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Upgrading react-native 0.84 to 0.85

Breaking0.84.1 → 0.85.3Breaking15Security1Platform1Deprecated4New22Changed34Fixed50Other28

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BreakingUpgrade verdict

14 breaking changes and a platform requirement change and a security fix.

In plain terms
  • Some old type names are gone, so code using them must switch to the real type.
  • The old StyleSheet.absoluteFill helper is gone; use the replacement style instead.
  • An Android event method was restored as a no-op so third-party libraries keep compiling.
  • UIViewOperationQueue is now a stub and no longer used internally.
Must act Top 5 of 20 that need code or config changes

react-native publishes an official migration guide for version 0.85. It covers more than the release notes do.

Upgrade Helper ↗

Node.js requirement changed in 0.85.0-nightly-20260115-caa1fb6a0: >= 20.19.4 → ^20.19.4 || ^22.13.0 || ^24.3.0 || >= 25.0.0.

Drops @jest/create-cache-key-function, babel-jest, jest-environment-node.

Installs 230 packages in all (was 311).

What you must change

Breaking14
Removes deprecated type aliases; use the type directly.
0.85.0-rc.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Removes the deprecated StyleSheet.absoluteFill API.
StyleSheet.absoluteFill
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Re-adds receiveTouches to RCTEventEmitter with a default no-op implementation to avoid breaking ecosystem libraries.
RCTEventEmitterreceiveTouches
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Stub UIViewOperationQueue and remove its usages
UIViewOperationQueue
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Removes AnimationBackendChoreographer and AndroidAnimationChoregrapher
AnimationBackendChoreographerAndroidAnimationChoregrapher
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Remove deprecated CatalystInstanceImpl
CatalystInstanceImpl
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Removed Paper-specific event dispatching methods.
0.85.0-rc.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Remove Deprecated ReactTextInputShadowNode
ReactTextInputShadowNode
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Removes support for ReactZIndexedViewGroup on Android.
ReactZIndexedViewGroup
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Fixes unsafe rawPointer access in Animated cloneMultiple.
AnimatedcloneMultiple
0.85.0-rc.1GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Moves the Jest preset to the new react-native/jest-preset package.
react-native/jest-preset
0.85.0-rc.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Stubs the UIImplementation class, which is unused in the new architecture.
UIImplementation
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Stub out NativeViewHierarchyManager (Legacy Architecture)
NativeViewHierarchyManager
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Makes ReactTextUpdate internal.
ReactTextUpdate
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Security1
Bumps chromium-edge-launcher to ^0.3.0 to drop the rimraf dependency.
chromium-edge-launcherrimraf
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Platform1
Drops support for end-of-life Node.js lines and old minors.
0.85.0-rc.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source

Deprecations to plan for

Deprecated4
Deprecates UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag and UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcher(ReactContext, UIManagerType Int); use getEventDispatcher.
UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTagUIManagerHelper.getEventDispatchergetEventDispatcher
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Deprecated AccessibilityInfo.setAccessibilityFocus in favor of AccessibilityInfo.sendAccessibilityEvent
AccessibilityInfo.setAccessibilityFocusAccessibilityInfo.sendAccessibilityEvent
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Deprecate NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer as part of Legacy Architecture cleanup
NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer
0.85.0-rc.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Deprecate RCTHostRuntimeDelegate and merge into RCTHostDelegate
RCTHostRuntimeDelegateRCTHostDelegate
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API changes

