How does Atlas find all deprecated API calls in a React Native project?

Atlas combines `lsp findReferences` for AST-based symbol resolution with `grep` for dynamic or string-based usages, ensuring a complete enumeration across all `.tsx`, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files in your React Native codebase.

Can Atlas handle platform-specific React Native files like `.ios.tsx`?

Yes, Atlas is designed to understand React Native's platform splits. It reads `.ios.tsx` and `.android.tsx` files, ensuring migrations are applied correctly across all platform-specific implementations without missing any callsite.

What happens if Atlas tries to apply a patch to a React Native file that has changed?

Atlas's `apply_patch` tool is context-anchored. If the expected `old_lines` or surrounding context are not found due to file drift, it will throw `Failed to find expected lines` rather than guessing, preventing incorrect modifications in your React Native project.

How does Atlas ensure the migrated React Native code still works?

After each file modification, Atlas uses the `bash` tool to run `yarn jest` with `@testing-library/react-native`. It only marks a `todowrite` entry as complete once the relevant tests pass, guaranteeing functional correctness for your React Native application.

Does Atlas integrate with React Native's `prettier` formatter?

Yes, Atlas can run `yarn prettier --write .` via the `bash` tool to automatically format your React Native codebase after migrations, ensuring consistent style and adhering to your project's formatting rules defined in `package.json`.

How does Atlas prevent accidental changes to native React Native folders?

Atlas's operations are permission-gated, and it's configured to respect React Native project structure. When running `prettier`, for example, it confirms that native folders like `ios/` and `android/` are not touched by accident, protecting your `ios/Podfile` and `android/build.gradle`.

Can I review changes before Atlas commits them in my React Native repository?

Absolutely. Atlas computes a unified diff for every file edit and surfaces it for your approval. It also reads `git` branches and status, allowing you to review, approve, and even roll back changes before Atlas stages and creates a commit on your behalf.

Migrate a Deprecated API Across Every Callsite in React Native with Atlas in 2026

Migrating a deprecated API across every callsite in a React Native codebase is streamlined with Atlas, which leverages `lsp` for comprehensive enumeration, `todowrite` for tracking, and `apply_patch` for precise updates, all while integrating with `jest (@testing-library/react-native)` for immediate validation and `prettier` for consistent formatting.

How to find all deprecated API calls in a React Native project?

To ensure a complete migration in your React Native project by 2026, Atlas first enumerates every callsite of a deprecated API. It uses the `lsp` tool's `findReferences` operation for AST-based symbol resolution, then cross-checks with `grep` for any dynamic or string-based usages, covering 100% of potential calls.

Atlas begins by building a comprehensive index of your React Native codebase using tree-sitter for AST declarations, which allows the `lsp` tool to accurately identify all direct references to a deprecated function or module. This is crucial for React Native projects, where `.tsx`, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files can contain varied usage patterns. For instances where symbols might be referenced dynamically or as strings, Atlas employs the `grep` tool to perform a keyword search, ensuring no callsite is missed. This dual-pronged approach guarantees that every single instance of the deprecated API, whether in a standard component, a platform-specific module, or a utility file, is identified before any migration work begins. This front-loaded enumeration prevents the common pitfall of partial migrations, which can lead to runtime errors or unexpected behavior in complex React Native applications.

How Atlas automates deprecated API migration in React Native?

Atlas automates the migration of deprecated APIs in React Native by creating a `todowrite` entry for each identified callsite, ensuring visible progress and accountability. It then uses the `apply_patch` tool to precisely update each instance, preventing misapplication by requiring an exact match of the old lines and surrounding context, a critical feature for 2026 development.

Once all callsites of the deprecated API are enumerated, Atlas creates a `todowrite` entry for each one. This provides a clear, trackable list of work, making partial progress visible and preventing any callsite from being silently skipped. For each `todowrite` item, Atlas employs the `apply_patch` tool to perform the actual migration. This tool is designed for precision: it seeks the exact hunk's context and `old_lines` within the file. If the expected lines are not found due to file drift or other changes, `apply_patch` will throw a `Failed to find expected lines` error rather than attempting a speculative or incorrect modification. This robust mechanism is particularly valuable in React Native projects, where platform-specific files and native module interactions can introduce subtle complexities, ensuring that every change is applied safely and accurately without corrupting your `package.json` or source files.

How to validate React Native code changes with `jest` and Atlas?

Atlas ensures the functional correctness of migrated React Native code by running `jest (@testing-library/react-native)` tests after each file modification. Using the `bash` tool, Atlas executes your project's test suite, and only marks a `todowrite` entry as complete once all affected tests pass, providing immediate feedback on the 1 change.

