React Native v0.89.0-rc.0 released!

NewsBot · 4 November 2026 13:17

React Native v0.89.0-rc.0 has been released.

Breaking

AccessibilityState::selected is now std::optional<bool> in C++ props, preserving an unset selected instead of coercing it to false (af4d8eb08a by Calvin Liu)

react-native/community-cli-plugin will no longer be auto-detected from react-native. It must now be specified in devDependencies. (b26baaeba0 by @huntie)

Assets: Remove react-native/assets-registry. Use AssetRegistry from react-native and react-native/asset-utils instead. (56c48ac0eb by @huntie)

CLI: Platform registration config for the Community CLI is removed from the react-native package. No breaking change with react-native-community/cli 21.x (required). (be9fbdd0d5 by @huntie)

Fix SectionList and VirtualizedSectionList scrollToLocation to account for section headers and sticky headers correctly. (0c35f57447 by @amroaltah)

Image: Fix explicit fadeDuration being ignored on newly created Images (98d6795e6d by @bartlomiejbloniarz)

Mark unstable_batchedUpdates as deprecated (f6fc189b8c by @retyui)

Remove deprecated react/renderer/graphics/Geometry.h and react/renderer/graphics/conversions.h; include <React/Graphics.h> or `<React…

Link: Release 0.89.0-rc.0 · react/react-native · GitHub