React Native Windows 0.82.0

We're excited to release React Native Windows 0.82.0 targeting React Native 0.82.0!

This release includes the commits to React Native Windows from 8/2/2025 - 01/15/2026.

How to upgrade?

You can view the changes made to the default new React Native Windows applications for C++ and C# using React Native Upgrade Helper. See this document for more details.

Starting with React Native Windows 0.82, the legacy Paper architecture has been completely removed. All apps now run exclusively on the New Architecture (Fabric). If you haven't already migrated your app to Fabric, you must do so before upgrading to 0.82. See the New Architecture migration guide for details

New Architecture-specific changes

• Adds Text Component selection support for Fabric : Fabric : Implements selectable prop for #15473 by iamAbhi-916 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Adds Text Component selectionColor support for Fabric : Fabric : Implements selectionColor for #15553 by iamAbhi-916 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Accessibility and UIA Support for XAML Fabric implementation : Accessibility and UIA Support for XAML Fabric implementation by protikbiswas100 · Pull Request #15466 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• PagingEnabled Parity for Fabric ScrollView : PagingEnabled Parity for Fabric ScrollView by Nitin-100 · Pull Request #15341 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• TextAlign and WritingDirection Parity for Fabric TextInput : TextAlign and WritingDirection Parity for Fabric TextInput by Nitin-100 · Pull Request #15340 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• ContextMenu implementation in Fabric as per Parity to Paper : TextAlign and WritingDirection Parity for Fabric TextInput by Nitin-100 · Pull Request #15340 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Defer UIA accessibility provider initialization until requested : Defer UIA accessibility provider initialization until requested by Copilot · Pull Request #14756 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Implement TextInput selection prop Pull requests · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Overflow implementation in Fabric as per Parity to Paper Overflow implementation in Fabric as per Parity to Paper by Nitin-100 · Pull Request #15338 · microsoft/react-native-windows

Breaking Changes

• Fixed focus restoration on close, removed minimize/maximize buttons, and hidden title bar icon for cleaner modal appearance : Modal outstanding issues by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15445 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Remove old architecture that is not supported in 0.82 : Remove paper by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15354 · microsoft/react-native-windows

New Features

• Add ability to customize native accessibility of custom native components : Add ability to customize native accessibility of custom native components by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15532 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Improve the inspector page name for modern debugger : Improve the inspector page name for modern debugger by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15375 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Xaml UI Hosting : Xaml UI Hosting by sharath2727 · Pull Request #15223 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Added support for italic underline and strikethrough styling for TextInput Implements italic underline and strikethrough styling for TextInputTextinput fontstyles by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15565 · microsoft/react-native-windows

Reliability

• Fixed devtools ui overlay on high dpi displays : Fix DPI scaling for debugging overlay highlights by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15479 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fix crash when switching bundles in playground : Fix crash when switching bundles in playground by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15478 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Initialize Xaml on demand : Initialize Xaml on demand by sundaramramaswamy · Pull Request #15407 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fixed app crash when loading images with no network connection : [Fix crash] Image loading fails due to network error for instance shut down metro while app is running by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15428 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fix Debugger outstanding issues: Debugger outstanding issues by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15392 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fixed modal dialog crash when interacting with parent window after dismissal : Fix modal Crash after closing DesktopPopupSiteBridge by iamAbhi-916 · Pull Request #15384 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• [Fabric] Fix UIA_LiveSettingPropertyId to use VT_I4 datatype instead of VT_BSTR : [Fabric] Fix UIA_LiveSettingPropertyId to use VT_I4 datatype instead of VT_BSTR by ritoban23 · Pull Request #15438 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Include missing bridging files in MS.RN.Cxx : Include missing bridging files in MS.RN.Cxx by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15524 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Remove WerRegisterMemoryBlock which causes issues when kernel debugging : Remove WerRegisterMemoryBlock which causes issues when kernel debugging by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15432 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Tooltip positioned incorrectly on non 100% scale factor : Tooltip positioned incorrectly on non 100% scale factor by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15382 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Enable UTs on more platforms : Enable UTs on more platforms by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15373 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• TextInputs are zero height if there is no value and no placeholder text : TextInputs are zero height if there is no value and no placeholder text by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15334 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Focusable Pressables should take focus when they are clicked on Focusable Pressables should take focus when they are clicked on by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15327 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fix rnw-dependencies.ps1 Node.js installation failures

• Fixes [NetUI] TouchableWin32 issue

• Fix selectable text not receiving pointer events inside ScrollView

• Fix(cli): Fix template info not detecting mixed architecture projects

• [Enables word-extension during drag after a double-click selection] (#15640)

• [Fix switch Component's layout] (#15634)

Other

• Fix playground "New Window" command : Fix playground "New Window" command by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15474 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fix stackoverflow in StructInfo : Fix stackoverflow in StructInfo by ivan-golubev · Pull Request #15454 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Remove code related to USE_WINUI3 which is now always true : Remove code related to USE_WINUI3 which is now always true by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15393 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Update WinAppSdk to 1.8 : Update WinAppSdk to 1.8 by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15381 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Deprecates chakra support and more legacy instance code : Remove chakra support and more legacy instance code by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15371 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Deprecates web debugging support (#15350) [Remove web debugging support : Remove web debugging support by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15350 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Realign view.js Realign view.js by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15310 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Realign index.windows.js with core and disable the deep import warning : Realign index.windows.js with core and disable the deep import warning by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15309 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Fix init-windows template to automatically detect existing codegen spec files : Fix init-windows template to automatically detect existing codegen spec files by Copilot · Pull Request #15096 · microsoft/react-native-windows

• Simplify Playground-Composition : Simplify Playground-Composition by acoates-ms · Pull Request #15308 · microsoft/react-native-windows