v0.81.2

React Native v0.81.2 focuses on stability and performance improvements across platforms. Android developers gain a new debugOptimized buildType and experimental performance flags targeting Reanimated compatibility, while iOS users benefit from cocoapods linking fixes and improved path handling for prebuilt dependencies.

Highlights

• New debugOptimized buildType for Android enables faster debug builds and improved development experience
• Experimental feature flags for Android address performance issues with Reanimated and New Architecture
• iOS cocoapods linking improvements ensure proper artifact generation and source file handling
• Fixed Node script compatibility for iOS prebuilt tarballs with whitespace in file paths