How does Atlas handle native module changes during a React Native upgrade?

Atlas understands the React Native New Architecture and native modules. It reads `ios/Podfile` and `android/build.gradle` to recognize platform-specific configurations, ensuring fixes respect the native context without accidental modifications. Its permission-gated tools prevent unintended changes to these critical native files.

Can Atlas upgrade a React Native library that has platform-specific files?

Yes, Atlas is designed for React Native's platform splits. It reads `.ios.tsx` and `.android.tsx` files, applying fixes specifically to the relevant platform code while maintaining separation. This ensures that platform-specific logic is correctly updated without affecting other platforms.

What if the React Native upgrade introduces a complex breaking change?

Atlas uses `webfetch` to pull the library's release notes, providing the agent with the actual breaking changes. This context guides the `edit` tool to apply fixes that align with the library's migration guide, rather than guessing, making complex migrations more manageable and accurate.

How does Atlas ensure my React Native tests still pass after an upgrade?

Atlas repeatedly runs `yarn jest` with `jest (@testing-library/react-native)` after applying fixes. It uses the test runner's output to identify and resolve remaining failures, ensuring your test suite remains green and your application's functionality is preserved.

Does Atlas automatically commit changes after a React Native dependency upgrade?

No, Atlas always presents a unified diff of all proposed changes for your approval before writing any files. After approval, it can stage and create commits on your behalf, and even snapshot changes as git patches, giving you full control over your codebase.

How does Atlas prevent accidental changes to my React Native `ios/` or `android/` folders?

Atlas is permission-gated, and its plan agent drafts changes in read-only mode. It explicitly confirms that native folders were not touched by accident during the review process, ensuring the integrity of your platform-specific code and preventing unintended modifications to your `ios/` and `android/` directories.

Can Atlas use my local Ollama embeddings for React Native code indexing?

Yes, Atlas can build its code index with local Ollama embeddings. This keeps your React Native codebase off third-party servers, enhancing privacy and security while still enabling powerful semantic and keyword retrieval for efficient code navigation and understanding.

Upgrade a dependency and fix the breakage in React Native with Atlas in 2026

Atlas empowers React Native developers in 2026 to confidently upgrade major dependencies and resolve all resulting compile and test failures. It orchestrates `yarn` for package management, reads real compiler output, and uses `jest (@testing-library/react-native)` to validate fixes, ensuring your application remains stable and performant. Atlas integrates directly into your terminal, providing a powerful AI coding agent that understands your React Native project's unique structure, including `package.json`, `ios/Podfile`, `android/build.gradle`, and platform-specific files like `.ios.tsx` and `.android.tsx`.

How do I upgrade a React Native dependency with Atlas?

In 2026, initiating a React Native dependency upgrade with Atlas is a straightforward process that leverages your existing `yarn` package manager. Atlas uses its `bash` tool to execute the upgrade command, capturing all output, even if it exceeds 10,000 lines, ensuring no detail is missed from the package manager's response.

Atlas drives your package manager directly through its `bash` tool. When you instruct Atlas to upgrade a dependency, it will execute the appropriate `yarn` command, such as `yarn upgrade [package-name]@latest`, within your React Native project. This command updates the `package.json` file and potentially other lock files. Atlas captures the complete output from this operation, saving it to a file if it's too large for the terminal, allowing the agent to parse and understand any initial warnings or errors. This initial step is crucial for React Native projects, as dependency upgrades can impact not only JavaScript dependencies but also native modules referenced in `ios/Podfile` and `android/build.gradle`.

How does Atlas find breaking changes for React Native libraries?

To effectively fix breaking changes in React Native libraries, Atlas first gathers context by fetching release notes. This crucial step, performed using the `webfetch` tool, ensures that the agent understands the specific migration steps required for the upgraded library, often referencing changes from the last 2-3 major versions.

After initiating the dependency upgrade, Atlas uses its `webfetch` tool to retrieve the library's release notes, changelog, or migration guide. This provides the agent with critical context about the breaking changes introduced in the new major version. For React Native developers, understanding these changes is paramount, as they can range from API signature alterations in JavaScript/TypeScript to required modifications in native module configurations. By having the actual breaking changes in context, Atlas can formulate a precise plan for fixing callsites, rather than making educated guesses, leading to more accurate and efficient repairs across your `.js`, `.ts`, `.tsx`, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files.

How does Atlas fix compile errors in React Native after an upgrade?

Fixing compile and type errors in React Native after a dependency upgrade is an iterative process Atlas handles with precision. It uses `bash` to run your build or typecheck command, identifying each error, then employs the `edit` tool with `lsp`'s `goToDefinition` to inspect new signatures and apply fixes, often resolving 10s of errors in a single pass.

Atlas does not predict breakage; instead, it reads the real compiler output. It uses its `bash` tool to run your React Native project's build or typecheck command, such as `yarn tsc` or `yarn react-native run-ios`. When the compiler enumerates errors, Atlas parses this output to identify each specific failure. For each error, Atlas leverages its `edit` tool, often in conjunction with the `lsp` tool's `goToDefinition` operation, to inspect the new signatures or types in the upgraded package. This allows Atlas to accurately modify the problematic callsites in your JavaScript, TypeScript, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files, ensuring the fixes align with the new API. This process is repeated until the build or typecheck runs clean, addressing issues across your entire React Native codebase.

