RFC: New entry point for devsupport APIs (JS API stabilization)#985
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| **The problem:** React Native's development utilities—HMRClient, parseErrorStack, PressabilityDebugView—are internal. This forces ecosystem authors to import from `react-native/Libraries/...` paths that can break between releases. | ||
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Niche use-case, but I'm also relying on these in my Mocha Remote test-runner to symbolicate stacktraces https://github.com/kraenhansen/mocha-remote/blob/ac18c95675f833d1801878531295dd5869adee2b/packages/react-native/src/index.tsx#L3-L4
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| | `HMRClient` | `Libraries/Utilities/HMRClient.js` | LogBox, NativeRedBox, DevSettings, Platform, getDevServer, metro-runtime | [Re.pack](https://github.com/callstack/repack) | | ||
| | `openURLInBrowser` | `Libraries/Core/Devtools/openURLInBrowser.js` | getDevServer | — | | ||
| | `parseErrorStack` | `Libraries/Core/Devtools/parseErrorStack.js` | parseHermesStack, stacktrace-parser | [[1]](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_bX6Rgz4BgOmpm0XFZPUf306jDVmsFJqcQ4ONYWBKhk/edit?gid=0#gid=0) | | ||
| | `symbolicateStackTrace` | `Libraries/Core/Devtools/symbolicateStackTrace.js` | getDevServer, fetch | — | |
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While at it, it might make sense to pick up facebook/react-native#43566 in the process 🙏
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