v0.34.0

Thanks to 87 contributors who put 201 commits into this release!

Special thanks to @charpeni for writing these release notes!

General

Bugfixes

• Fix handling of bad utf16 passed out of JS (ccdc57d) - @cjhopman
• Incremental: Fix require of performanceNow (b01feb4) - @rigdern
• Fix memory leak in MessageQueue (5d748b2) - @rigdern
• Fix and add tests for cssedge priority (e5aa29c) - @emilsjolander
• Fix sizing of absolutely positioned nodes inside overflow:hidden parent (6897f40) - @rigdern
• Add more profiling, fix existing profiling, perf fix (3940f06) - @mhorowitz
• Re-enable and fix tests (13994d5) - @davidaurelio
• Fix NativeAnimated event listener bug (64009b6) - @jmurzy
• Fix _processAssetsRequest when url contains non-latin letter (8d013c2) - @wusuopu
• Fix dimensions on orientation change (8451585) - @andreicoman11
• Fix(packager): support node-haste browser and react-native replacements on Windows (4647b62) - @rozele
• Fix bad type specification in animated (3ff4ee9)
• Fix typo in new ModuleCache args (29febb9) - @aleclarson
• Do not reset layout state if they are the same in NavigationTransitioner (dadfe40)

New features and enhancements

• Add logging level for RNPM previous linking (85a2d6a) - @GantMan
• Add AnimatedDiffClamp node (cd1d652) - @janicduplessis
• Add pre/postunlink (e7521a1) - @geof90
• Add missing KeyboardAvoidingView documentation (0a1d728) - @skv-headless
• Add values to JSC heap capture visualizaion (c06c1e1) - @cwdick
• Add support for extrapolation (6d978c3) - @janicduplessis
• Add support for DiffClamp node (e26c135) - @janicduplessis
• Check bundle file exists for release builds (ea7b2ef) - @alexanderjarvis
• Allow the disabling of navigation gestures. (0cf9505) - @rmevans9
• Remove legacy bridge config conversion (61b21bc) - @lexs
• Remove unnecessary indirection (50b0943) - @emilsjolander
• Use const where possible (25f2a26) - @emilsjolander
• Further RNPM integration (0af640b) - @grabbou
• Remove terrible ReadableNativeArray::getMap() hack (9a5d3ba) - @cjhopman
• Use -std=c++1y for lambda capture initializers (1557325) - @cjhopman
• Added way to not launch packager during CI build, as it hangs CI builds (8fd2d7d) - @BretJohnson
• Improvements to the Activity API (11488d0)
• High resolution timers (20c80e4)
• Allow finding the rootTag of any reactTag inside UIManager (35e7a26) - @fkgozali
• Attach origin of a 3rd party command (ab8c00e) - @grabbou
• Even less deep copying of flags (2cd9939) - @adamjernst
• Expose flexGrow, flexShrink, and flexBasis properties (899adf5) - @emilsjolander
• Text component: Pass event object to onPress and onLongPress handlers (158a73b) - @rigdern
• Fix polyfill for BackAndroid (150fe7c) - @fkgozali
• Configure glog sink for custom jsc (7db93a3) - @bnham
• _getText defaults to blank string when no default value set (61832b4) - @m3vaz
• Use mergeFast in a hotspot (5d7227a) - @rigdern
• Improve swipable row gestures to feel more natural (1e5d52b)
• Telemetry for update bundle event (46e47aa)
• Don't use the same throw for calling into JSC, and calling into native modules (1d571c5) - @mhorowitz
• Change how values are captured in JSC heap snapshots (a0f55c9) - @cwdick
• Update to Jest 15 (d7fdc44) - @cpojer
• 'silent' option for Activity events (2ea65ec)
• Include CSSLayout.h consistently with other project includes (6e216d2) - @rh389
• Deploy v0.32.0 (85a6f01) - @gabelevi
• Introduce Batchinator (5eaef1c) - @sahrens
• Enable RTL layout by default for all apps (96de161) - @fkgozali
• Flow-ify and cleanup JSTimers (66ce129) - @javache
• Log timer identifiers in systrace (a1f31d1) - @javache
• Remove the unnecessary 'var' in runVerbose (f799fa1) - @dragonwong
• Use Batchinator in WindowedListView (6fb1495) - @sahrens
• Disables munging in animated to make dynamic dispatch work for private methods (3eb4bae)
• Exit with error code 11 when port is taken (7398780) - @frantic
• Updating Websocket readyState in case of websocketFailed event (6b42d5c) - @tepamid
• Check if this._navBar has immediatelyRefresh method (7b18b2c) - @andrewgrewell
• Remove 'new' keyword before Promise.race() (8cfa734) - @aleclarson

