[blog] Draft 0.87 release post - #5201
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Adds the draft release blog post for React Native 0.87, covering the Strict TypeScript API default, Metro 0.87, Swift Package Manager preview, and AGP 9 support. The Strict TypeScript API section and its before/after screenshots are from Alex Hunt's draft fragment (huntie/react-native-website@0.87-draft-blogpost-fragment). Co-authored-by: Alex Hunt <alexeh@meta.com>
Wrap code symbols in backticks and fence the Obj-C import example as a diff block. Unfenced, <React/RCTAppDelegate.h> is parsed as JSX by MDX and fails the build. Also converts the XCFramework and SwiftPM limitation run-on lines into lists, and tags the SwiftPM snippet as sh.
Two entries pointed at slugs that no heading generates, so they were no-ops. Also adds the missing Prebuilt iOS Core entry.
Normalizes the Metro section indentation into a proper paragraph plus list, and drops stray blank lines and double spaces. yarn ci:lint now passes clean.
authors was a plain scalar, so Docusaurus read the whole comma-separated line as a single author key and failed the build. Make it a YAML list.
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Overall it is good. There are some changes needed for SwiftPM support. I left suggestions everywhere, so it should be a matter of integrate them.
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| ### Swift Package Manager support for iOS (Preview) |
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| ### Swift Package Manager support for iOS (Preview) | |
| ### Experimental Swift Package Manager support for iOS |
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| ### Swift Package Manager support for iOS (Preview) | ||
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| React Native 0.87 adds preview support for Swift Package Manager as an alternative to CocoaPods on iOS. It is opt-in and additive; CocoaPods remains the default and the supported path. The SwiftPM path consumes the same prebuilt XCFrameworks React Native already publishes. Setup needs only Xcode — no Ruby, no Bundler, no CocoaPods. |
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| React Native 0.87 adds preview support for Swift Package Manager as an alternative to CocoaPods on iOS. It is opt-in and additive; CocoaPods remains the default and the supported path. The SwiftPM path consumes the same prebuilt XCFrameworks React Native already publishes. Setup needs only Xcode — no Ruby, no Bundler, no CocoaPods. | |
| React Native 0.87 adds experimental support for Swift Package Manager as an alternative to CocoaPods on iOS. It is opt-in and additive; CocoaPods remains the default and the supported path. The SwiftPM path consumes the same prebuilt XCFrameworks React Native already publishes. | |
| This new setup only needs Xcode — no Ruby, no Bundler, no CocoaPods. |
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| The command injects Swift package references into your existing `.xcodeproj` instead of replacing the project. Your signing, capabilities, and build phases stay untouched. `npx react-native spm deinit` reverses the change exactly. | ||
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| You only run that command once. After the first setup, you do not run it again when your dependencies change. Install or remove a native package, then build. The project detects the change and re-runs autolinking for you. There is no `pod install` step to remember after every dependency change. |
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| You only run that command once. After the first setup, you do not run it again when your dependencies change. Install or remove a native package, then build. The project detects the change and re-runs autolinking for you. There is no `pod install` step to remember after every dependency change. | |
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| You only run that command once. After the first setup, you do not run it again when your dependencies change. Install or remove a native package, then build. The project detects the change and re-runs autolinking for you. There is no `pod install` step to remember after every dependency change. | |
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Co-authored-by: Riccardo Cipolleschi <riccardo.cipolleschi@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Christian Falch <875252+chrfalch@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Riccardo Cipolleschi <riccardo.cipolleschi@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Christian Falch <875252+chrfalch@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alex Hunt <hello@alexhunt.dev>
Co-authored-by: Riccardo Cipolleschi <riccardo.cipolleschi@gmail.com>
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| ### Prebuilt iOS Core: the Clang VFS overlay is gone | ||
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| 0.87 improves modularization of the prebuilt XCFrameworks. Headers now resolve through standard framework and header search path mechanics, and every namespace has exactly one physical home. Four XCFrameworks carry the header surface: | ||
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| - `React.xcframework` | ||
| - `ReactNativeHeaders.xcframework` (new, headers only) | ||
| - `ReactNativeDependencies.xcframework` | ||
| - `ReactNativeDependenciesHeaders.xcframework` (new, headers only) |
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This whole section should be removed.
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| - [Strict TypeScript API by default](/blog/2026/08/10/react-native-0.87#strict-typescript-api-by-default) | ||
| - [Faster, leaner Metro](/blog/2026/08/10/react-native-0.87#faster-leaner-metro) | ||
| - [Prebuilt iOS Core: Improved modularization of React Native's XCFrameworks](/blog/2026/08/10/react-native-0.87#prebuilt-ios-core-the-clang-vfs-overlay-is-gone) |
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I would completely remove this.
Co-authored-by: Alex Hunt <hello@alexhunt.dev>
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Draft release blog post for React Native 0.87.