1.6.0-rc.1

What's Changed

Upgraded to React Native 0.82.1 (via 0.76.9 → 0.81.5 → 0.82.1) with full support for the new architecture

• Complete New Architecture Migration:
  • Migrated to Fabric renderer for improved UI performance
  • Implemented TurboModules for faster native module communication
  • Updated to use Codegen for type-safe native interfaces
  • Removed legacy bridge-based implementation

iOS Updates:

• Updated iOS deployment target to 15.1 to meet dependency requirements
• Fixed iOS Podfile compatibility issues (removed Flipper, fixed glog dependencies)

Android Updates:

• Updated Gradle configuration for RN 0.82 compatibility

• Updated Gradle wrapper and build tools

• Migrated to new ViewManager implementation

• Updated package structure for new architecture

• Added yarn hoisting configuration for better dependency management

• Renamed podspec from amazon-ivs-react-native-player.podspec to AmazonIvs.podspec

Security Vulnerabilities

• Fixed high severity ReDoS vulnerability in cross-spawn (CVE-2024-21538)
• Fixed DoS vulnerability in REXML gem (CVE-2024-43398)
• Fixed DoS vulnerability in ws package (CVE-2024-37890)
• Fixed memory exhaustion in braces (CVE-2024-4068)
• Fixed SSRF vulnerability in ip package (CVE-2024-29415, CVE-2023-42282)
• Fixed CORS issue in esbuild (GHSA-67mh-4wv8-2f99)
• Fixed predictable results in nanoid (CVE-2024-55565)
• Removed unused ip package dependency

New Contributors

• @Werror made their first contribution in #184
• @Juozas-Petkelis made their first contribution in #192

Full Changelog: https://github.com/aws/amazon-ivs-react-native-player/commits/v1.6.0-rc.1