Android

Bugfixes

• Fix code example: NSNumber should be marked nonnull for compatibility with Android (a02c238) - @arian
• Fix timestamps on android touch events to use milliseconds, to be (79f3950) - @andreicoman11
• Fix Text incorrect line height (483953d) - @andreicoman11
• Fix gradle clean task (e6de198) - @rigdern
• Fix race condition in EventDispatcher (fd34844) - @rigdern
• Fix bug in timer clean up (06e52f8) - @rigdern
• Fix TextInput contentSize (7c268b3) - @andreicoman11
• Fix requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent for nested react native views (dea6b0e) - @andreicoman11
• Fix rounding resulting in choppy timing animations (40baf6a) - @foghina
• Make RN background drawable respect bounds (38a14ff) - @lexs
• Fixes paths to robolectric when they are downloaded from maven into buck-out (b59fde8) - @bestander
• Fixes empty lines added in strings.xml by RNPM (107fc72) - @grabbou
• On Android geolocationError return PositionError object. (99d742c) - @leeight

New features and enhancements

• Add "npm i --save react" to Android docs (6729df3)
• Add TextInput controlled selection prop on Android (3c1b69c) - @janicduplessis
• Android: Add support for having borders on & components (28ba749) - @rigdern
• Add onContentSizeChange prop to WebView (22de655)
• Add performance tracking for rendering (16f76d4)
• Add annotation processor to create static ReactModule infos (605a0a6) - @AaaChiuuu
• Add separate JSBunldeLoader for assets (0c2fdf4) - @michalgr
• Bring back missing android command (993cfa1) - @grabbou
• Implement flex properties in java version as well (e63a7ea) - @emilsjolander
• Remove all @ReactModule runtime annotation processing (2889343) - @AaaChiuuu
• Don't clear queue in ProxyExecutor (b4999fc) - @lexs
• Update gradle version and android gradle plugin version (6bfabee) - @felipecsl
• Make Spacing.release() public (1eddd01)
• Codemod away buck_flags in Libraries/FBR* (708efcf) - @adamjernst
• Clean up fresco cache clearing code (d3282e3) - @foghina
• Expose image cache interrogation to JS (69c8898) - @foghina
• Cleanup FBReactKit BUCK paths (7430820) - @javache
• Include image dimensions & url in Image's onLoad callback (bcf48e7) - @rigdern
• Improve ReactRootView's onMeasure error message (00d6587)
• Convert CoreModulesPackage to use @ReactModuleList (367c712) - @AaaChiuuu
• Improve loading error handling on Android WebView (5ba40fe)
• Improve ellipsizeMode prop (cd1a86d) - @rigdern
• Listen to device orientation changes (f07ca31) - @andreicoman11
• Smart textinput scroll (372d001) - @andreicoman11
• Remove ReactRootView's MeasureSpec assertion (300cb03)
• Evacuate part of optimized bundle logic from react code (d323856) - @michalgr
• Enable developers to force Fresco to resize an image (b6735f3) - @rigdern
• Allow UnpackingJSBundleLoader's client to queue action to perform after unpacking (2618ba2) - @michalgr
• Rename native event timeStamp to timestamp (8aeeb4d) - @andreicoman11
• Show a redbox when scripts fail to load (bbd1e45)
• Brings accessibilityLabel into PickerAndroid (efd8b10) - @isnifer
• Use the c.f.react.bridge.ReactMarker (e70d1db) - @AaaChiuuu
• break down production startup with more markers (cc30d2f) - @AaaChiuuu
• Android package name validator consistent with docs (9289e4f) - @radko93
• Actually close packager websocket connection when destroying instance (588f0b8) - @foghina

