build(deps): Bump expo react native and deps to expo 55 by gkartalis · Pull Request #13576 · artsy/eigen

gkartalis · 2026-05-13T13:26:21Z

This PR resolves PHIRE-3069

Description

Bumps Expo SDK 54 → 55 and React Native 0.81.5 → 0.83.6, plus the surrounding ecosystem and native toolchain.

Non-standard changes (beyond what `expo upgrade` / RN upgrade helper produces)

These are the manual interventions worth flagging for reviewers — none of them come out of the upgrade helpers, they were hand-rolled for specific issues we hit:

android/settings.gradle — jcenter() compatibility shim. Gradle 9 removed jcenter() entirely, but several transitive node_modules still reference it. Rather than patching each one, a gradle.beforeProject shim redefines jcenter() to point at https://jcenter.bintray.com/.
scripts/utils/clean — wipe app/.cxx and app/build/generated before gradlew clean. Under RN New Arch, the CMake regenerate step runs during Gradle configuration and references codegen dirs that clean itself is about to delete, so the script was failing without this pre-step.
New Segment patch (2.22.0). Even on the latest version, @segment/analytics-react-native still instantiates a legacy ReactNativeHost, which is gone under New Arch in 0.83. Patch keeps it working until segmentio/analytics-react-native#1146 lands.
MainApplication.kt — manual migration to ExpoReactHostFactory.getDefaultReactHost. Helper doesn't migrate this because we had a custom ArtsyNativePackage() registered via the old ReactNativeHostWrapper + DefaultReactNativeHost path; redone by hand.
android/app/build.gradle — getRuntimeVersion() now reads app.json directly via JsonSlurper instead of shelling out to node ../../scripts/deploys/expo-updates/get-runtime-version.js. Faster Gradle config + one less Node dependency in the Android build.
tsconfig.json — added "types": ["jest"]. RN 0.83's bundled types pulled in globals that conflicted with our test setup; this scopes type roots to just Jest.
src/app/Scenes/Map/Components/PinsShapeLayer.tsx — onPress typed as any. @rnmapbox/maps 10.3.0 stopped re-exporting OnPressEvent from its lib/typescript/src/types/OnPressEvent path; left a // TODO until upstream re-exposes it.
Info.plist tweaks. Added CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone=true (enables ProMotion 120Hz) and removed UIDesignRequiresCompatibility (legacy iOS 26 liquid-glass opt-out — not needed on RN 0.83).
Dropped legacy com.android.support:support-core-utils:24.2.1 from android/app/build.gradle — it was a pre-AndroidX holdover.
CI cache invalidation.
- CircleCI: every cache version prefix in .circleci/config.yml was bumped (node_modules v29→v30, gems v13→v14, pods v31→v32, ios_build v30→v31, android_build v16→v17, ios_native v20→v21, android_native v20→v21).
- GitHub Actions: cache keys bumped in setup-android-environment, setup-ios-environment, setup-javascript-environment composite actions.
- The Expo build-cache S3 layer auto-invalidates via fingerprint change — no action needed there.
HACKS.md — removed the expo-updates patch note (upstream fixed), added the Segment patch note.

Updated dependencies (for visibility)

Runtime

Package	From	To
`expo`	54.0.20	^55.0.0
`expo-build-properties`	~1.0.10	55.0.13
`expo-navigation-bar`	5.0.10	55.0.12
`expo-updates`	29.0.11 (patched)	55.0.21 (unpatched)
`react`	19.1.0	19.2.0
`react-native`	0.81.5 (patched)	0.83.6 (patched)
`react-native-gesture-handler`	2.28.0	2.30.0
`react-native-screens`	4.16.0	4.23.0
`react-native-safe-area-context`	5.6.1 (patched)	5.6.2 (patched)
`react-native-svg`	15.14.0	15.15.3
`react-native-webview`	13.15.0	13.16.0
`react-native-worklets`	0.7.2	0.7.4
`@react-native-community/netinfo`	11.4.1	11.5.2
`@react-native-google-signin/google-signin`	15.0.0	16.1.2
`@rnmapbox/maps`	10.1.44	10.3.0
`@segment/analytics-react-native`	2.21.3	2.22.0 (patched)
`@stripe/stripe-react-native`	0.50.3	0.63.0

Dev / tooling

Package	From	To
`@react-native/babel-preset`	0.81.5	0.83.6
`@react-native/eslint-config`	0.81.5	0.83.6
`@react-native/metro-config`	0.81.5	0.83.6
`@react-native/typescript-config`	0.81.5	0.83.6
`@babel/core`	7.25.2	7.26.0
`@types/react`	19.0.14 / 19.1.0	19.2.10
`react-dom`	19.1.0	19.2.0
`react-test-renderer`	19.1.0	19.2.0
`typescript`	5.8.3	5.9.2
`babel-preset-expo`	(dev)	14.0.0 (moved to runtime deps)
`metro-config`	0.81.5	removed

Native toolchain

Tool	From	To
Gradle wrapper	8.14.3	9.0.0
Android `enableJetifier`	true	false
Android `jcenter()`	present	removed (with runtime shim)
iOS deployment target	16.6	16.6 (unchanged)

Follow ups

Verify Segment events still fire on the new architecture
Verify Stripe checkout flow (major version bump 0.50 → 0.63)
Verify Maps work as expected
Verify expo-updates white screen issue on android went away after clearing patch
Verify that this https://github.com/artsy/eigen/pull/13498/changes#diff-7b48170a657455b0a37bc5f414a5d4ea01cf0c4b8616a5237fb51b926fe3881dR26-R89 is not needed or what should we do to proceed with this issue

PR Checklist

I have tested my changes on the following platforms:
- Android.
- iOS.
I hid my changes behind a feature flag, or they don't need one.
I have included screenshots or videos at least on Android, or I have not changed the UI.
I have added tests, or my changes don't require any.
I added an app state migration, or my changes do not require one.
I have documented any follow-up work that this PR will require, or it does not require any.
I have added a changelog entry below, or my changes do not require one.