How does Atlas ensure React Native tests pass and code is formatted?

Validating fixes in React Native involves ensuring your application's tests pass and the codebase adheres to formatting standards. Atlas repeatedly runs `yarn jest` with `jest (@testing-library/react-native)` to confirm test integrity, and then applies `prettier` to maintain code consistency across your project, typically in under 5 seconds.

After resolving compile and type errors, Atlas moves to validate the functional correctness of the upgraded dependency. It uses its `bash` tool to execute your React Native test suite with `yarn jest`, leveraging `jest (@testing-library/react-native)`. Atlas monitors the test output, and if any tests fail, it uses the `edit` tool to diagnose and fix the underlying issues, iteratively re-running tests until all pass. Once the codebase is functionally sound, Atlas ensures aesthetic consistency by running `prettier`. This step formats all modified files according to your project's configuration. Throughout this process, Atlas is mindful of React Native's structure, ensuring that native folders like `ios/` and `android/` are not accidentally touched or reformatted, preserving their integrity.

How does Atlas ensure safe dependency upgrades in React Native?

Ensuring safe dependency upgrades in React Native requires a transparent review process before any changes are finalized. Atlas computes a unified diff for every file edit and surfaces it for your approval, allowing you to review up to 100s of lines of changes before they are written, and then uses git to commit them.

Atlas prioritizes safety and transparency throughout the dependency upgrade workflow. Every tool call is permission-gated, and Atlas drafts its plan in a read-only agent before switching to a build agent. Before writing any changes to your React Native project, Atlas computes a unified diff for every file edit and presents it for your explicit approval. This allows you to meticulously review all modifications, from JavaScript logic to `.ios.tsx` and `.android.tsx` platform splits, ensuring they align with your expectations. Once approved, Atlas leverages its git capabilities to stage the changes and create a commit on your behalf. Furthermore, Atlas snapshots file changes as git patches, providing a robust mechanism for diffing edits and rolling back if necessary, offering peace of mind for complex React Native migrations.

Step by step

01Ask Atlas to upgrade `[package-name]` to `[new-version]` in your React Native project, which will use `bash` to run `yarn upgrade [package-name]@latest` and capture the full output.
02Atlas will then use `webfetch` to retrieve the release notes or changelog for `[package-name]` to understand the breaking changes, providing crucial context for subsequent fixes.
03Atlas will run `bash` to execute your React Native build or typecheck command, such as `yarn tsc`, and then use the `edit` tool with `lsp`'s `goToDefinition` to inspect new signatures and fix each reported compile error across your JavaScript, TypeScript, `.ios.tsx`, and `.android.tsx` files.
04After fixing compile errors, Atlas will run `bash` to execute your React Native tests with `yarn jest` (using `jest (@testing-library/react-native)`), iteratively fixing any test failures with the `edit` tool until all tests pass.
05Once all issues are resolved, Atlas will run `prettier` to format the codebase, then present a unified diff of all changes for your approval, ensuring native folders like `ios/` and `android/` were not accidentally touched.
06Upon your approval, Atlas will use its git capabilities to stage the changes, create a commit, and snapshot the file modifications as a git patch for easy rollback if needed.

Frequently asked questions

How does Atlas handle native module changes during a React Native upgrade?: Atlas understands the React Native New Architecture and native modules. It reads `ios/Podfile` and `android/build.gradle` to recognize platform-specific configurations, ensuring fixes respect the native context without accidental modifications. Its permission-gated tools prevent unintended changes to these critical native files.
Can Atlas upgrade a React Native library that has platform-specific files?: Yes, Atlas is designed for React Native's platform splits. It reads `.ios.tsx` and `.android.tsx` files, applying fixes specifically to the relevant platform code while maintaining separation. This ensures that platform-specific logic is correctly updated without affecting other platforms.
What if the React Native upgrade introduces a complex breaking change?: Atlas uses `webfetch` to pull the library's release notes, providing the agent with the actual breaking changes. This context guides the `edit` tool to apply fixes that align with the library's migration guide, rather than guessing, making complex migrations more manageable and accurate.
How does Atlas ensure my React Native tests still pass after an upgrade?: Atlas repeatedly runs `yarn jest` with `jest (@testing-library/react-native)` after applying fixes. It uses the test runner's output to identify and resolve remaining failures, ensuring your test suite remains green and your application's functionality is preserved.
Does Atlas automatically commit changes after a React Native dependency upgrade?: No, Atlas always presents a unified diff of all proposed changes for your approval before writing any files. After approval, it can stage and create commits on your behalf, and even snapshot changes as git patches, giving you full control over your codebase.
How does Atlas prevent accidental changes to my React Native `ios/` or `android/` folders?: Atlas is permission-gated, and its plan agent drafts changes in read-only mode. It explicitly confirms that native folders were not touched by accident during the review process, ensuring the integrity of your platform-specific code and preventing unintended modifications to your `ios/` and `android/` directories.
Can Atlas use my local Ollama embeddings for React Native code indexing?: Yes, Atlas can build its code index with local Ollama embeddings. This keeps your React Native codebase off third-party servers, enhancing privacy and security while still enabling powerful semantic and keyword retrieval for efficient code navigation and understanding.

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