React Native Version 0.77 Release

React Native 0.77 just dropped with over 1,061 commits from 161 contributors. The team is bringing web-standard CSS properties to mobile and making a bold move to Swift for iOS templates.

The React Native team released version 0.77, marking a significant step toward web alignment and platform modernization. This release introduces powerful CSS layout features, Android 16KB page support, and migrates the iOS community template from Objective-C to Swift while maintaining backward compatibility.

Key Takeaways

• New CSS properties: display contents, boxSizing, mixBlendMode, and outline (New Architecture only)
• Android 16KB page size support prepares apps for next-gen devices
• iOS template now uses Swift, replacing three Objective-C files with one AppDelegate.swift
• Console.log streaming removed from Metro, pushing developers to React Native DevTools
• React 19 coming in version 0.78, already available in RC

The display: contents property alone could simplify how you handle wrapper components and event bubbling in ways you haven't considered.