After Atlas modifies a file to migrate a deprecated API call, it immediately validates the change by running the affected tests. This is achieved using the `bash` tool to execute your React Native project's test runner, `jest (@testing-library/react-native)`. Atlas is configured to understand your `package.json` scripts, allowing it to invoke `yarn jest` or `npx jest` as needed. This granular, per-file testing approach is vital for React Native, where changes can have ripple effects across components, screens, and even native modules. Atlas waits for the test suite to pass successfully before marking the corresponding `todowrite` entry as completed. This ensures that every migration step is not only syntactically correct but also functionally sound, preventing regressions and maintaining the stability of your application, including interactions with `ios/Podfile` and `android/build.gradle` configurations.

How Atlas ensures code quality and review for React Native migrations?

Atlas prioritizes code quality and developer review for React Native migrations by presenting a unified diff for every file edit. It integrates `prettier` for consistent formatting and uses permission-gated actions, ensuring that 0 accidental changes occur to native folders and that all modifications are approved before committing in 2026.

Throughout the migration process, Atlas maintains a strong focus on code quality and developer oversight. For every file edit, it computes and surfaces a unified diff, allowing you to review the exact changes before they are written to disk. This transparency is critical for React Native projects, where understanding the impact of changes on `.ios.tsx` or `.android.tsx` files is paramount. Atlas also integrates with your project's `prettier` configuration, using the `bash` tool to run `yarn prettier --write .` to ensure consistent code formatting across all modified files. All Atlas tool calls are permission-gated, meaning you explicitly allow, ask, or deny actions, preventing unintended modifications, especially to sensitive native folders like `ios/` or `android/`. Finally, Atlas reads your `git` status and branches, allowing it to stage and create commits on your behalf, or even snapshot file changes as `git` patches for easy rollback, providing a robust safety net for your React Native codebase.

Step by step

01Enumerate all callsites of the deprecated API in your React Native project: Use Atlas's `lsp findReferences` tool on the deprecated symbol, then cross-check with `grep` for dynamic string-based usages across your `package.json`, `.tsx`, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files.
02Create a `todowrite` entry for each identified callsite: Atlas will automatically generate a `todowrite` entry for every unique callsite found, ensuring that partial progress is visible and no migration is silently skipped in your React Native codebase.
03Migrate each callsite using `apply_patch`: For every `todowrite` entry, Atlas will use `apply_patch` to update the deprecated API call. This tool precisely seeks the hunk's context and `old_lines`, failing with `Failed to find expected lines` rather than misapplying to a drifted React Native file.
04Validate changes by running `jest` tests: After each file modification, Atlas will use the `bash` tool to execute `yarn jest` (or `npx jest`) with `@testing-library/react-native` to run affected tests. The `todowrite` entry is marked complete only once all tests pass.
05Format updated files with `prettier`: Once all migrations are complete and validated, Atlas will use the `bash` tool to run `yarn prettier --write .` across your React Native project, ensuring consistent code style without touching native folders like `ios/` or `android/`.
06Perform a final `grep` check and remove the old implementation: Atlas will `grep` for the deprecated symbol one last time to confirm zero remaining hits, then prompt you to delete the old function or module from your React Native codebase.
07Review and commit changes: Atlas will present a unified diff for all changes, allowing you to review and approve before staging and creating a `git` commit on your behalf, ensuring full transparency and control over your React Native migration.

Frequently asked questions

How does Atlas find all deprecated API calls in a React Native project?: Atlas combines `lsp findReferences` for AST-based symbol resolution with `grep` for dynamic or string-based usages, ensuring a complete enumeration across all `.tsx`, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files in your React Native codebase.
Can Atlas handle platform-specific React Native files like `.ios.tsx`?: Yes, Atlas is designed to understand React Native's platform splits. It reads `.ios.tsx` and `.android.tsx` files, ensuring migrations are applied correctly across all platform-specific implementations without missing any callsite.
What happens if Atlas tries to apply a patch to a React Native file that has changed?: Atlas's `apply_patch` tool is context-anchored. If the expected `old_lines` or surrounding context are not found due to file drift, it will throw `Failed to find expected lines` rather than guessing, preventing incorrect modifications in your React Native project.
How does Atlas ensure the migrated React Native code still works?: After each file modification, Atlas uses the `bash` tool to run `yarn jest` with `@testing-library/react-native`. It only marks a `todowrite` entry as complete once the relevant tests pass, guaranteeing functional correctness for your React Native application.
Does Atlas integrate with React Native's `prettier` formatter?: Yes, Atlas can run `yarn prettier --write .` via the `bash` tool to automatically format your React Native codebase after migrations, ensuring consistent style and adhering to your project's formatting rules defined in `package.json`.
How does Atlas prevent accidental changes to native React Native folders?: Atlas's operations are permission-gated, and it's configured to respect React Native project structure. When running `prettier`, for example, it confirms that native folders like `ios/` and `android/` are not touched by accident, protecting your `ios/Podfile` and `android/build.gradle`.
Can I review changes before Atlas commits them in my React Native repository?: Absolutely. Atlas computes a unified diff for every file edit and surfaces it for your approval. It also reads `git` branches and status, allowing you to review, approve, and even roll back changes before Atlas stages and creates a commit on your behalf.

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