This release adds Yoga 3.0, Bridgeless by default under the New Architecture, batched onLayout updates (New Architecture), and Yarn 3 as the default package manager for new projects.

We are also removing deprecated APIs, with the removal of PropTypes and breaking changes to PushNotificationIOS. On Android, SDK 23 (Android 6.0) is now the minimum supported version.

Highlights​

• Yoga 3.0
• New Architecture: Bridgeless by Default
• New Architecture: Batched onLayout Updates
• Yarn 3 for New Projects

Breaking Changes​

• Android Minimum SDK Bump (Android 6.0)
• API Changes to PushNotificationIOS (Deprecated)
• Removal of Deprecated PropTypes
• Removal of Flipper React Native Plugin
• Other Breaking Changes

Today we're releasing React Native 0.73! This release adds improvements to debugging with Hermes, stable symlink support, Android 14 support, and new experimental features. We are also deprecating legacy debugging features, and are releasing the next pillar of the New Architecture: Bridgeless Mode!

Highlights​

• Debugging Improvements
• Stable Symlink Support in Metro
• Kotlin Template on Android
• Android 14 Support
• New Architecture Updates
• Deprecated Debugging Features

Breaking Changes​

• Babel Package Renames
• Other Breaking Changes
• React Native CLI Changes
• Deprecated @types/react-native

Today we’re releasing 0.72!

This release adds highly requested features for Metro, better error handling, and other developer experience improvements. So much of this work was prioritized from your feedback on the 2022 community survey -- thank you to all those that participated!

Highlights​

• New Metro Features
• Developer Experience Improvements
• Moving New Architecture Updates

Breaking Changes​

• Deprecated Component Removals
• Package Renames

Today we’re releasing React Native version 0.71! This is a feature-packed release including:

• TypeScript by default
• Simplifying layouts with Flexbox Gap
• Web-inspired props for accessibility, styles, and events
• Restoring PropTypes
• Developer Experience Improvements
• New Architecture Updates

In this post we’ll cover some of the highlights of 0.71.

We are excited to release a new version of React Native, 0.70.0. This version comes with several improvements like a new unified configuration for Codegen, Hermes as default engine, and full CMake support for Android builds along with a refresh of the documentation for the New Architecture. Read on to learn more!

Sections​

• New Architecture’s New Documentation
• Hermes as default engine
• A new unified configuration for Codegen
• Android Auto-linking for New Architecture libraries
• Full CMake support for Android builds
• Highlights of 0.70

Last October, we announced that we had started work towards making Hermes the default engine for all React Native apps.

Hermes has provided a lot of value to React Native inside of Meta, and we believe the open-source community will benefit as well. Hermes is designed for resource constrained devices and optimizes for start up, app size, and memory consumption. One key difference between Hermes and other JS engines is its ability to compile JavaScript source code to bytecode ahead of time. This precompiled bytecode is bundled inside the binary, and saves the interpreter from having to perform this expensive step during app startup.

Since the announcement, a lot of work has gone into making Hermes better, and today, we are excited to share that React Native 0.70 will ship with Hermes as the default engine. This means that all new projects starting on v0.70 will have Hermes enabled by default. With the rollout coming up in July, we want to work closely with the community and make sure the transition is smooth and brings value to all users. This blogpost will go over what you can expect from the change, performance benchmarks, new features, and more. Note that you don’t need to wait for React Native 0.70 to start using Hermes - you can follow these instructions to enable Hermes on your existing React Native app.

Note that while Hermes will be enabled by default in new React Native projects, support for other engines will continue.