Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

The React Native New Architecture is no longer optional. From React Native 0.82 onwards it is mandatory, the legacy architecture is gone, and every team still running it is now carrying technical debt that will need to be resolved. For most teams, the migration conversation quickly turns to tooling. Does our CI/CD pipeline still work? Does our crash reporter still integrate correctly? Do our analytics tools need updating?

The ability to push an update directly to your users’ devices without App Store review, without delay, without any action required from the user, is one of the most powerful capabilities available to a React Native team. Over-the-air (OTA) updates change how fast you can respond to bugs, iterate on features, and ship improvements. But that power cuts both ways. A bad OTA update reaching 100% of your users at once is considerably worse than a bad store release.