React Native v0.39.0 Released

Breaking changes

See this document for a complete list of breaking changes (three) and actions required.

General breaking changes

• Update RN shadow nodes to hold CSSNode instead of extending CSSNode (0df65bb) – @astreet
• Kill require(‘image!…’) (2214146) – @frantic

Android breaking changes

• Move to new C-based implementation of css-layout in RN Android (d63ba47) – @astreet
• Android: Fix inconsistency with fractional TextInput padding (aa85408) – @rigdern
• Disable debug menu when monkey is running (9a8b5d9) – @rigdern

General bugfixes

• Fix flex within max width constraint (72d1191) – @emilsjolander
• Fix view clipping to operate on ui hierachy (26e373c) – @majak
• Workaround fix for Visual Studio (c5f6e86) – @splhack
• Fix usage of old String constructor (2a04569) – @javache
• Navigator: null check on gesture.overswipe to prevent crash (54e9471) – @rigdern
• Update ReactShadowNode to not add CSSNode children if parent has measure defined (10e0aec) – @astreet
• Introduce nativeImageSource API (dcbcda7) – @frantic
• Don’t clip if ui and react view hierarchies are different (d5e067f) – @majak
• Dont measure single flex grow+shrink child (4500e4d) – @emilsjolander
• Absolute positioned items should apear inside padding but outside border (7449658) – @emilsjolander

General new features and enhancements

• Add the configuration option to the run-android command (2a2d3c6) – @SandroMachado
• Add extractOffset to Animated (6535858) – @ryangomba
• Add a new Navigator SceneConfig swipeFromLeft (1888a0a) – @nverdhan
• Add aspectRatio style property (e1df3c8) – @emilsjolander
• Only skip updating computed flex basis within the same generation (15f848e) – @emilsjolander
• Rewrite ‘react-native init’ and ‘react-native upgrade’ without using Yeoman in preparation for templates support (a477aec) – @mkonicek
• Make Modal pass rootTag to AppContainer (4530da8) – @fkågozali
• TouchableOpacity: Respond instantly to first touch (fa8c536) – @ariabuckles

Android bugfixes

• Call all android back key handlers before invoking default (b4283ed) – @dltmd6262
• Fix redundant styles on RefreshControl for Android (39c1818) – @linmic
• Prevent hitslop crash on Android (c2a55ba) – @AndrewJack
• Drop CSSNode pool on low memory when app is backgrounded (48bb364) – @astreet

New Android features and enhancements

• Expose setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs in Android WebView (b6a38e8) – @locly
• Update logging to support levels, print messages in Android logcat on assertion failures (a731a23) – @astreet
• Proper NativeAnimated node invalidation on Android (6f5433f) – @ryangomba
• Reduce overdraw layers by hiding cards when they are not visible (54beee2) – @rigdern
• Expose Image’s onError event to JavaScript (e87e181) – @rigdern
• Provide more info when image fails to load (d117f55) – @frantic

iOS bugfixes

• Ensure notification payload is passed to completion handler (df6b8bd) – @npomfret

New iOS features and enhancements

• Add the scheme configuration option to the run-ios command (ca7cbde) – @SandroMachado
• Add --indexed-unbundle flag to force iOS ra-bundle format (112bdc9) – @davidaurelio
• Add getContentSizeMultiplier & event (eddc2c9) – @rigdern
• Add onScroll event to TextInput (c609aee) – @rigdern
• Added support for <Text>‘s selectable attribute on iOS (5d03ff8) – @shergin
• Included NativeAnimation module on iOS in the starter project (8965f11) – @sreejithr
• Expose NavigatorIOS::replaceAtIndex (b7889e0) – @daniel-nagy
• PushNotificationIOS: Use PushNotificationEventName as the key to store in the handler map (e51cb34) – @ianlin
• Expose RCTDevMenuItem when not in DEV mode (3b4ac79)