[Gutenberg] Upgrade React Native 0.71.11

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ updates:
       # React Native upgrade. For more details, see
       # https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/18494#issuecomment-1566922244
       - dependency-name: "com.facebook.react:react-native"
+      - dependency-name: "com.facebook.react:react-android"
       - dependency-name: "com.facebook.react:hermes-engine"
+      - dependency-name: "com.facebook.react:hermes-android"
       - dependency-name: "com.facebook.fresco:fresco"
       - dependency-name: "com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-okhttp3"
       - dependency-name: "com.facebook.fbjni:fbjni"

RELEASE-NOTES.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 22.9
 -----
 * [**] Block editor: Move undo/redo buttons to the navigation bar [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/18705]
+* [**] [internal] Upgrade React Native to 0.71.11 [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/18613]
 * [***] Block editor: Editor UX improvements with new icons, colors and additional design enhancements. [https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/gutenberg-mobile/pull/5985]
 
 22.8

build.gradle

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ext {
     automatticRestVersion = '1.0.8'
     automatticStoriesVersion = '2.1.0'
     automatticTracksVersion = '3.0.0'
-    gutenbergMobileVersion = 'v1.100.1'
+    gutenbergMobileVersion = '5874-77f2c68803c6b069c91932206b38e6f07da58570'
     wordPressAztecVersion = 'v1.6.4'
     wordPressFluxCVersion = '2.37.0'
     wordPressLoginVersion = '1.3.0'
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ ext {
     zendeskVersion = '5.1.2'
 
     // react native
-    facebookReactVersion = '0.69.4:release@aar'
-    facebookSoloaderVersion = '0.10.4'
-    facebookFrescoVersion = '2.5.0'
-    facebookFbjniVersion = '0.2.2'
+    facebookReactVersion = '0.71.11'
 
     // test
     assertjVersion = '3.23.1'

libs/editor/build.gradle

@@ -68,25 +68,18 @@ dependencies {
         }
     }
 
-    // Forcing version due to https://github.com/facebook/SoLoader/issues/94
-    // To be removed with React Native 0.70+
-    implementation("com.facebook.soloader:soloader:$facebookSoloaderVersion") {
-        version {
-            strictly facebookSoloaderVersion
-        }
-    }
-
-    implementation "com.facebook.fresco:fresco:$facebookFrescoVersion"
-    implementation "com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-okhttp3:$facebookFrescoVersion"
-    implementation "com.facebook.fbjni:fbjni:$facebookFbjniVersion"
-    implementation "com.facebook.react:hermes-engine:$facebookReactVersion"
-    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:$facebookReactVersion"
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:hermes-android:$facebookReactVersion"
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-android:$facebookReactVersion"
 
     // This dependency will be substituted if the `local-builds.gradle` file contains
     // `localGutenbergMobilePath`. Details for this can be found in the `settings.gradle` file.
     implementation ("$rootProject.gradle.ext.gutenbergMobileBinaryPath:$rootProject.ext.gutenbergMobileVersion") {
+        // We exclude React Native modules from older and newer versions.
+        // This is needed to avoid Duplicate class errors when building using local Gutenberg Mobile path.
         exclude module: 'hermes-engine'
         exclude module: 'react-native'
+        exclude module: 'hermes-android'
+        exclude module: 'react-android'
     }
 
     implementation "org.wordpress:utils:$wordPressUtilsVersion"