React Native Bundler Bug?

Description

I'm not sure what's going on. I spent the afternoon trying to figure out how to run a new React Native project at version 0.78.0. I simply created a new project using the following command:

npx @react-native-community/cli@17.0.0 init AwesomeProject --version 0.78.0

The project was created, and I was able to build it successfully. However, as soon as I ran the Metro bundler, the app displayed a black screen. I had to manually close the app and reopen it for anything to appear.

Steps to reproduce

1. First init a new project with npx @react-native-community/cli@17.0.0 init AwesomeProject --version 0.78.0
2. Run npm run android && npm run start
3. Await it to build, as soon as the app run close it, and open again manually.

React Native Version

0.78.0

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

System:
  OS: Linux 6.8 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)
  CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
  Memory: 11.77 GB / 31.28 GB
  Shell:
    version: 5.2.21
    path: /bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 18.18.0
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.0/bin/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.19
    path: /usr/bin/yarn
  npm:
    version: 10.8.3
    path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.0/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 20231224.093142.0
    path: /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "26"
      - "27"
      - "28"
      - "29"
      - "30"
      - "31"
      - "32"
      - "33"
      - "34"
      - "35"
    Build Tools:
      - 28.0.3
      - 30.0.2
      - 30.0.3
      - 31.0.0
      - 32.0.0
      - 33.0.0
      - 33.0.1
      - 34.0.0
      - 35.0.0
      - 35.0.1
    System Images:
      - android-26 | Intel x86 Atom
      - android-26 | Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-27 | Intel x86 Atom
      - android-27 | Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-28 | Intel x86 Atom
      - android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
      - android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
      - android-35 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom
    Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 11.0.26
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 3.2.3
    path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 15.0.1
    wanted: 15.0.1
  react:
    installed: 19.0.0
    wanted: 19.0.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.78.0
    wanted: 0.78.0
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: false

Screenshots and Videos

No response

指定された CLI コマンドで React Native 0.78.0 を作成して問題を再現し、報告された Android 環境で npm run android  npm run start を実行します。まず Metro bundler の起動経路を追跡し、初回起動とアプリを再度開いた場合を比較します。新しくビルドしたアプリが、手動で閉じて再度開かなくても初回起動時に正常に表示されれば完了です。