React Native: v0.84.0-rc.0 Release

Breaking

• Bump minimum Node.js version to v22.11 (8f10b339d4 by @robhogan)
• Make the TurboModuleBinding constructor private. (53944eaa6c by @RSNara)
• Remove TurboCxxModule (2d6a3236ed by @christophpurrer)
• Removed microtask API from JSTimerManager (60471cb268 by @javache)
• Remove CxxModule 2/2 C++ part (a945cd99fa by @christophpurrer)
• Remove CxxModule 1/2 Java/Kotlin part (75a11703a0 by @christophpurrer)
• Remove CxxModule support from CatalystInstance (c726c27537 by @christophpurrer)
• Remove RCTCxxModule (2c8a376c47 by @christophpurrer)

Android specific

• Remove unstable_shouldEnableLegacyModuleInterop() (e4eb64d6cc by @RSNara)
• Delete deprecated NativeKind class from React Native Android (284d841b3d by @mdvacca)
• Remove unnecessary classes inside com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation used in legacy architecture (0b09e6f696 by @cortinico)
• Remove unnecessary LazyReactPackage used in legacy architecture (2b09ae8992 by @cortinico)
• Remove unused internal NotThreadSafeBridgeIdleDebugListener (0ee4a2d01a by @cortinico)
• Remove unused internal NotThreadSafeViewHierarchyUpdateDebugListener (991dff2322 by @cortinico)

iOS specific

• Remove legacy arch by default (c7f433a413 by @cipolleschi)
• Make RCTPackagerConnection instance of the RCTDevSettings and use bundle config. (cf92cade49 by @coado)

Added

• A new test for the AnimationBackend (8bc6214284 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• Added support for maxWidth, maxHeight, minWidth, and minHeight props to the AnimationBackend. (3650ae3d08 by @coado)
• Added support for flex props to the AnimationBackend. (33b2d6d367 by @coado)
• Support parsing Readonly for the new Flow utility types (a6b76c0c51 by @marcoww6)
• Support parsing ReadonlyArray for the new Flow utility types (3bf7a09ecb by @marcoww6)
• Added support for outline props to the AnimationBackend. (4de9242e80 by @coado)
• Added support for filter props to Animation Backend (e744329c3d by @coado)
• Added support for border width props to the animation backend. (782dc0e038 by @coado)
• Add ResourceReceivedData trace events for network data chunks in Performance timeline (c400b88ebf by @emily8rown)
• Added support for positional left, top, right, bottom props to the animation backend. (9931aeb830 by @coado)
• Added support for margin and padding props to AnimationBackend. (cd4744cb98 by @coado)
• Added missing experimental_backgroundSize, experimental_backgroundPosition, experimental_backgroundRepeat to manually written types. (37bf285836 by @tjzel)
• Added support for shadowColor, shadowOffset, shadowOpacity, and shadowRadius props to the animation backend. (c31a5a8896 by @coado)
• Export usePressability hook and PressabilityConfig/PressabilityEventHandlers types from the public API (d0e9b9c078 by @natew)
• Added missing standard properties to URL (hash, host, pathname, etc.) and methods to URLSearchParams (get, set, delete, etc.). (f97b9a521d by Manish Balayan)
• Use the commit hook to reconcile the UI updates with react (d04e1528da by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• Add connectAnimatedNodeToShadowNodeFamily method to NativeAnimatedModule and NativeAnimatedTurboModule (d7ef651c5c by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• Added support for transform, border radius, and background color props to Animation Backend. (e167faa449 by @coado)
• Bundle support for heic and heif files (f472ef980a by @anthonybajoua)
• Thread down rootTag/surfaceId to AnimatedInterpolation node (b46427a673 by @zeyap)
• DevServer fast refresh banners now have a dismiss button but still tap anywhere to dismiss. (fcd63032d0 by @emily8rown)
• Jest tests for PlatformColor support (cbbba7b9a5 by @zeyap)
• (js part) Support PlatformColor type of toValue and interpolation outputRange (8b6b47bd57 by @zeyap)
• Expose methods for registering packager connection handlers. (d9842fdbe3 by @coado)
• Add support for Flat Config (eslint v9) (18592451de by @pipopotamasu)
• UIManagerNativeAnimatedDelegateBackendImpl for running animation frame updates on android (219c2b84c2 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)

Android specific

• Add {add|remove}SchemeChangeListener() function to OverrideColorScheme interface to support dynamic appearance updates via override (80e384a801 by @alanleedev)
• Include activeHitPath in payload when it's PointerUp/Down (1d6d8fc058 by @zeyap)
• Add onKeyDown/onKeyUp support to Android (79b09ce9c4 by @Abbondanzo)
• Add c++ animated support for PlatformColor type of toValue and interpolation outputRange (7941a621f9 by @zeyap)

iOS specific

• Allow invalidateDisplayLink on RCTAnimatedModuleProvider (7c603ee261 by @zeyap)
• Add support for UIAccessibilityPriority in announcements (4851fb2fc3 by @maxencehenneron)
• Added documentation for the prebuild scripts for precompiling React Native Core and React Native Dependencies. (7a66582f60 by @chrfalch)
• Add new RCTBundleConfiguration for modifying bundle URL on RCTReactNativeFactory. (6fa75cce48 by @coado)

