0.71

Announcing 0.71 🎉

We've got great news to share: React Native macOS 0.71 is now out!

A lot of work went into making this happen, please read the announcement blogpost to learn more 📖

Highlights

• Fabric experimental support via the RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED flag
• Shadow styles no longer render inconsistently
• Cursor customization support, via the cursor style prop
• ... along with many updates to Text, TextInput, ScrollView, and Image!

Full List of Changes

• Update beachball to 2.25.0 by @amgleitman in #1259
• Import OCMock for RNTester macOS as a pod by @amgleitman in #1257
• Keyboard navigation in Flatlist by @Saadnajmi in #1258
• Flatlist keyboard navigation: Mouse can move selection by @Saadnajmi in #1267
• Fix VoiceOver for single-line TextInput by @christophpurrer in #1271
• Avoid RCTUnsafeExecuteOnMainQueueSync from RCTUIManager by @christophpurrer in #1266
• Add undo/redo support for TextInput by @christophpurrer in #1274
• Allow scrollResponderZoomTo() on macOS by @christophpurrer in #1265
• Fix missing autorelease pool in RCTPlatformDisplayLink by @christophpurrer in #1277
• Turn on focus ring for multiline textinput by @chiuam in #1276
• Fix event.locationX/Y to be in view's coordinate space by @christophpurrer in #1288
• Fix RCTDevLoadingView never actually closing by @christophpurrer in #1280
• Fix spellCheck and autoCorrect props by @christophpurrer in #1292
• Fix text replacement not working in multiline TextInput by @christophpurrer in #1286
• Don't send events when clicking on scrollbars by @christophpurrer in #1281
• Pass grammarCheck to text input views for Mac by @christophpurrer in #1293
• Single line TextInput fixes (prevent newLines, support horizontal overflow) by @christophpurrer in #1284
• Textinput range fix by @chiuam in #1296
• Honor enableFocusRing flag for multiline textFields by @christophpurrer in #1301
• Migrate FabricBot Tasks to Config-as-Code by @msftbot in #1225
• Fix nested Text components not inheriting foreground color from parent by @christophpurrer in #1283
• [RN][macos] Enable Hermes for RNTester by @shwanton in #1308
• Revert "Alleviate excessive layout jittering when resizing window (#439)" by @christophpurrer in #1318
• Remove TextInput setting insertionPointColor by @christophpurrer in #1321
• Remove stale files and folders from the root of our repo by @Saadnajmi in #1328
• Match package.json dependencies with RN Core + prettier by @Saadnajmi in #1333
• Remove more stale folders/files/changes by @Saadnajmi in #1337
• Fix RCTImageCache on macOS by @christophpurrer in #1272
• Add fragmentLinePadding for multiline shadow view to track TextView correctly by @christophpurrer in #1332
• Fix cursor not showing when tabbing into multiline TextInput by @christophpurrer in #1342
• Pass callbacks for when grammarCheck, spellCheck and autoCorrect are changed on macOS by @christophpurrer in #1325
• Fix Appearance module to observe application appearance by @christophpurrer in #1340
• Refactor handling of keyDown/keyUp by @christophpurrer in #1338
• Cache local images into memory by @christophpurrer in #1279
• Fix inconsistent shadows by @lyzhan7 in #1352
• Fix BAT line endings by @JunielKatarn in #1142
• Improve VoiceOver accessibility support for Flatlist by @chiuam in #1341
• Add cursor prop to View and Touchables by @ryanlntn in #760
• Provide option to not blindly foreground app's lastWindow from deepLinks by @christophpurrer in #1355
• Add scrollbar to multiline TextInput by @chiuam in #1366
• Move RCTRootShadowView creation to main thread by @amgleitman in #1344
• Fix TextInput interfering with Japanese conversion by @christophpurrer in #1358
• Deprecate onScrollKeyDown, refactor Flatlist selection logic by @Saadnajmi in #1365
• Fix build errors with codegen discovery flag enabled by @shwanton in #1320
