[HOLD for payment 2025-01-18] [HOLD for payment 2025-01-17] Upgrade `react-native` to 0.76

[AndrewGable]

Problem

The new react-native version 0.76 just was released 🎉

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.76.0-rc.0

It contains lots of bug fixes, improvements, and upgrades to the fundamental framework we are using.

Solution

Upgrade to react-native 0.76

cc @staszekscp @j-piasecki @WoLewicki - Per discussion in Slack, can you comment here so I can assign you to work on this? Thanks!

Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @j-piasecki

[staszekscp]

Sure! We’ll take care of that!

[j-piasecki]

I'll be helping with the upgrade

[j-piasecki]

I've asked people from Expo and SDK 51 is not compatible with RN 0.76 (it won't compile due to underlying changes). Given that, I believe it may be best to wait for the first beta release of SDK 52 (targeted at the first half of October) before we start the upgrade process. This way we don't have to hack around making SDK 51 compile on the current React Native version, which would have to be discarded anyway. What do you think?

[AndrewGable]

This makes sense to me. cc @roryabraham @mountiny @luacmartins

[mountiny]

Same

[luacmartins]

Agreed

[roryabraham]

agreed

[mountiny]

Self-assigning as I am happy to help push this ahead in EU timezone