iOS

Bugfixes

• Fix crash in RCTJSStackFrame (ea3bb35) - @javache
• Remove guard that we used in iOS 7 to avoid a JS crash (ad24bcf) - @ide
• Fix setImage clownyness (3fb7669) - @javache
• Fix some unsafe thread behavior (a8cf12a) - @mhorowitz
• Fix images not reloading after memory warning (3efe95d) - @javache
• Make bridge logger thread-safe and fix noisy in bridge core time (a31a291) - @alexeylang
• Don't use ios border rendering if we use default black color (a686816) - @majak
• RefreshControl Position Bug (dcdf16a) - @GantMan
• Registration error event (4f89fa9) - @nevir

New features and enhancements

• Add TextInput controlled selection prop on iOS (f0a3c56) - @janicduplessis
• Send down image source to RCTImageView onLoad callback on iOS (84f68c3) - @javache
• Rename RCTImageView source to imageSources (bfa01f0) - @javache
• Remove deprecated RCTImageSource method (a718f14) - @javache
• Allow <Modal /> to be configured with a custom presentation/dismissal block (d8b2bab) - @mmmulani
• Ios: complete iOS vibration pattern supports (js) (2cfe774) - @zxcpoiu
• Support RCTNetworking#clearCookies on iOS (63931b1) - @nevir
• Avoid sending out multiple requests for the same image (86fbf23) - @javache
• Avoid reloading images that are already the source size (6f7898e) - @javache
• Verify exported modules only once to support dynamic context in DEBUG-mode (101190f) - @kasper
• Display React Native Modals with transparent background (029f568) - @mmmulani
• Expose overflow prop to layout engine (4178d21) - @rigdern
• Clean up NSClassFromString in Libraries/ (8a8ac77) - @swolchok
• Modulo node (82dba51) - @ryangomba
• Only initialize FrescoModule once (c0de1a7) - @oprisnik
• Support bundle argument for image loading (46b54fd) - @javache
• Update React Native minimum OS version to iOS8 (07553d0) - @javache
• Use NSURLComponents.queryItems instead of parsing query strings (6abacc8) - @javache
• Remove -RCTJSExecutor errorForJSError: - @indragiek
• Support sync method calls in the objc bridge (dda3c5f) - @javache
• Remove last arg from RCTProfileEnd, make macro's function-like (1a7c231) - @javache
• For file uploads, don't stomp on developer's Content-Type header (9304df3) - @rigdern
• ActionSheetIOS - Pass URL, not file contents to UIActivityViewController for file URLs. (4f004fa) - @sheparddw
• Improve (RCTJSErrorFromCodeMessageAndNSError) (d31756b)
• CLI run-ios on device (48ab5eb) - @LearningDave
• NavigatorIOS System Icon Support (9e6e573) - @jacobp100
• Allow <Modal /> to be presented in different orientations (de3457f) - @mmmulani
• Revert "Remove RCTLog from prod builds" (4b86889) - @javache
• Enable versionning in xcode project (ad0c8e6) - @callmephilip
• Scope RCTReloadNotification to one bridge (afde9da) - @terribleben
• Start measuring RCTPLBridgeStartup and RCTPLTTI early (532751f) - @alexeylang
• Guard against possible race conditions in RCTAllocationTests (f1c158e) - @frantic
• Allow PhotoKit to download photos from iCloud (b0c13eb) - @ronaldheft