• Don't set accessibilityRole by default in Flatlist by @chiuam in #1382
• RNTester: Only show the Flatlist keyboard navigation switch on macOS by @Saadnajmi in #1381
• Fix issue with setting initialSelectedindex to 0 in Flatlist by @Saadnajmi in #1399
• Allow clients to override keyboard focus props on FlatList by @Saadnajmi in #1403
• Add shadow inconsistency opacity fix with updated tests by @lyzhan7 in #1402
• Fix macOS 13 build error by @Saadnajmi in #1408
• Support inverted ScrollView on macOS by @christophpurrer in #1264
• Fix handling of keyDown/keyUp events by TextInput by @christophpurrer in #1345
• Fixing setting focus when RCTView is not yet in window by @nakambo in #1398
• Add MultilineTextInput drag/drop support by @christophpurrer in #1351
• Remove redundant podfile targets by @Saadnajmi in #1416
• Add MultilineTextInput paste support by @christophpurrer in #1350
• Grab RCTPerfMonitor's devSettings from the bridge by @amgleitman in #1426
• Don't install boost twice by @Saadnajmi in #1330
• Fix rn-tester TextInput warning for missing image.source.uri by @christophpurrer in #1434
• Fix insertion point and placeholder placement for TextInput by @christophpurrer in #1322
• Bump beachball to 2.30.1 by @amgleitman in #1435
• Adds declarative props to clear/submit MultilineTextInput by @christophpurrer in #1423
• Add option to enforce pasting plain text by @christophpurrer in #1429
• Workaround to open file handles for loaded assets by @christophpurrer in #1287
• Fix resizeMode="cover" when image is resized by @christophpurrer in #1273
• Add Dynamic Type support by @amgleitman in #1445
• A couple of renames to make Dynamic Type features more proper by @amgleitman in #1454
• Fix drag and drop of files in multiline textfield when a custom draggedType property is used by @christophpurrer in #1452
• Support arbitrary selectable text in Text component by @shwanton in #1346
• Use Xcode 14.0.1 in ADO by @amgleitman in #1455
• Refactor how focusable is handled in RCTView by @Saadnajmi in #1437
• Flatlist: Let ArrowUp/ArrowDown bubble at the top/bottom of list by @Saadnajmi in #1458
• Refactor vertical scrollbar to only be visible when text content overflows by @shwanton in #1438
• Fix disable scrolling for multiline text input by @shwanton in #1244
• Enable .podspec files for Fabric by @christophpurrer in #1460
• Fix compile errors when building with Fabric on rn-iOS by @christophpurrer in #1461
• Delete more unnecessary files by @Saadnajmi in #1467
• Add missing scaleFactor argument to Fabric RCTViewComponentView.mm by @christophpurrer in #1464
• Maintain rich text formatting when copy/pasting from text view by @shwanton in #1470
• Remove faulty logic in ScrollView by @Saadnajmi in #1510
• Unfork RCTLogBox by @christophpurrer in #1501
• Fix C++17 Xcode build when the new architecture is enabled by @christophpurrer in #1512
• Add cursor style to Text by @shwanton in #1469
• fix: cannot resolve @react-native-community/cli-tools by @tido64 in #1529
• [Fabric] Replace UIKit with RCTUIKit shim by @shwanton in #1519
• [Fabric] Convert UIScrollView to RCTUIScrollView shim by @shwanton in #1526
• [Fabric] Convert UISlider to RCTSlider shim by @shwanton in #1525
• [Fabric] Convert UIColor to RCTUIColor shim by @shwanton in #1523
• [Fabric] Convert UIView to RCTUIView shim by @shwanton in #1524
• [Fabric] Remove ios specific apis by @shwanton in #1533
• [Fabric] Fix unterminated conditional that was breaking Fabric iOS build by @shwanton in #1574
• Remove deprecated prop-types reference for Text by @shwanton in #1518
• Remove AlertMacOS in favor of Alert & promptMacOS by @Saadnajmi in #1548
• [Fabric] Convert UISwitch to RCTSwitch shim by @shwanton in #1527
• [Fabric] Shim RCTTextInputComponentView to work w/ Fabric by @shwanton in #1544
• [Fabric] Shim RCTUILabel by @shwanton in #1576
