React Native 0.85

• React Native 0.85
• Expo SDK 56

Release Notes

• 🚨requires Ruby 3.2.10+
• 🚨requires Xcode 26.4+
• 🚨requires Node.js 22.22.1+
• first-class support for agentic coding using Claude, Codex, or Copilot
  • AGENTS.md + symlinks for CLAUDE.md and .github/copilot-instructions.md
  • includes skills from expo/skills, callstackincubator/agent-skills, vercel-labs/agent-skills
  • includes MCP servers for Expo, Figma, and GitHub
  • includes official Expo plugin for Claude
• includes starter set of ADRs in docs/adr
• includes Expo Router
• sample app update from "Todo List" ➡️ Feed + Article
• Husky + precommit hook
• updated ESLint config
  • don't allow disabling of react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
  • prefer named exports
  • alphabetize imports
• Storybook
  • moved stories from src/**/* into .rnstorybook/stories
• Debugging config for VS Code
• unlocked orientation in app.json for landscape support

React Native 0.81

• React Native 0.81
• Expo SDK 54

Release Notes

• added eslint-plugin-jest
• restricted import React from 'react'; statements
• GitHub Actions PR Check has been upgraded to v5 actions + automatic caching
• GitHub Actions PR Check now fails on Prettier errors
• initial support for Corepack
• Prettier now formats files outside /src
• Prettier config changes to align with the RN Community template
• VS Code settings changes to sort imports on save
• 🚨 Minimum Node.js version now 20.19.4
• created apps include a scheme by default now
• replaced legacy splash configuration with expo-splash-screen
• updated App Icons
• 🚨 React Compiler enabled
• dependency upgrades across the board
• new check-tool-versions.sh script
• new clean.sh script
• Maestro CLI no longer installed as part of init.sh
• fixed a broken Jest test in CI

React Native 0.79

• React Native 0.79
• Expo SDK 53

Initial Release

• React Native 0.77
• Expo SDK 52