[blazejkustra]

Problem

The lib and example were pinned to RN 0.85 / Expo 56, and the old react-native-webgpu and audio-api no longer compile against RN 0.88.

Approach

Moved the example to Expo SDK 58 (RN 0.88, Reanimated 4.7, Worklets 0.13) and bumped webgpu to 0.17, mapping the removed transparent Canvas prop to android.backingView; the webgpu peer is now >=0.17.0.

Tests

• typecheck, eslint (5 pre-existing warnings), bob build: pass
• iOS Debug build and Android assembleDebug (arm64): pass
• iPhone 17 simulator: all 36 example screens render and animate, including pan gestures (RNGH 3), view-shot captures and the mic permission flow; no console errors
• Android emulator (API 35): every screen renders. Transparent effects (TextureView) blend over content the same as on iOS, and opaque ones (SurfaceView) render. Pan gestures, fireworks, Thanos snap, Telegram dissolve and spoiler, scrolling screens, image textures and the mic prompt all work; no JS errors
• Fixed two example bugs that only show on Android (both also exist on main): the missing RECORD_AUDIO permission, and spoiler text showing through because Android treats transparent text as unset
• Not tested: physical devices, real mic input, worklet Fast Refresh. On Android the tilt effects (beer, smoke, hourglass) react to gravity inverted, which is existing example behaviour. The emulator was very slow, so frame rate wasn't judged. The repo has no unit tests.

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