• [Fabric] Fix bad merge that removed RCTUISwitch definition from #1576 by @shwanton in #1585
• Fix template project specifying wrong constraints by @Saadnajmi in #1413
• [Fabric] Convert UIActivityIndicatorView to RCTActivityIndicatorView shim by @shwanton in #1528
• Use RCTUISwitch shim in Paper (RCTSwitch) by @Saadnajmi in #1590
• Implement Flow type MacOSViewProps by @Saadnajmi in #1583
• [Fabric] Shim RCTScrollViewComponentView by @shwanton in #1584
• [Fabric] Shim RCTPixelValue to take scale factor by @shwanton in #1586
• [Fabric] Shim RCTSliderComponentView by @shwanton in #1588
• [Fabric] Shim UIViewContentMode by @shwanton in #1587
• [Cherry-pick] Pick up upstream fix to NewAppScreen to remove a diff by @Saadnajmi in #1608
• [Fabric] Disable UIAccessibilityElement API's till we update them for Fabric by @shwanton in #1581
• Add support for TextInput clearTextOnFocus and selectTextOnFocus by @shwanton in #1517
• Move typdef from RCTImageView -> RCTUIKit by @Saadnajmi in #1617
• Remove diff in RCTImageLoader by @Saadnajmi in #1616
• Fix coordinates of touch.pageX/pageY coordinates when RCTRootView is not at the origin of the NSWindow by @tom-un in #1619
• Fix many compiler warnings by @Saadnajmi in #1612
• Unify all the macOS diff tags by @Saadnajmi in #1392
• Return and Space keys do not trigger onPress events by @tom-un in #1623
• Fix compilation error in Schedule.cpp when building for rn-iOS + Fabric by @christophpurrer in #1634
• Remove OS check in RCTMultiPartDataTask.m #1600 by @christophpurrer in #1633
• Revert nextKeyViewTag prop by @Saadnajmi in #1621
• [Fabric] Enable NewArchitectureExample Fabric example in RNTester iOS by @shwanton in #1520
• Rename rn-tester-macOS ViewController.m to .mm by @christophpurrer in #1657
• [CI] Build & Test Fabric iOS, Disable failing CircleCI checks by @Saadnajmi in #1641
• Add Fabric example to rn-tester-macOS by @christophpurrer in #1659
• Add ScrollView Indicator Overlay style by @shwanton in #1658
• [Fabric] Fix NativeComponentExample not rendering on Fabric by @shwanton in #1662
• [Fabric] Shim RCTFabricModalHostViewControllerDelegate by @shwanton in #1671
• [Fabric] Shim missing properties + font name by @shwanton in #1673
• [Fabric] Shim RCTSurfaceTouchHandler by @shwanton in #1682
• [Fabric] Shim RCTComponentViewDescriptor by @shwanton in #1683
• [Fabric] Fix misc rendering & build issues by @shwanton in #1684
• Only forward click events to NSTextview by @shwanton in #1515
• GH#1395 Fixes caret changing sizes if text field is empty by @ospfranco in #1663
• Remove horizontal scrollview indicator padding when empty by @shwanton in #1635
• [Fabric] Shim RCTSwitchComponentView by @shwanton in #1672
• [Fabric] Shim RCTImage by @shwanton in #1674
• [Fabric] Shim RCTTextInput by @shwanton in #1681
• [Fabric] Remaining fixes for Fabric building on macOS target by @shwanton in #1685
• [Fabric] Enable CI for building RNTester w/ Fabric macOS by @shwanton in #1686
• [Fabric] RCTSurfaceTouchHandler for macOS by @lenaic in #1688
• Update accessibilityValue to include radio button state attribute by @chiuam in #1691
• Include timestamp in nightly versions by @Saadnajmi in #1704
• Respect system proxy settings for WebSocket by @amgleitman in #1725
• Respect system proxy settings for WebSocket, take 2 by @amgleitman in #1726
• Don't passthru key events that override Pressibilty api's by @shwanton in #1731
• Remove dependency on NPM package request by @Saadnajmi in #1754
• Bump webpack from 5.73.0 to 5.76.0 in /ReactCommon/hermes/inspector/tools/msggen by @dependabot in #1742
• Use SocketRocket for web socket library (facebook#36471) by @amgleitman in #1746
• [0.71] Fix new architecture build for rn-macOS (macOS and iOS) by @christophpurrer in #1779

New Contributors

• @ospfranco made their first contribution in #1663

Full Changelog: v0.68.70...v0.71.1

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