React Native March 2018 (v0.55.0) released


**Android TV** is the latest to be added to the long list of supported platforms by React Native. Until now, it contained: **macOS**, **Ubuntu**, **Universal Windows Platform (UWP)**, **Apple TV**, and of course, **iOS** and **Android**.

#### Commits ([master](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commits/master))

- [b7bb2e5](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b7bb2e5745f2bdbfeeccef8d97d469730942e01c) Add support for Android TV devices

[![RNAndroidTVDemo](http://img.youtube.com/vi/EzIQErHhY20/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzIQErHhY20)


React Native added support for Android TV devices

React Native February 2018 (v0.54.0) released


Clear the whiteboards as your last impediment has gone!  
React Native and its dependencies (Fresco, Metro, and Yoga) have been granted MIT Licence.

#### [@reactjs](https://twitter.com/reactjs/status/964689022747475968)

> We're relicensing React Native (including Fresco, Metro, and Yoga) under the MIT license to match React.

#### Commits ([master](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commits/master))

- [1490ab1](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/1490ab12ef156bf3201882eeabfcac18a1210352) Update license headers for MIT license
- [26684cf](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/26684cf3adf4094eb6c405d345a75bf8c7c0bf88) Update to MIT license


React Native now has MIT Licence


## [v0.53.0](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.53.0) on GitHub ([npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native))

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Welcome to the January 2018 release of React Native. The CLI tools now support `--port` for both platforms. There was a lot of under-the-cover work done.

> If you would like to help us with the next release changelog, please contact [@grabbou](https://github.com/grabbou)

### Added

- ✨ **Keyboard** events now include `easing` and `duration` ([4d33080](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4d33080) by [@sahrens](https://github.com/sahrens))

#### iOS exclusive additions

- `react-native run-ios` now supports the `--port` argument for metro ([33d710e](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/33d710e))

#### Android exclusive additions

- On Android, **ScrollView** now takes `snapToInterval` like iOS ([ddd65f1](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/ddd65f1) and [b2848a5](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b2848a5) )
- On Android, **TextInput** now takes `onKeyPress` like iOS ([c9ff0bc](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c9ff0bc) by [@joshyhargreaves](https://github.com/joshyhargreaves))

### Changed

- ⬆️ Metro to v0.24.2 ([2e008bc](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/2e008bc) and [0b5e8b4](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/0b5e8b4) by [@rafeca](https://github.com/rafeca))
- ⬆️ Flow to v0.63 ([6b95c4f](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/6b95c4f) by [@gabelevi](https://github.com/gabelevi))
- ⬆️ Danger to v2.0 ([b750e3b](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b750e3b) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- ⬆️ Jest to v22.0.0 ([4803419](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4803419) by [@mjesun](https://github.com/mjesun))
- 💄 Bundler is now called Metro Bundler in the terminal ([654d759](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/654d759) by [@edcs](https://github.com/edcs))
- 📝 Update getting started url on Android CLI ([6661633](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/6661633))
- 🐳 Dockerfile uses newest Android SDK, Buck, and new Docker tags have been pushed ([4fbfbe6](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4fbfbe6) and [c547f78](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c547f78) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- 📝 Update repo docs to use HTTPS ([33a2e53](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/33a2e53) by [@him2him2](https://github.com/him2him2))
- 🎨 Make **ScrollResponder** follow code style ([45e6fcd](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/45e6fcd) by [@TheSavior](https://github.com/TheSavior))
- **VirtualizedList** now requires a windowSize greater than 0 ([3559e42](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/3559e42))
- react-devtools works with emulator and real devices now without needing to tweak the devServer value ([fa574c6](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/fa574c6) by [@jhen0409](https://github.com/jhen0409))
- 📝 Clarify use of Flow props types in react-native-cli's template project ([9b147a5](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/9b147a5) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- 📝 Add docs for `isInspectable` ([59c7967](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/59c7967) by [@bnham](https://github.com/bnham))
- ✅ More Flow improvements (**Text**, **SectionList**, and others) ([f71f4e7](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f71f4e7), [632f120](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/632f120), and [a8391bd](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a8391bd) by [@yungsters](https://github.com/yungsters), [@samwgoldman](https://github.com/samwgoldman), and others)
- Various code cleanup to satisfy linting errors and standards ([b0319f3](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b0319f3), [dd46117](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/dd46117), and [7f58189](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/7f58189) by [@ayc1](https://github.com/ayc1), [@grabbou](https://github.com/grabbou), and [@ide](https://github.com/ide))

