Today we are excited to release React Native 0.88!

This release switches event dispatching to the Web-based path by default, brings variable fonts to Text and TextInput on both platforms and adds SceneDelegate lifecycle support on iOS. It also bumps the React version to 19.3.0 and moves to Metro 0.87.

Following 0.83 and 0.86, this is the third React Native release with no user-facing breaking changes, reflecting our continued commitment to making upgrades more predictable and seamless.

Highlights​

• Web-based event dispatching
• Variable fonts with fontVariationSettings
• SceneDelegate lifecycle support on iOS
• ArrayBuffer for Java TurboModules
• Experimental Swift Package Manager support

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.87!

This release makes the Strict TypeScript API the default JavaScript API, updates Metro to 0.87, adds experimental support for Swift Package Manager (SwiftPM). It also raises the minimum toolchain requirements: Node.js 22, Android Gradle Plugin 9, and Kotlin 2.0+.

Highlights​

• Strict TypeScript API by default
• Faster, leaner Metro
• Experimental Swift Package Manager support for iOS
• Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) v9

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.86!

This release includes comprehensive edge-to-edge support on Android 15+ and improvements in React Native DevTools.

Following 0.83, this is the second React Native release with no user-facing breaking changes, reflecting our continued commitment to making upgrades more predictable and seamless.

Highlights​

• A New Home for React Native
• Edge-to-Edge on Android
• React Native DevTools Improvements

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.85!

This release includes the New Animation Backend, moves the Jest preset to a dedicated package, and includes many other improvements and fixes.

Highlights​

• New Animation Backend
• React Native DevTools Improvements
• Metro TLS Support

Breaking Changes​

• Jest Preset Moved to New Package
• Dropped Support for EOL Node.js Versions
• StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject Removed
• Other Breaking Changes

React Native has always focused on helping developers reuse knowledge across platforms. What started with Android and iOS has steadily expanded to Apple TV, Windows, macOS, and even the web with react-strict-dom. In 2021, the Many Platform Vision post outlined a future where React Native could adapt to new devices and form factors without fragmenting the ecosystem.

At React Conf 2025, we took another step toward that vision by announcing official React Native support for Meta Quest devices. This post focuses on how to get started with React Native on Meta Quest, what works today, and how developers can build and ship VR apps using familiar tools and patterns.

Today we're excited to release React Native 0.84!

This release makes Hermes V1 the default JavaScript engine, bringing significant performance improvements to all React Native apps. We've also continued removing the Legacy Architecture on both iOS and Android, and are shipping precompiled iOS binaries by default.

Highlights​

• Hermes V1 as Default
• Precompiled Binaries on iOS by Default
• Legacy Architecture Components Removed
• Node.js 22 Minimum

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.83!

This release includes React 19.2, significant new features for React Native DevTools, and support for the Web Performance and Intersection Observer APIs (Canary). This is also the first React Native release with no user facing breaking changes.

Highlights​

• React 19.2
• New DevTools features
• Intersection Observers (Canary)
• Web Performance APIs as stable

Today we're excited to release React Native 0.82: the first React Native that runs entirely on the New Architecture.

This is a milestone release for React Native and we believe it's the start of a new era. In future versions we will be removing the remaining code from the Legacy Architecture to reduce install size and streamline the codebase.

In addition, 0.82 also ships with an experimental opt-in to a newer version of Hermes called Hermes V1. We’re also enabling several React features by updating the React version to 19.1.1, and shipping support for DOM Node APIs.

Highlights​

• New Architecture Only
• Experimental Hermes V1
• React 19.1.1
• DOM Node APIs

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.81!

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

Today we are excited to release React Native 0.80!

This release brings the version of React we ship inside React Native to the latest stable available: 19.1.0.

We’re also shipping a series of stability improvements to our JS API: deep imports will now fire a warning and we’re offering a new opt-in Strict TypeScript API which offers types that are more accurate and safer to use.

Moreover, the Legacy Architecture of React Native is now officially frozen, and you’ll start seeing warnings for APIs that will stop working once we fully sunset the Legacy Architecture.

Highlights​

• JavaScript deep imports deprecation
• Legacy Architecture Freezing & Warnings
• React 19.1.0
• Experimental - React Native iOS dependencies are now prebuilt