Summary:
This method was originally intended to replace the OkHttp client used by React Native's networking library. However it has effectively been a noop since 0a71f48b13 (diff-177100ae5a977e4060b54cc2b34c79a7), when the Networking library was modified to create a new client rather than use the reference provided by OkHttpClientProvider.
Leaving this code in place is dangerous. There is no indication to users upgrading React Native that the method is no longer replacing the OkHttpClient used by the Networking library. Any functionality reliant on overriding the client will silently break. This caused us some problems internally.
There's been a PR out for some time that seeks to reintroduce this functionality: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/14068
I've also put up a new PR that adds an interface for replacing the client without introducing breaking changes: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/17237
Do our unit tests continue to pass? Should be safe as this method is not used anywhere inside React Native.
[ANDROID] [BREAKING] [Networking] - removed replaceOkHttpClient method in OkHttpClientProvider.
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/16972
Differential Revision: D13838805
Pulled By: cpojer
fbshipit-source-id: 43606d1d141afb9b5dda4dd64e5ac5448771b45c
React Native ·

Learn once, write anywhere: Build mobile apps with React.
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Requirements
Supported target operating systems are >= Android 4.1 (API 16) and >= iOS 9.0. You may use Windows, macOS, or Linux as your development operating system, though building and running iOS apps is limited to macOS by default (tools like Expo can be used to get around this).
Building your first React Native app
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How React Native works
React Native lets you build mobile apps using JavaScript. It uses the same design as React, letting you compose a rich mobile UI from declarative components.
With React Native, you don't build a "mobile web app", an "HTML5 app", or a "hybrid app". You build a real mobile app that's indistinguishable from an app built using Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, or Swift. React Native uses the same fundamental UI building blocks as regular iOS and Android apps. You just put those building blocks together using JavaScript and React.
React Native lets you build your app faster. Instead of recompiling, you can reload your app instantly. With hot reloading, you can even run new code while retaining your application state.
React Native combines smoothly with components written in Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, or Swift. It's simple to drop down to native code if you need to optimize a few aspects of your application. It's also easy to build part of your app in React Native, and part of your app using native code directly - that's how the Facebook app works.
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