#### iOS exclusive changes

- 🔥⚡️ iOS UI Manager cleanup and optimizations ([7d1deda](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/7d1deda), [0ae4c47](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/0ae4c47), [2679f3e](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/2679f3e),and [d9e5b31](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/d9e5b31) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- If the inspector tries to handle a wrapped event but there is no connection, log a warning rather than a Redbox ([30da262](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/30da262) by [@bnham](https://github.com/bnham))
- Various under-the-covers changes around the bridge, RCTShadowView, RCTSurface, and a few others ([c3139d7](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c3139d7), [2789ba0](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/2789ba0), [b8e60a3](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b8e60a3), [099b280](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/099b280), [b263560](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b263560), [19a9c5e](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/19a9c5e), [d3b41e0](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/d3b41e0), [b2a2519](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b2a2519), [870bc48](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/870bc48), [176a578](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/176a578), [c491b22](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c491b22), [c756122](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c756122), and[c01a171](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c01a171) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- Changed to use _boost-for-react-native_ cocoapod, which speeds up `pod install` a ton ([cf19833](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/cf19833) by [@CFKevinRef](https://github.com/CFKevinRef))

#### Android exclusive changes

- Include scroll momentum info when there are scroll events from Android ([c49d249](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/c49d249) by [@wwalser](https://github.com/wwalser))
- Yoga's mkfile for Android now uses wildcard instead of manual file addition ([d89901f](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/d89901f) by [@priteshrnandgaonkar](https://github.com/priteshrnandgaonkar))

### Removed

- **TextInput** no longer has the `autoGrow` prop, since this is platform-default behavior now ([dabb78b](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/dabb78b) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))

#### iOS exclusive removals

- Updates to the bridge in order to enable future rendering optimizations ([d2dc451](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/d2dc451) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))

### Fixed

- Do not set `minify=true` when calculating the list of dependencies for the CLI ([4a1bb8f](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4a1bb8f) by [@rafeca](https://github.com/rafeca))
- 👷 Update CODEOWNERS now that the docs are in a separate repository ([85ff264](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/85ff264) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- Fixed a broken link in react-native-git-upgrade's readme ([bbedf2d](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/bbedf2d) by [@Taym95](https://github.com/Taym95))
- 🤡 Do not use Node 8.x specific Stream.final for FS mocks ([4216cde](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4216cde) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- Fix virtualized cell keys for list headers and footers ([a010a0c](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a010a0c))
- Fix warnings of casting and null pointer handling in Yoga ([a8d4666](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a8d4666) by [@priteshrnandgaonkar](https://github.com/priteshrnandgaonkar))
- Fix broken buck failures on master ([4e76701](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4e76701) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- **RefreshControl** appears correctly when expected on initial render of a **FlatList** again ([9b877d6](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/9b877d6) by [@vonovak](https://github.com/vonovak))
- Fixed JS debugger CORS issue ([df8da3b](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/df8da3b) by [@njbmartin](https://github.com/njbmartin))

#### Android exclusive fixes

- Fix position of dev loading view on Android API < 20 ([7ff6657](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/7ff6657) by [@kmagiera](https://github.com/kmagiera))
- Fix Modal not disappearing when navigating from inside a Modal to another activity ([e5c2a66](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/e5c2a66)

#### iOS exclusive fixes

- Fix regression introduced where layout wouldn't occur in some situations ([46be5bf](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/46be5bf) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- Fixed double initial prop applying for newly created views ([0ec1017](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/0ec1017) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- tvOS build now works again ([3bd8986](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/3bd8986) by [@dlowder-salesforce](https://github.com/dlowder-salesforce))

### Other

Below is a list of the remaining, low-level changes that made it into this release of React Native.

