chore(deps): bump example app to React Native 0.81.6 to drop image-size

example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
       android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
       android:allowBackup="false"
-      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
+      android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
+      android:usesCleartextTraffic="${usesCleartextTraffic}">
       <activity
         android:name=".MainActivity"
         android:label="@string/app_name"

example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/MainApplication.kt

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ import android.app.Application
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
 import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
+import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.loadReactNative
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactHost.getDefaultReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost
-import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
 
 class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
@@ -35,10 +33,6 @@ class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
   override fun onCreate() {
     super.onCreate()
-    SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping)
-    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
-      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
-      load()
-    }
+    loadReactNative(this)
   }
 }

example/android/build.gradle

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
-         buildToolsVersion = "35.0.0"
+         buildToolsVersion = "36.0.0"
          minSdkVersion = 24
-         compileSdkVersion = 35
-         targetSdkVersion = 35
+         compileSdkVersion = 36
+         targetSdkVersion = 36
          ndkVersion = "27.1.12297006"
-         kotlinVersion = "2.0.21"
+         kotlinVersion = "2.1.20"
     }
     repositories {
         google()

example/android/gradle.properties

@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ newArchEnabled=true
 # Use this property to enable or disable the Hermes JS engine.
 # If set to false, you will be using JSC instead.
 hermesEnabled=true
+
+# Use this property to enable edge-to-edge display support.
+# This allows your app to draw behind system bars for an immersive UI.
+# Note: Only works with ReactActivity and should not be used with custom Activity.
+edgeToEdgeEnabled=false

example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME