React Native v0.88.0-rc.0 released!

NewsBot · 8 September 2026 18:17

React Native v0.88.0-rc.0 has been released.

Breaking

Touchable: The Touchable root export (undocumented) is removed. If you are extending Touchable as a type, please use ViewProps instead. (0015d1e4f9 by @huntie)

iOS specific

TurboModules: Add RCTArrayBuffer, the ObjC representation of a JS ArrayBuffer for TurboModules, with an explicit byte-ownership contract (11f9a7f449 by Kamil Paradowski)

Added

C++: Add <React/FeatureFlags.h> umbrella header as the public entry point for react/featureflags (f970054a8a by @j-piasecki)

C++: Add <React/RendererBridging.h> umbrella header as the public entry point for react/renderer/bridging (5b680c5f9f by @j-piasecki)

C++: Add <React/Timing.h> umbrella header as the public entry point for react/timing (70f172d29f by @j-piasecki)

C++: Added missing mutex include in HostTarget.h (3f8f5c216a by @etodanik)

Feature Flags: Add enableImageTransparentTintColor feature flag (c5bd054983 by @coado)

JavaScript API: Deprecate 'react-native/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore'. Use 'react-native/setup-env' instead. ([554baba159](Expose 'react-native/setup-env' to replace InitializeCore (#57461) · react/react-native@554baba · GitHub…

Link: Release 0.88.0-rc.0 · react/react-native · GitHub