feature: upgrade to RN 0.76

template/Gemfile

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
-# Cocoapods 1.15 introduced a bug which break the build. We will remove the upper
-# bound in the template on Cocoapods with next React Native release.
-gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '< 1.15'
-gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '< 7.1.0'
+# Exclude problematic versions of cocoapods and activesupport that causes build failures.
+gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '!= 1.15.0', '!= 1.15.1'
+gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '!= 7.1.0'
 gem 'fastlane'
 
 plugins_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fastlane', 'Pluginfile')

template/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ react {
     //
     //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
     // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
+    /* Autolinking */
+    autolinkLibrariesWithApp()
 }
 
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-code-push/android/codepush.gradle"
@@ -131,6 +133,4 @@ dependencies {
         } else {
             implementation jscFlavor
         }
-}
-
-apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
+}

template/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
       android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
       android:allowBackup="false"
-      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
+      android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
+      android:supportsRtl="true">
       <activity
         android:name=".MainActivity"
         android:label="@string/APP_NAME"

template/android/app/src/main/java/com/saigontechnology/rnbaseprojecttypescript/MainApplication.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactHost.getDefaultReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost
+import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
 import com.microsoft.codepush.react.CodePush
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
   override fun onCreate() {
     super.onCreate()
-    SoLoader.init(this, false)
+    SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping)
     if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
       // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
       load()

template/android/build.gradle

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        buildToolsVersion = "34.0.0"
-        minSdkVersion = 23
-        compileSdkVersion = 34
+        buildToolsVersion = "35.0.0"
+        minSdkVersion = 24
+        compileSdkVersion = 35
         targetSdkVersion = 34
         ndkVersion = "26.1.10909125"
-        kotlinVersion = "1.9.22"
+        kotlinVersion = "1.9.24"
     }
     repositories {
         google()

template/android/gradle.properties

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
 # Android operating system, and which are packaged with your app's APK
 # https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/androidx-rn
 android.useAndroidX=true
-# Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
-android.enableJetifier=true
 
 # Use this property to specify which architecture you want to build.
 # You can also override it from the CLI using
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ reactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
 # your application. You should enable this flag either if you want
 # to write custom TurboModules/Fabric components OR use libraries that
 # are providing them.
-newArchEnabled=false
+newArchEnabled=true
 
 # Use this property to enable or disable the Hermes JS engine.
 # If set to false, you will be using JSC instead.

template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

template/android/gradlew

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -85,8 +87,7 @@ done
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
-
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s' "$PWD" ) || exit
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
 

template/android/gradlew.bat

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################

template/android/settings.gradle

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+pluginManagement { includeBuild("../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin") }
+plugins { id("com.facebook.react.settings") }
+extensions.configure(com.facebook.react.ReactSettingsExtension){ ex -> ex.autolinkLibrariesFromCommand() }
+
 rootProject.name = 'RNBaseProjectTypeScript'
-apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
 include ':app', ':react-native-code-push'
 includeBuild('../node_modules/@react-native/gradle-plugin')
 project(':react-native-code-push').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-code-push/android/app')