chore: upgrade sample apps to RN 0.76.1

Author: khushal87

examples/SampleApp/Gemfile

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 # Exclude problematic versions of cocoapods and activesupport that causes build failures.
 gem 'cocoapods', '>= 1.13', '!= 1.15.0', '!= 1.15.1'
 gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.5', '!= 7.1.0'
+gem 'xcodeproj', '< 1.26.0'
 gem 'fastlane'
 gem 'rubocop-performance'
 gem 'rubocop-require_tools'

examples/SampleApp/android/app/src/main/java/com/sampleapp/MainApplication.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ 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 {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
     override fun onCreate() {
         super.onCreate()
-        SoLoader.init(this, false)
+        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()

examples/SampleApp/android/build.gradle

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        buildToolsVersion = "34.0.0"
-        minSdkVersion = 23
-        compileSdkVersion = 34
+        buildToolsVersion = "35.0.0"
+        minSdkVersion = 24
+        compileSdkVersion = 35
         targetSdkVersion = 34
         ndkVersion = "26.1.10909125"
         kotlinVersion = "1.9.24"

examples/SampleApp/android/gradle.properties

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ reactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
 # your application. You should enable this flag either if you want
 # to write custom TurboModules/Fabric components OR use libraries that
 # are providing them.
-newArchEnabled=false
+newArchEnabled=true
 
 # Use this property to enable or disable the Hermes JS engine.
 # If set to false, you will be using JSC instead.

examples/SampleApp/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

examples/SampleApp/android/gradlew

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum

examples/SampleApp/android/gradlew.bat

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################