React Native Screens 4.26.0

Key changes

The Tabs API is now marked stable (#4296). This release also raises the minimum supported React Native version to 0.84 (#4302).

• feat(Tabs): mark the Tabs API as stable by @kkafar in #4296
• feat(Tabs): cohesive cross-platform native API with an observer registry by @kkafar in #3966
• feat(Tabs): add the programmatic-native actionOrigin variant by @kkafar in #3951
• feat(iOS, Tabs): add the bottomAccessoryHidden prop by @kligarski in #4291
• feat(iOS): enable synchronous shadow state updates by default for header config (#3932), header subviews (#3933), and screens (#3931) by @kmichalikk
• feat(Android, Stack v4): add disable*InsetApplication props by @sgaczol in #4220

Bug fixes

FormSheet (Android)

• Prevent BottomSheetBehavior override when using FormSheets by @t0maboro in #3912
• Add a SheetAnimationCoordinator to synchronize animations from different sources by @t0maboro in #3914
• Prioritize keyboard animation over content resize animation by @t0maboro in #3924
• Dismiss the sheet only on ACTION_UP to prevent double-back dismissals by @t0maboro in #4034
• Include keyboard translationY in shadow updates by @jiroscripts in #4065
• Drive ScreenFooter keyboard insets from the sheet instead of the decor view by @stachbial in #4149
• v4: refine keyboard avoidance to prevent layout reflows with SafeAreaView by @t0maboro in #4244
• v4: prevent over-translation on keyboard appearance in nested containers by @t0maboro in #4240

Tabs

• iOS: fix the moreNavigationController navigation bar staying visible on navigation by @kkafar in #3993
• iOS: correctly pass action origin to progressNavigationState by @kkafar in #3994
• iOS: register the navigation state observer outside RCTAssert by @kkafar in #4004
• iOS: weak-capture the tab bar item and screen view in async image callbacks by @cortinico in #4111
• iOS: remove the invalidate call in didMoveToWindow by @sgaczol in #4155
• iOS: prevent flickering tab bar height and contents when entering on ScreenStackFragment by @kkafar in #4161
• iOS: unregister the tabs accessory observer from the observed wrapper by @safaiyeh in #3948
• iOS: use hidden instead of opacity to switch bottom accessory content views by @sgaczol in #4196
• Android: propagate actionOrigin into navigation state progression by @kkafar in #3996
• Android: handle Tabs reattachment to the window by @kligarski in #4035
• Android: trigger an appearance update on user tab selection by @kkafar in #4075
• Android: fix a crash on simple navigation with a stack nested in tabs by @kkafar in #4202
• Android: prevent an appearance-change crash after remount when detached by @kligarski in #4271
• Android: handle platform color in tabs appearance props by @kligarski in #4284

Stack

• iOS: forward-declare RCTSurfaceTouchHandler in UIView+RNSUtility.h by @zhe-qi in #3986
• iOS: remove the FormSheet scroll view KVO observer synchronously on invalidate by @phewphewb in #4091
• iOS (v4): fix header positioning in the shadow tree by @kligarski in #4286
• iOS: hide React symbols from Swift by @radoslawrolka in #4224
• Android: fix translucent header first-layout correction by @sorinc03 in #4116
• Android: use per-display density for px→dp conversion by @ziponia in #4160, routed through per-display density for all shadow tree state pushes by @kkafar in #4169
• Android: prevent Fabric layout updates from resurrecting header subviews hidden by an expanded search bar by @Dwynr in #4264

Other

• Re-export TabSelectionPreventedEvent from the package root by @Ubax in #4142
• Android: handle a nullable Fresco bitmap by @cortinico in #4242, and prevent a Fresco recycled-bitmap crash by copying the bitmap by @kligarski in #4274
• web: replace the SafeAreaView default export with a named export by @roryabraham in #3956

Experimental work (in development for the next major)

The following changes target the next-generation Stack (v5), standalone FormSheet, ScrollViewMarker, and Split View components. They are still in development and not recommended for production use yet.

• Native Stack v5 toolbar menus and header work on Android by @kligarski (#3908, #3965, #4101, #4105, #4126, #4210, #4228, #4234, #4236, #4241) and related fixes (#3927, #4079, #4200)
• Native Stack v5 header items and header refactor on iOS by @kmichalikk (#3868, #4217, #4248, #4261)
• Standalone FormSheet component on iOS by @t0maboro (#3947, #3987, #3988, #3992, #3995, #4014, #4022, #4031, #4086, #4095, #4122, #4123, #4124)
• Standalone FormSheet component on Android by @t0maboro (#4189, #4204, #4218, #4225, #4251, #4259, #4267) and fixes (#4219, #4221)
• Tabs ScrollViewMarker integration on iOS (#4191) and Android (#4192) by @kkafar, plus a web fallback by @satya164 in #4008
• Split View: add the colorScheme prop by @sgaczol in #3961, and fix an iOS crash when maxWidth is not defined for a column by @t0maboro in #4068

Source: 4.26.0 release notes on GitHub (abridged).