React Native: Props 2.0 Payload Fixes and Lost Tap Repair
Android's Props 2.0 flags sent wrong or missing values for text, scroll, and accessibility props, while touches ending after unmount stuck the responder and dropped the next tap. The fixes correct prop clearing and null-target event handling, alongside Kotlin 2.3 toolchain updates and iOS bridge cleanup.
Duration: PT2M32S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from React Native.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: React Native
- Published: 2026-10-28T13:04:52Z
- Audio duration: PT2M32S
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Hello, it's Wednesday, October 28th, 2026, and here's your React Native briefing.
The big signal is correctness under the new architecture — Android prop diffs sending wrong values, and touches getting lost when a view unmounts mid-gesture.
First, Props 2.0 on Android. Two relands, PRs 59388 and 59387, fix payloads that were wrong or dropped when the exclusive props update flags are on. Removed letter spacing was sent as not-a-number so Java kept the old value. Scroll flags like nested scroll and momentum events stayed on after removal. Deceleration…
Second, touch reliability. PR 59522 with renderer sync in 59546 fixes the responder sticking when a touch ends after its target unmounted. The old responder was never released, the touch count stayed high, and the next tap was dropped. Null-target native events now go through the responder step. If you've seen…
Third, toolchain and cleanup. Kotlin moves to 2.3.21, with follow-up warning cleanups in PR 59548 to keep Android Gradle builds green when warnings are treated as errors. On iOS, PRs 59440 and 59452 remove dead bridge flag functions, module hooks, and the source URL delegate chain. Metro minimum bumps to 0.87.2 for…
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