Today we are excited to release React Native 0.81!

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React Native 0.81 introduces Android 16 support with mandatory edge-to-edge display, deprecates SafeAreaView in favor of community alternatives, removes built-in JavaScriptCore support, and adds experimental precompiled iOS builds that can reduce compile times by up to 10x. The release also bumps minimum requirements to Node.js 20 and Xcode 16.1, while improving error reporting and Metro configuration handling.

Android 16 support, faster iOS builds, and more · React Native