- Remove "prepareReact" call from the bridge ([80f9e1f](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/80f9e1f) and [56a42e5](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/56a42e5) by [@fromcelticpark](https://github.com/fromcelticpark))
- Add explicit componentControllerClass to CKComponent for RCTSurface ([ab97270](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/ab97270))
- Changes to RCTShadowView to increase RCTSurface performance ([f96f9c5](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f96f9c5) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- Designated methods to control dirty propagation ([af226ef](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/af226ef) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- Add missing tvOS header ([49cbca7](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/49cbca7) by [@grabbou](https://github.com/grabbou))
- On Android, seperate logic to initialize JS from starting the app ([4996b9a](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4996b9a) by [@axe-fb](https://github.com/axe-fb))
- ♻️ JS linting was cleaned up: removed unused libs, strengthened the rules, removed unneeded rules, prevent disabled tests, and more ([2815ada](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/2815ada), [183c316](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/183c316), [9c67e74](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/9c67e74), [79902f9](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/79902f9), [9a36872](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/9a36872), [67a3c42](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/67a3c42), [b826596](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/b826596), [a1a0a69](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a1a0a69), and [11a495c](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/11a495c) by [@TheSavior](https://github.com/TheSavior))
- 👷 Separate JS lint and flow checks from tests ([5ea5683](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/5ea5683) by [@hramos](https://github.com/hramos))
- 👷 Fix Buck in build config to enable CI ([796122d](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/796122d), [7c3a61f](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/7c3a61f), [82b123e](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/82b123e) by [@grabbou](https://github.com/grabbou))
- ♻️ Various refactoring within the YGNode implementation ([28968e2](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/28968e2), [0a9e652](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/0a9e652), [6627d77](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/6627d77), and [d85da86](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/d85da86), [a163f70](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a163f70) by [@priteshrnandgaonkar](https://github.com/priteshrnandgaonkar))
- Fix ReactLegacy and delete RCTViewControllerProtocol ([a0ff8c7](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a0ff8c7) by [@javache](https://github.com/javache))
- Define internal FB macro for OSS builds; remove some unused definitions ([077c3ab](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/077c3ab) and ([a6a66c5](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/a6a66c5) by [@ttsugriy](https://github.com/ttsugriy))
- RNTester: Relax Bridge Release Check ([e3c6f38](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/e3c6f38) by [@yungsters](https://github.com/yungsters))
- Remove embeddedBundleURL from the asset resolver ([489b98b](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/489b98b))
- Do not set FB_ASSERTION_ENABLED ([4cdbb77](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4cdbb77) by [@priteshrnandgaonkar](https://github.com/priteshrnandgaonkar))
- JSBigString to MAP_PRIVATE not MAP_SHARED ([f9f40cd](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9f40cd))
- Fixed black ARTSurfaceView ([5c8481e](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/5c8481e) by [@shergin](https://github.com/shergin))
- Kill orphaned marker end in JSCExecutor ([6ad1f09](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/6ad1f09) by [@michalgr](https://github.com/michalgr))
- Make YGNode as c++ struct with properties exposed through accessors ([f1055bc](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f1055bc) by [@priteshrnandgaonkar](https://github.com/priteshrnandgaonkar))
- 🔖 ...and now we're at 0.53.0-rc.0 🎁 ([0b99657](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/0b99657) by [@grabbou](https://github.com/grabbou))


React Native January 2018 (v0.53.0) released


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