Changed

• Sync React 19.2.3 into React Native (e6923dd1e1 by @cipolleschi)
• AnimatedPropsRegistry now also receive the updates from the synchronous updates that bypass the ShadowTree, so that these updates are not overwritten by React commits (c52d30e79b by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• C++ animated now passes the calculated folly::dynamic directly to the backend, without repacking it into AnimatedProp (84e408cf89 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• Extracted cloneProp from AnimationBackend.cpp to AnimatedProps.h (33f783ae23 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• CloneMultiple now invokes the callback for every cloned node, instead of doing that only for the nodes in familiesToUpdate (976c849057 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• Text components with onPress or onLongPress now automatically get accessibilityRole='link' for proper accessibility support (4c732b4ccf by @fabriziocucci)
• Split the families by SurfaceId in onAnimationFrame (5c078bd490 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• Move the animation backend callback scheduling, behind the isRenderCallbackStarted check. (8b95fce84e by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)
• JSBigString mutable data accessor has been renamed to mutableData (3012aac2ad by @javache)

Android specific

• VirtualView not clips subviews even if its parent ScrollView does not have removeClippedSubviews enabled. (b0e754bc7f by @yungsters)
• Set isClickable=true by default or based on the pointerEvents value for all views to improve accessibility tool detection while maintaining the configured focusable state (427995858d by @fabriziocucci)
• Enabled shouldUseLinkRoleForPressableText and shouldSetEnabledBasedOnAccessibilityState feature flags by default to improve accessibility behavior. (38e3075310 by @fabriziocucci)

iOS specific

• Use prebuild by default (df9d31b243 by @cipolleschi)
• Add RCTBundleConfiguration property on RCTReactNativeFactory and pass it down to RCTHost. (5465a511f4 by @coado)
• Allow linking local SPM packages in CocoaPods (d31fc32882 by @sbuggay)

Deprecated

• Deprecate TurboModuleProviderFunctionType (7a6a6ae2e6 by @RSNara)
• Deprecate XHRInterceptor and WebSocketInterceptor APIs. Developer tools should use the CDP Network domain instead. (41380f39ab by @huntie)

Removed

• Remove Babel preset transforms for already-unsupported non-Hermes engines (07bd24ed0d by @robhogan)
• Legacy Arch: Remove Perf and Network tabs from in-app Element Inspector. See RFC0777 (b7ca04844d by @huntie)

Android specific

• Remove unnecessary OnBatchCompleteListener used in Legacy Architecture (1bdd2a0aba by @cortinico)
• Remove unnecessary and unused BridgeDevSupportManager (13da82a337 by @cortinico)

Fixed

• Added handling of missing props to AnimatedPropsRegistry (31a9eeeba4 by @j-piasecki)
• Handle Object.create(null) correctly in AnimatedObject.js' isPlainObject function (4e0b9233c0 by @maman)
• Hash generation includes declare const types in API snapshot (c36665f7c6 by @emily8rown)
• Nullcheck result of getAnimatedNode in NativeAnimatedNodesManager::updateNodes (3e9083b423 by @zeyap)
• React Native DevTools: Fix a bug where we would incorrectly flag apps using additonal Hermes runtimes (e.g. Reanimated) as being multi-host (c800503214 by @huntie)
• Fixed hermes-compiler not being resolved correctly when your repo is set up as a monorepo using pnpm. (e23e9add80 by @tido64)
• Ensure codegen CLI supports unspecified --outputPath argument and respects codegenConfig.outputDir configurations (716303362a by @kitten)
• Fixed an ENOENT exception when a dependency does not export package.json, and your repo is set up as a monorepo using pnpm (20550c45d2 by @tido64)
• Fixed URLSearchParams duplicate issue. (1e06c92404 by @riteshshukla04)
• Check nodesManager_ in AnimatedModule::executeOperation (199b8982de by @zeyap)
• color and blurRadius of BoxShadowValue mistakenly swapped (8fa8fb7a52 by @Phecda)