To the reviewers 👀

I would like at least one of the reviewers to run this PR on the simulator or device.

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iOS user-facing changes

Android user-facing changes

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bump expo react native and deps for expo 55

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MounirDhahri · 2026-05-13T13:28:43Z

Nice it's definitely faster to start this from scratch than to build on top of the other PR. I will close the old one

github-actions · 2026-05-13T16:01:07Z

🎉 Beta Versions Generated (commit: `b13dd30`)

iOS 🍏

9.9.0 (2026.05.13.15.49) - Available on Firebase
9.9.0 (2026.05.13.15.49) - Available on TestFlight

Android 🤖

9.9.0 (2026051315) - Available on Firebase
9.9.0 (2026051315) - Available on Play Store

gkartalis · 2026-05-13T16:15:42Z

without cache - cleared everything before that

github-actions · 2026-05-13T16:35:26Z

🎉 Beta Versions Generated (commit: `4a24ae3`)

Android 🤖

9.9.0 (2026051316) - Available on Firebase
9.9.0 (2026051316) - Available on Play Store### iOS 🍏
9.9.0 (2026.05.13.16.25) - Available on Firebase
9.9.0 (2026.05.13.16.23) - Available on TestFlight

gkartalis · 2026-05-13T17:00:51Z

with cache:

MounirDhahri · 2026-05-15T08:31:14Z

WOOW 🔥 who would have guessed that we will get here some day 😄

MounirDhahri · 2026-05-15T08:59:54Z

 <dict>
 	<key>AppIdentifierPrefix</key>
 	<string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)</string>
+	<key>CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone</key>


…ailures

…and react-native to version 0.83.6 with corresponding patches

- upgraded @react-native-google-signin/google-signin from 15.0.0 to 16.1.2 - upgraded @rnmapbox/maps from 10.1.44 to 10.3.0 - upgraded @stripe/stripe-react-native from 0.50.3 to 0.63.0 - added @types/react-test-renderer@19.1.0 - removed babel-preset-expo@14.0.0 and updated to ~55.0.21 - updated peer dependencies for @rnmapbox/maps and @stripe/stripe-react-native - removed unused dependencies from yarn.lock

- Bump @rnmapbox/maps from 10.3.0 to 10.3.1 - Update expo and related packages to latest patch versions: - expo: 55.0.24 - expo-build-properties: 55.0.14 - expo-navigation-bar: 55.0.13 - expo-updates: 55.0.22 - Upgrade react-native-image-crop-picker from 0.51.0 to 0.51.1 - Update @expo/cli from 55.0.29 to 55.0.30 - Update @expo/config and @expo/config-plugins to latest minor versions

github-actions · 2026-05-19T12:53:47Z

🎉 Beta Versions Generated (commit: `d3dfa49`)

iOS 🍏

9.9.0 (2026.05.19.12.42) - Available on Firebase
9.9.0 (2026.05.19.12.42) - Available on TestFlight

Android 🤖

9.9.0 (2026051912) - Available on Firebase
9.9.0 (2026051912) - Available on Play Store

MounirDhahri · 2026-05-19T15:07:00Z

@gkartalis please let me know when I can review this 👀

araujobarret

Looks solid, thanks for addressing it! 💪
Left minor comments only

araujobarret · 2026-05-20T08:05:36Z

 android.useAndroidX=true
 # Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
-android.enableJetifier=true
+android.enableJetifier=false


Does that mean we don't have any lib using something < AndroidX? 😄

crazy time right!

MounirDhahri

Awesome - thanks for doing this

MounirDhahri · 2026-05-20T10:02:40Z

@gkartalis could you please confirm that you can build the app with the latest Xcode 26.5 ? the build is failing for me locally

I believe it's succeding on older version (just like on CI)

gkartalis · 2026-05-20T11:14:09Z

@gkartalis could you please confirm that you can build the app with the latest Xcode 26.5 ? the build is failing for me locally

This is a really common case for latest xcode versions, 26.5 was released 9 days ago - the react native repo will probably address this issue at some point but most of us are not using this version cause it is pretty new so I would downgrade for now

MrSltun

🚀🚀🚀

dariakoko

🔥 🚒

MounirDhahri · 2026-05-20T12:15:58Z

Yes, I agree with that. I actually also couldn’t build the current main when I was on 26.4 because of fmt issues and this upgrade fixes it for me.

It sucks though that we will need a patch to be able to build with xcode 26.5 or we need to use a lower version. i like to upgrade to test the app on latest iOS and quite often I need to also upgrade Xcode for that. Anyway this is not a blocker and I think we can already merge this

ArtsyOpenSource · 2026-05-20T15:04:31Z

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