Upgrade React Native to 0.79

[mountiny]

Upgrade React Native (RN) to the Latest Version for Enhanced Performance and Compatibility

Background:

Over time, our codebase has grown to include numerous custom patches, and the open-source ecosystem around React Native continues to evolve with frequent updates, performance improvements, and new features. Third-party libraries often adapt quickly to these changes.

Problem:

Using an outdated React Native version complicates patch management, restricts compatibility with modern libraries, and negatively impacts app performance and stability.

Solution:

• Upgrade React Native to latest version and update dependencies
• Audit and remove unnecessary patches
• Conduct thorough testing for stability.

@war-in @WoLewicki @j-piasecki

Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @war-in

[WoLewicki]

I'll be helping with it!

[war-in]

Hi, I'm going to work on this 🤝

[war-in]

Hi, I prepared two drafts (OD, ND). Currently, we need to wait for some libs (like expo and react-native-airship) to support RN 0.78.
I'm going to monitor those libraries and start working on the bump again once they're ready 🫡

[mountiny]

Thanks! Lets focus on the 77 to be brought over the finish line

[mountiny]

pushing the 0.77 ahead

[mountiny]

0.77 merged and in staging now

[mountiny]

Draft PRs are starting, but I would post a P/S still

[mountiny]

Working through it, Marcin is ooo

[roryabraham]

I can start helping to shepherd this in the hours when @mountiny's offline

[mountiny]

Would love if you could ❤

[roryabraham]

I only skipped over #62577 because of your comment on QA steps @mountiny

[roryabraham]

All the PR's in @war-in's last comment have been merged. Next up, I think we need to redo the react-native-live-markdown PR

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The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.1.50-0 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [No QA] Fix that current date can be missing in onyx #62398

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[war-in]

@shubham1206agra @mountiny @roryabraham

We released a new live-markdown version, which fixedthe previous deploy blocker, so I prepared new PRs

• ND: Bump react-native-live-markdown #62788
• OD: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13582

[mountiny]

@shubham1206agra can you please retest those prs

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[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.1.51-6 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [Pre RN 0.79] Bump flash-list #62574
• [Pre RN 0.79] Bump react-native-pager-view #62576
• [Pre RN 0.79] Bump react-native-safe-area-context #62567
• [NO QA] [Pre RN 0.79] Bump react-native-picker-select #62577

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2025-06-02. 🎊

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[mountiny]

Had to revert the #62788 again with this blocker #62902

[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.1.53-7 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• Bump react-native-live-markdown #62788

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2025-06-05. 🎊

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• @war-in does not require payment (Contractor)