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Mateo Guzmán 12147e3bee TypeScript: Replace deprecated React.ElementRef usages to React.ComponentRef (#50883)
Summary:
While upgrading a project to React 19, I noticed React.ElementRef is deprecated (see [types/react/index.d.ts#L199](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/blob/master/types/react/index.d.ts#L199)). I think we can replace it for the RN types as well.

Not sure if this is considered as a breaking change.

## Changelog:

[GENERAL] [CHANGED] - TypeScript: Replace deprecated React.ElementRef usages to React.ComponentRef

Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/50883

Test Plan:
Create a RNTesterPlayground.tsx next to the normal .js just to validate the type checking is not throwing an unexpected error.

<details>
<summary>Code snippet:</summary>

```tsx
import React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
import { FlatList, Text, View } from 'react-native';

type Item = { id: string; title: string };

const data: Item[] = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => ({
  id: i.toString(),
  title: `Item ${i + 1}`,
}));

const FlatListScrollRefExample: React.FC = () => {
  const flatListRef = useRef<FlatList<Item>>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (flatListRef.current) {
      const nativeRef = flatListRef.current.getNativeScrollRef();

      console.log('nativeRef', nativeRef?.componentWillUnmount);
    }
  }, []);

  return (
    <FlatList
      ref={flatListRef}
      data={data}
      keyExtractor={(item) => item.id}
      renderItem={({ item }) => (
        <View style={{ padding: 16 }}>
          <Text>{item.title}</Text>
        </View>
      )}
    />
  );
};

export default FlatListScrollRefExample;

```

</details>

Reviewed By: cipolleschi

Differential Revision: D73569274

Pulled By: rshest

fbshipit-source-id: f72477b9b3c0eda1007187c7dac3da0433410e86
2025-04-24 03:02:27 -07:00
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