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Upgrading react-native 0.77 to 0.78

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13 breaking changes.

In plain terms
  • Debugging tools that called the old CDP method must switch to the new enable method.
  • Android code referencing this unused class will no longer compile.
  • Android code using this deprecated class must stop using it.
  • Android code that used this public API can no longer access it.
Must act Top 3 of 13 that need code or config changes

react-native publishes an official migration guide for version 0.78. It covers more than the release notes do.

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Removes the FuseboxClient.setClientMetadata CDP method in favor of ReactNativeApplication.enable.
FuseboxClient.setClientMetadataReactNativeApplication.enable
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Deletes the unused abstract class GuardedResultAsyncTask on Android.
GuardedResultAsyncTask
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Deletes the deprecated FabricViewStateManager class on Android.
FabricViewStateManager
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Removes ComponentNameResolver from the public Android API.
ComponentNameResolver
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Removes the as_const option (on by default) in fbsource.
as_const
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Removes comment syntax from ReactNativeTypes.
ReactNativeTypes
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Removes the JSCHeapCapture module and deprecates PackagerCommandListener#onCaptureHeapCommand.
JSCHeapCapturePackagerCommandListener#onCaptureHeapCommand
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Codegen separates component array types from command array types.
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Migrating the pointerEvents API breaks Kotlin usages that access it as a val.
pointerEvents
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Converts RootView to Kotlin on Android.
RootView
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Changes the iOS Image load event size info from logical size to pixel size.
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Changes visibility of FrescoBasedReactTextInlineImageViewManager to internal on Android.
FrescoBasedReactTextInlineImageViewManager
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Makes ReactCookieJarContainer internal on Android.
ReactCookieJarContainer
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API changes

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  • changed: property DrawerLayoutAndroidProps.renderNavigationView: () => JSX.Element → property DrawerLayoutAndroidProps.renderNavigationView: () => React.JSX.Element
  • added: const experimental_LayoutConformance: React.ComponentType<LayoutConformanceProps>
  • added: property TextInputIOSProps.disableKeyboardShortcuts?: boolean | undefined
  • removed: property ViewProps.experimental_layoutConformance?: 'strict' | 'classic' | undefined
  • changed: property FlatListComponent.getScrollResponder: () => JSX.Element | null | undefined → property FlatListComponent.getScrollResponder: () => React.JSX.Element | null | undefined
  • added: property TextProps.pointerEvents?: ViewStyle['pointerEvents'] | undefined
  • added: export * from '../Libraries/Components/LayoutConformance/LayoutConformance'