Upgrade to React Native version 0.71.7 as well as the latest versions…

GettingStarted/.gitignore

@@ -30,19 +30,16 @@ build/
 local.properties
 *.iml
 *.hprof
+.cxx/
+*.keystore
+!debug.keystore
 
 # node.js
 #
 node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
 
-# BUCK
-buck-out/
-\.buckd/
-*.keystore
-!debug.keystore
-
 # fastlane
 #
 # It is recommended to not store the screenshots in the git repo. Instead, use fastlane to re-generate the
@@ -61,3 +58,6 @@ buck-out/
 # Ruby / CocoaPods
 /ios/Pods/
 /vendor/bundle/
+
+# Temporary files created by Metro to check the health of the file watcher
+.metro-health-check*

GettingStarted/App.js → GettingStarted/App.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react'
-import type {Node} from 'react'
+/**
+ * Sample React Native App
+ * https://github.com/facebook/react-native
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
+import type {PropsWithChildren} from 'react';
 import {
   SafeAreaView,
   ScrollView,
@@ -11,7 +18,8 @@ import {
   View,
   AppState,
   Image,
-} from 'react-native'
+} from 'react-native';
+
 import styles from './styles.js'
 import * as PubNubKeys from './PubNubKeys.js'
 import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info'
@@ -43,8 +51,9 @@ const pubnub = new PubNub({
   uuid: 'ChangeMe',
 })
 
-const App: () => Node = () => {
-  //  Note: Application does not look different in dark mode
+function App(): JSX.Element {
+
+    //  Note: Application does not look different in dark mode
   //const isDarkMode = useColorScheme() === 'dark'
 
   //  Application state is persisted through hooks
@@ -329,13 +338,14 @@ const App: () => Node = () => {
     pubnub.publish({channel: groupChatChannel, message: input})
   }
 
+
   return (
     <SafeAreaView style={styles.outerContainer}>
       <KeyboardAvoidingView
         style={styles.innerContainer}
         behavior='height'
         keyboardVerticalOffset={Platform.select({
-          ios: 78,
+          ios: 20,
           android: 20,
         })}
       >
@@ -484,7 +494,7 @@ const App: () => Node = () => {
         </View>
       </KeyboardAvoidingView>
     </SafeAreaView>
-  )
+      );
 }
 
-export default App
+export default App;

GettingStarted/Gemfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
-ruby '2.7.5'
+ruby '>= 2.6.10'
 
-gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.11', '>= 1.11.2'
+gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.11.3'

GettingStarted/_node-version

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+18