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Upgrading react-native 0.42 to 0.43

Breaking0.42.3 → 0.43.4Breaking11Deprecated3New22Changed19Fixed39Other31

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11 breaking changes.

In plain terms
  • Renames RCTShadowViews's cssNode property to yogaNode.
  • Renames YGUnitPixel to YGPoint.
  • Renames *Component props to match SectionList.
  • Renames Flow type Viewable to ViewToken.
Must act Top 5 of 14 that need code or config changes

Adds babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator 6.16.0, concat-stream ^1.6.0, form-data ^2.1.1, react-devtools-core ^2.0.8, xpipe ^1.0.5.

Installs 575 packages in all (was 521).

What you must change

Breaking11
Renames RCTShadowViews's cssNode property to yogaNode.
RCTShadowViewscssNodeyogaNode
0.43.4GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Renames YGUnitPixel to YGPoint.
YGUnitPixelYGPoint
0.43.4GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Renames *Component props to match SectionList.
FlatListSectionList
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Renames Flow type Viewable to ViewToken.
ViewableViewToken
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Renames callFunction to jniCallFunction.
callFunctionjniCallFunction
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Removes @providesModule from polyfills.
@providesModule
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Switches a React feature flag so componentWillMount happens before componentWillUnmount when a child switches.
componentWillMountcomponentWillUnmount
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Changes the meaning of fontScale on Android to return just font scale instead of font scale times density.
Dimensions.get('window').fontScaleDimensions.get('screen').fontScalePixelRatio.getFontScale()
0.43.4GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Only calls batchDidComplete when native calls were actually dispatched, changing the onBatchComplete contract.
batchDidCompleteonBatchComplete
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Passes the parent size to YGNodeCalculateLayout instead of the node size.
YGNodeCalculateLayout
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Moves configuration to new YGConfig and passes it down to CalculateLayout.
YGConfigCalculateLayout
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Deprecations to plan for

Deprecated3
Deprecates RCTRootView's intrinsicSize property in favour of intrinsicContentSize.
RCTRootViewintrinsicSizeintrinsicContentSize
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Adds a deprecation warning for NavigationExperimental.
NavigationExperimental
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Deprecates NavigationExperimental.
NavigationExperimental
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