[Fabric][React Native 0.68] Support the new architecture

[Alaa-Ben]

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Hi !
Lottie doesn't currently support the new Fabric architecture. Are there any plans to ?

[emilioicai]

We will, but there are some major versions which need to be released in the meantime.

[AlexanderEggers]

@emilioicai I would keen to pick up the work for that. Let me know what you think 😃

[emilioicai]

Hey @AlexanderEggers that would be great! Let me know if I can support you in any way.

[capezzbr]

Hey @AlexanderEggers and @emilioicai any update on supporting the new architecture? 🙏

[AlexanderEggers]

@capezzbr I started with the work for that. I hope to have a PR up by the end of this month.

[chenop]

@AlexanderEggers does that means react-native-lottie does not work on RN 0.68?

[AlexanderEggers]

@chenop No, react-native-lottie should work fine with any newer RN version (tested on 0.68 and 0.69 and no issues so far). But you won't be able to actually enable the new architecture.

[EmreDereli]

Hey @AlexanderEggers any update about supporting new architecture?

[AlexanderEggers]

@EmreDereli The relevant integration is currently stuck because of an issue with the new arch: facebook/react-native#34372 I hope we will be able to resolve that problem soon.

[alfonsocj]

@AlexanderEggers do you plan to work on the iOS fabric support as well? I can take a look if nobody is working on it yet.

[AlexanderEggers]

@alfonsocj yes I already started with that a little bit but not much progress yet. The underlying new architecture issues are keeping me from progressing at the moment.

[alfonsocj]

Is there a specific new arch issue on iOS or is it same issue you mentioned above (facebook/react-native#34372)?.

[AlexanderEggers]

@alfonsocj It would be unproductive to start working on the new arch for ios unless we get the android setup correct. That setup is still blocked by the mentioned issue.

[AlexanderEggers]

I finally managed to get the lib working with fabric. We will do some internal testing to verify that the most of the basic props are working but a release should happen soon. If anyone wants to help the testing effort, feel free to checkout #910.