Android specific

• Fix BackHandler callbacks not working after app resume on API 36+ (fef5b84996 by @anferrat)
• Fix ReactModalHostView hover interception to call super.onInterceptHoverEvent instead of super.onHoverEvent. (0fe23d7066 by @MegaManSec)
• DevSupport - fix small bugs with Host change dialog (c4c587e5c3 by @cortinico)
• Fix jni aborts when turbomodule constructors throw (d67fc70497 by @RSNara)
• Make ReactDelegate.onBackPressed() return correct status (17b3c1c698 by @RSNara)
• RNGP using node invocation non-compatible with Gradle Compilation Cache (dd1f83e616 by @tjzel)
• RNGP using node invocation non-compatible with Gradle Compilation Cache (dc73ec438a by @tjzel)
• Fix text clipping on Android 15+ due to useBoundsForWidth change (8347cc4b50 by @chrfalch)
• A11y: Mark virtual views for links as [clickable](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/AccessibilityNodeInfo#setClickable(boolean%29) (a9a0268953 by Tom Scallon)
• Fixed adjustsFontSizeToFit scaling the font size too much down (253fdf4753 by @j-piasecki)
• Use FQCN to avoid collisions (5bb3a6d68d by @riteshshukla04)
• Allow nullable code in Promise.reject to prevent NPEs from Java modules (47c45688c7 by @ramanverse)
• A11y: prevent redundant double screen reader focus steps on <Text role="link"> (06786a8afa by @mdjastrzebski)
• Emit scroll event once on overscrolled (f60789abac by @zeyap)
• Fix isClickable state for TextViews after recycling (cf3af8bf4a by @fabriziocucci)
• Fix isClickable state for TextViews based on onClickListener (9ec41774b9 by @fabriziocucci)
• Fixed recycled TextViews incorrectly appearing as clickable to accessibility systems (b34e9c542d by @fabriziocucci)
• – Enabled shouldResetOnClickListenerWhenRecyclingView by default to reset OnClickListener to null when recycling views and prevent accessibility tools from detecting incorrect states. (21b93d82df by @fabriziocucci)
• Enabled shouldResetClickableWhenRecyclingView by default to reset isClickable to false when recycling views and prevent accessibility tools from detecting incorrect clickable states. (a2e8bac60f by @fabriziocucci)
• Fix NPE on ReactAccessibilityDelegate.performAccessibilityAction (cf6de77408 by @cortinico)
• Reset isClickable when recycling views to prevent accessibility tools from detecting incorrect state (d553c31160 by @fabriziocucci)
• Reset OnClickListener when recycling views to prevent accessibility tools from detecting incorrect state (52a4f4b83d by @fabriziocucci)
• Fixed antialiasing issues from border radius usage in API <= 28 (e08abbcb99 by @Abbondanzo)
• View.setEnabled() now properly reflects accessibilityState.disabled (6fbe284082 by @fabriziocucci)
• Fix android_ripple not working with foreground: false in Pressable components (ca077c6bf8 by @ish1416)
• Fix keyboard navigation through items in horizontal ScrollView with snapToInterval enabled (a460df2165 by @jgryko5)

iOS specific

• Moved setting xcconfig to after add_rn_core pod function is called. (73d3429a44 by @chrfalch)
• Fix listenerCount not resetting for RCTEventEmitter (ac8fa25147 by @brainbicycle)
• Fix legacy module interop not handling hitTest correctly (700d320a5f by @kruczy)
• Accessibility actions labels are not read by VoiceOver (602a2d213a by @maxencehenneron)
• Respect cancelsTouchesInView when canceling touches in RCTSurfaceTouchHandler (5634e8a601 by @intmain)
• Remove redundant gesture to tap button when the layer beneath is already tappable (8b8cceac89 by @emily8rown)
• Make rest of app responsive whilst dev loading banner present (f97354368c by @emily8rown)
• Fixed dismiss button not appearing consistently in dev loading view (336042ccb3 by @emily8rown)
• Fixed copying symbol bundles into correct slice folder (ac31e96e49 by @chrfalch)
• Fixed crash from dismiss button in DevLoadingView (6793f5cc51 by @emily8rown)
• Address -Wswitch-default warnings for projects that use that compiler flag (4c560b118c by @NSProgrammer)
• Avoid reallocating views on RCTDevLoadingView progress updates (55a5b6b015 by @shirakaba)
• Fix missing default statements for projects that have -Wswitch-default enabled (along with -Wswitch-enum). (a210409e03 by @NSProgrammer)
• Fix crash in RCTEnhancedScrollView when scrollViewDidScroll is called (5f14001e92 by Gabriel Cadden)
• Fix undefined behavior for values outside of enum range in generated switch methods in Objective-C. (4bf8204391 by @NSProgrammer)
• A Crash when some error information are nil (efd2f679f2 by @cipolleschi)
• Improve -Wswitch-default support (8f91076397 by @NSProgrammer)
• Improve -Wswitch-default support (fedd1cfbda by @NSProgrammer)
• Fix duplicate shadow bug during component recycling by cleaning up visual layers in prepareForRecycle (7dcedf1def by Atharv Soni)
• Make sure to only call onRender when NativeAnimatedNodesManagerProvider is not destroyed (d8f9b3f1f5 by @zeyap)
• Fix rounding error occurring randomly in iOS text line height calculation (581d643a9e by @soutua)
• Fix incorrect source path resolution in dSYM remapping in precompiled framework scripts (f383241b19 by @chrfalch)
• Message (b78099b821 by @ISeekTruth)
• Fixed build with dynamic frameworks (1033dbd1da by @cipolleschi)
• Improve support for projects with -Wswitch-enum compiler error (f687292aad by @NSProgrammer)

Fixed

Android specific

• Fix Network error that could occur for FormData uploads with binary data (471ef7212e by @huntie)

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Hermes dSYMS: - Debug - Release

Hermes V1 dSYMS: - Debug - Release

ReactNativeDependencies dSYMs: - Debug - Release

ReactNative Core dSYMs: - Debug - Release

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