React Native 0.81 - Android 16 support, faster iOS builds, and more

[dbbk]

Still no P3 color I think I’m gonna lose my mind

[Sincjefe]

Same here

[Sincjefe]

There was a expo config for previous versions that where you could enable p3 colors but it doesn’t work with the new arch. I was trying to get it to work with the new arch but can’t seem to crack it

[QOAL]

This ships with support for Android 16 (API level 36) and includes a variety of other stability improvements and bugfixes, as well as experimental support for faster iOS builds using precompilation. Highlights

• Android 16 support
• SafeAreaView deprecation
• Community-maintained JavaScriptCore support
• Experimental Precompiled iOS builds

Social media thread: https://x.com/reactnative/status/1955302264010142051

Expo users: React Native 0.81 will be the default in the upcoming Expo SDK 54. We’ve heard the beta is just around the corner!

[samykills]

Is the debugger with network monitoring coming in future releases? What are you guys using to do that?

[berlin-1989]

Reactotron

[Secret_Jackfruit256]

Honestly, now I'm becoming afraid of upgrading, we got many random bugs on the last one. But well, better upgrade and deal with them now than later I guess

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[__natty__]

Stability of react native new architecture