Latest React Native Version Ships With Android 16 Support

React Native 0.81 shipped last week with support for Android 16 (API level 36) and experimental support for faster iOS builds using recompilation.

“As previously announced by Google, Android 16 requires that apps are displayed edge-to-edge with no support for opting out,” the React Native team wrote. To do that, they have depreciated SafeAreaView.

If your app uses it, you will see warnings in React Native DevTools, the team warned.

“It will be removed in a future version of React Native,” they added. “We recommend that you migrate…