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The list of releases with notes can be found at: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases

Future releases:

  • 0.17 branch cut, 0.17.0-rc - beginning of week of Dec 7
  • 0.17.0 - Dec 17
  • (Holiday break)
  • 0.18 branch cut, 0.18.0-rc - beginning of week of Jan 4
  • 0.18.0 - Jan 14
  • 0.19 branch cut, 0.19.0-rc - beginning of week of Jan 18
  • 0.19.0 - Jan 28
  • ...

Cut a release branch

Note: replace 0.18 in all the commands below with the version you're releasing :)

Check that everything works

First, set up Sinopia (only need to do this once): https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/master/react-native-cli

Make absolutely sure basic iOS and Android workflow works on master:

  • cd react-native
  • git pull
  • git checkout -b 0.18-stable
  • Edit ReactAndroid/gradle.properties, set VERSION_NAME=0.18.0
  • Edit ReactAndroid/release.gradle, uncomment Javadoc generation (the line // archives androidJavadocJar)
  • Make sure java -version prints 1.7.x, this is currently needed for Javadoc generation and Javadocs are required by Maven Central (we should make it work with Java 8)
  • Run ./gradlew :ReactAndroid:installArchives, it will print a lot of Javadoc warnings, that's OK.
  • Check the artifacts were generated: ls -al ~/.m2/repository/com/facebook/react/react-native/0.18.0/ should contain:
    • react-native-0.18.0-javadoc.jar, react-native-0.18.0-sources.jar, react-native-0.18.0.aar, react-native-0.18.0.pom
    • For each of the above also .asc file
  • In package.json, set version to e.g. 0.18.0-rc.
  • In React.podspec, set version to e.g. 0.18.0-rc.
  • In local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/build.gradle update the dependency to e.g. com.facebook.react:react-native:0.18.+
  • Publish to sinopia:
    • npm set registry http://localhost:4873/, check that it worked: npm config list will show registry is set to localhost
    • In a separate shell, start sinopia. Run sinopia. If started successfully it will print: http address - http://localhost:4873/.
    • Make sure http://localhost:4873/ shows no old versions
    • npm publish
    • http://localhost:4873/ will show 0.18.0-rc
  • Test that everything works:
    • cd /tmp
    • react-native init Zero12rc
    • cd Zero12rc
    • Check that package.json, android/app/build.gradle have correct versions (^0.18.0-rc, com.facebook.react:react-native:0.18.+)
    • open ios/Zero12rc.xcodeproj
    • Hit the Run button in Xcode.
    • Packager should open in a new window, you should see the Welcome to React Native screen, Reload JS, try Chrome debugging - put a breakpoint somewhere in index.ios.js and Reload JS, Chrome debugger should stop on the breakpoint (we don't have tests for Chrome debugging)
    • Close the packager window, close Xcode
    • Start an Android emulator (ideally Genymotion, it's faster and more reliable than Google emulators)
    • react-native run-android
    • Test is the same way as on iOS, including Chrome debugging

Push to github

  • Revert the Javadoc change in ReactAndroid/release.gradle
  • git commit -am "[0.18-rc] Bump version numbers"
  • git push origin 0.18-stable

Do a release

Publish to Maven Central (NOTE we could get rid of this whole section publishing binaries to npm instead):

  • Log into Sonatype and go to Staging upload. You'll need to get permissions for this by filing a ticket explaining you're a core contributor to React Native. Example ticket.
  • Select Artifact(s) with a POM (to publish to a local Maven repo for testing run ./gradlew :ReactAndroid:installArchives)
  • Add all files: .aar, sources jar, javadoc jar, .asc for everything (including the POM file)
  • Wait a few hours until you see the version has propagated to JCenter

To release 0.18-rc to npm:

(You need to be a maintainer of the repo. For admins, here's the command to promote someone)

npm owner add <user> react-native

git tag v0.18.0-rc 0.18-stable # don't forget the `v` at the beginning!
git push --tags
  • Publish to npm
npm publish
# Only when doing a non-rc release:
npm dist-tag add [email protected] latest