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  • changed: constructor Animated.AnimatedColor(valueIn?: RgbaValue | RgbaAnimatedValue | ColorValue | null, config?: AnimatedConfig | null) → constructor Animated.AnimatedColor(valueIn?: AnimatedColorInputValue, config?: AnimatedConfig | null)
  • added: type Animated.AnimatedColorInputValue = RgbaValue | RgbaAnimatedValue | ColorValue | null | undefined
  • added: function useAnimatedColor(inputValue?: Animated.AnimatedColorInputValue, config?: Animated.AnimatedConfig | null | undefined): Animated.AnimatedColor
  • added: function useAnimatedValueXY(initialValue: { x: number; y: number }, config?: Animated.AnimatedConfig | null | undefined): Animated.ValueXY
  • added: property PressableProps.onPressMove?: null | ((event: GestureResponderEvent) => void) | undefined
  • added: property ScrollViewPropsAndroid.scrollsChildToFocus?: boolean | undefined
  • removed: const StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject: AbsoluteFillStyle
  • changed: function cancelAnimationFrame(handle: number): void → function cancelAnimationFrame(handle: number | null | undefined): void
  • changed: function clearImmediate(handle: number): void → function clearImmediate(handle: number | null | undefined): void
  • changed: function clearInterval(handle: number): void → function clearInterval(handle: number | null | undefined): void
  • changed: function clearTimeout(handle: number): void → function clearTimeout(handle: number | null | undefined): void
  • added: export * from '../Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedColor'
  • added: export * from '../Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedValueXY'
  • added: default useAnimatedColor
  • added: function useAnimatedColor(inputValue?: InputValue, config?: null | undefined | AnimatedColorConfig): Animated.Color
  • added: default useAnimatedValueXY
  • added: function useAnimatedValueXY(initialValue: { x: number; y: number }, config?: null | undefined | Animated.AnimatedConfig): Animated.ValueXY
  • changed: type LogData = Readonly<{ level: LogLevel; message: Message; category: Category; componentStack: ComponentStack; componentStackType: ComponentStackType | null; stack?: string… → type LogData = Readonly<{ level: LogLevel; message: Message; category: Category; componentStack: Stack; stack?: string }>
  • removed: property LogBoxLog.componentStackType: ComponentStackType
  • changed: method LogBoxLog.getAvailableComponentStack(): ComponentStack → method LogBoxLog.getAvailableComponentStack(): Stack
  • changed: method LogBoxLog.updateComponentStackStatus(error: null | undefined | Error, componentStack: null | undefined | ComponentStack, codeFrame: null | undefined | CodeFrame, callback?: (status: SymbolicationStatus) => void): void → method LogBoxLog.updateComponentStackStatus(error: null | undefined | Error, stack: null | undefined | Stack, codeFrame: null | undefined | CodeFrame, callback?: (status: SymbolicationStatus) => void): void
  • changed: property LogBoxLog.componentStack: ComponentStack → property LogBoxLog.componentStack: Stack
  • changed: property LogBoxLog.symbolicated: Readonly<{ error: null; stack: null; status: 'NONE' }> | Readonly<{ error: null; stack: null; status: 'PENDING' }> | Readonly<{ error: null; stack: Stack; status: 'COMPLETE' }> | Readonly<{ error: Error; stack: null; status: 'FAILED' }> → property LogBoxLog.symbolicated: SymbolicationState
  • changed: property LogBoxLog.symbolicatedComponentStack: Readonly<{ error: null; componentStack: null; status: 'NONE' }> | Readonly<{ error: null; componentStack: null; status: 'PENDING' }> | Readonly<{ error: null; componentStack: ComponentStack; status: 'COMPLETE' }> | Readonly<{ error: Error; componentStack: null; status: 'FAILED' }> → property LogBoxLog.symbolicatedComponentStack: SymbolicationState
  • changed: type LogBoxLogData = Readonly<{ level: LogLevel; type?: string | undefined; message: Message; stack: Stack; category: string; componentStackType?: ComponentStackType; componentStac… → type LogBoxLogData = Readonly<{ level: LogLevel; type?: string | undefined; message: Message; stack: Stack; category: string; componentStack: Stack; codeFrame?: CodeFrame | undefin…
  • removed: function hasComponentStack(args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>): boolean
  • removed: type ComponentStack = ReadonlyArray<CodeFrame>
  • removed: type ComponentStackType = 'legacy' | 'stack'
  • changed: function parseComponentStack(message: string): { type: ComponentStackType; stack: ComponentStack } → function parseComponentStack(message: string): { stack: Stack }
  • changed: function parseLogBoxLog(args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>): { componentStack: ComponentStack; componentStackType: ComponentStackType; category: Category; message: Message } → function parseLogBoxLog(args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>): { componentStack: Stack; category: Category; message: Message }
  • removed: const absoluteFillObject: AbsoluteFillStyle
  • removed: type absoluteFillObject = typeof absoluteFillObject
  • added: const NativeSelectableText: HostComponent<NativeTextProps>
  • added: type NativeSelectableText = typeof NativeSelectableText
  • removed: export { EventSubscription } from './Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter'
  • added: export { EventSubscription } from './Libraries/vendor/emitter/EventEmitter'
  • added: export { IEventEmitter } from './Libraries/vendor/emitter/EventEmitter'
  • added: export { default as EventEmitter } from './Libraries/vendor/emitter/EventEmitter'
  • added: export { default as useAnimatedColor } from './Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedColor'
  • added: export { default as useAnimatedValueXY } from './Libraries/Animated/useAnimatedValueXY'
  • added: const $$VirtualViewExperimentalNativeComponent: HostComponent<VirtualViewExperimentalNativeProps>
  • added: default $$VirtualViewExperimentalNativeComponent
  • added: type $$VirtualViewExperimentalNativeComponent = typeof $$VirtualViewExperimentalNativeComponent
  • added: type NativeModeChangeEvent = Readonly<{ mode: Int32; targetRect: Readonly<{ x: Double; y: Double; width: Double; height: Double }>; thresholdRect: Readonly<{ x: Double; y: Double; width: D…