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RNR 260 - TYPESCRIPT BY DEFAULT: Unpacking React Native 0.71

React Native Radio

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React Native APIs for Mobile and Web

This really falls right in line with something that the React Native core team has been trying really hard to do which is to add better alignment between the various platforms. They're really focusing on that as a long term goal and this is just one more step in that direction. On the accessibility side they added ARIA props which if you're a web developer you're probably familiar with ARIA props for accessibility but they added them basically as an alias to the existing React Native accessibility props. So sort of the same thing with some components like image and text input. Also pointer events. I think pointer events is big because obviously you don't need those for touch screens or touch only screens but pointer events are

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