React Native

React Native 0.85 is now available! This release includes the New Animation Backend, selection data in TextInput onChange events, Metro TLS support, and moves the Jest preset to a dedicated package. reactnative.dev/blog/2026/0...

Other changes - Dropped support for EOL Node.js versions - StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject removed (use StyleSheet.absoluteFill) - Metro bumped to ^0.84.0 - TextInput onChange now includes selection data

React Native 0.85 is now available! This release includes the New Animation Backend, selection data in TextInput onChange events, Metro TLS support, and moves the Jest preset to a dedicated package. reactnative.dev/blog/2026/0...

Metro TLS support The Metro dev server now accepts a TLS configuration, enabling HTTPS and WSS during development — useful for testing APIs that enforce secure connections. Configure in metro.config.js with cert, key, and ca.

React Native 0.85 is now available! This release includes the New Animation Backend, selection data in TextInput onChange events, Metro TLS support, and moves the Jest preset to a dedicated package. reactnative.dev/blog/2026/0...

New Animation Backend Built with Software Mansion, this new internal engine powers Animated and Reanimated. You can now animate layout props with native driver in Animated — the limitation stated in the docs no longer applies. Opt in via ReactNativeFeatureFlags.

React Native 0.84 is now available! This release makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine and ships precompiled iOS binaries by default — bringing significant performance improvements and faster build times to all React Native apps. reactnative.dev/blog/2026/0...

Other improvements - Node.js 22 minimum - ESLint v9 Flat Config support - Additional image formats (HEIC/HEIF) - Keyboard events on Android - URL API improvements - Accessibility enhancements

React Native 0.84 is now available! This release makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine and ships precompiled iOS binaries by default — bringing significant performance improvements and faster build times to all React Native apps. reactnative.dev/blog/2026/0...

Legacy Architecture removal continues Building on 0.82's work to make the New Architecture the only runtime option, React Native 0.84 removes more Legacy Architecture code from both iOS and Android — reducing build time and app size.

React Native 0.84 is now available! This release makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine and ships precompiled iOS binaries by default — bringing significant performance improvements and faster build times to all React Native apps. reactnative.dev/blog/2026/0...

Hermes V1 as default Hermes V1 is now the default JavaScript engine on both iOS and Android, bringing improved execution speed and reduced memory usage. No migration required — if you're already using Hermes (the default since 0.70), you'll automatically get Hermes V1.

React Native 0.83 is now available! This release includes React 19.2, new React Native DevTools features, and support for new Web APIs. And, it's the first React Native release with no user facing breaking changes. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/1...

No breaking changes 🎉 We're working hard to make React Native releases more predictable and easier to upgrade. React Native 0.83 is the first release with no user facing breaking changes. Upgrade from 0.82 → 0.83 with no changes to your app code.

React Native 0.83 is now available! This release includes React 19.2, new React Native DevTools features, and support for new Web APIs. And, it's the first React Native release with no user facing breaking changes. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/1...

Web Performance APIs as stable As introduced in 0.82, React Native now implements new performance APIs from Web, such as PerformanceObserver, performance.mark/measure, and high resolution timings — now enabled by default.

React Native 0.83 is now available! This release includes React 19.2, new React Native DevTools features, and support for new Web APIs. And, it's the first React Native release with no user facing breaking changes. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/1...

New React Native DevTools features - Network inspection — now in core, and see where requests came from. - Performance tracing — deeply understand how your app is running. - New desktop app — a faster and better experience, still with zero setup.

React Native 0.83 is now available! This release includes React 19.2, new React Native DevTools features, and support for new Web APIs. And, it's the first React Native release with no user facing breaking changes. reactnative.dev/blog/2025/1...

Today we also want to celebrate React Native turning 10! What started as a small hackathon project is now used by millions of developers around the globe.

You can now also write VR apps for Quest devices with React Native. Expo Go is now available on the Horizon Store so you can bring your apps to Horizon with the blink of an eye!

Today we also want to celebrate React Native turning 10! What started as a small hackathon project is now used by millions of developers around the globe.

With React Native you can also reach more users on new emerging platforms. One clear example is Amazon's Vega OS, which is effectively a 'React Native Operating System'. You can now write apps for Vega OS with the tools you know and love. x.com/AmazonAppDe...

Today we also want to celebrate React Native turning 10! What started as a small hackathon project is now used by millions of developers around the globe.

Another great example of how React Native is helping achieve faster developer productivity and code sharing is HelloFresh. They’ve started migrating all of their mobile apps to React Native while keeping consistency across different brands. engineering.hellofresh.com/hellofreshs...

Today we also want to celebrate React Native turning 10! What started as a small hackathon project is now used by millions of developers around the globe.

Apps built with React Native are also Award Winning. Last year we saw several apps built with React Native reaching the top of app stores such as: - Rise (Apple Design Awards Finalist) - Runna (App Store Best App Finalist) - Partiful (Google Play Best App 2024)

Today we also want to celebrate React Native turning 10! What started as a small hackathon project is now used by millions of developers around the globe.

This year we also moved to shipping 6 releases a year, allowing you to get new features and bug fixes more frequently than ever.

Today we also want to celebrate React Native turning 10! What started as a small hackathon project is now used by millions of developers around the globe.

What we just announced at React Conf 1/ The New Architecture is now the ONLY supported Architecture for React Native. Starting with v0.82, you won't be able to opt-out from New Architecture anymore.

And, coming later in React Native 0.83, you'll be able to profile and understand your app more intuitively, with native support for the Performance panel and Network panel in React Native DevTools.

What we just announced at React Conf 1/ The New Architecture is now the ONLY supported Architecture for React Native. Starting with v0.82, you won't be able to opt-out from New Architecture anymore.

3/ DOM APIs React Native is also aligning more and more with the Web! Starting with 0.82, we've added support for imperative DOM APIs to inspect the tree as you would do on the Web. reactnative.dev/docs/elemen...

What we just announced at React Conf 1/ The New Architecture is now the ONLY supported Architecture for React Native. Starting with v0.82, you won't be able to opt-out from New Architecture anymore.

In recent months, we've seen several apps migrate to the New Architecture, to unleash better performance. One example is how @ShopifyEng was able to improve app launch on Android & iOS, while also reducing unnecessary re-rendering. shopify.engineering/react-nativ...

What we just announced at React Conf 1/ The New Architecture is now the ONLY supported Architecture for React Native. Starting with v0.82, you won't be able to opt-out from New Architecture anymore.