Remove deprecated APIs
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Description
Description
The APIs listed below are already replaced, broken, or no longer do anything. They should be removed to keep the surface small and avoid confusing new users.
We should clean each one up once the version it was deprecated in is flagged as unsupported. The React Native releases page lists which versions are still supported, so use it to decide when removal is safe.
I will open multiple PRs to clean these up, one per API.
- Modal
animated(deprecated since < 0.60) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57385 - ScrollView
keyboardShouldPersistTapsboolean values (deprecated since < 0.60) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57386 - VirtualizedList
disableVirtualization(deprecated since < 0.60) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57388 - StatusBar
backgroundColor/translucent(Android) (deprecated since 0.76) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57392 - StatusBar
setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible()(iOS) (deprecated since 0.77) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57392 - TextInput
blurOnSubmit(deprecated since 0.77) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57393 - InteractionManager (deprecated since 0.80) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57394
- SafeAreaView (deprecated since 0.81) - https://github.com/react/react-native/pull/57395
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the React Native releases page to confirm that the deprecated API's introduction version is no longer supported. Choose one unchecked item—VirtualizedList disableVirtualization, TextInput blurOnSubmit, or SafeAreaView—then inspect its implementation and the corresponding PR reference; it is done when that API is removed safely.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100