react native 82 file changes

[truittjanney]

My changes:

• React Native 82 file changes
• Tested and working on iOS and Android

Android Testing.webm

[truittjanney]

Simulator.Screen.Recording.-.iPhone.16.Pro.-.2025-11-07.at.17.06.21.mp4

[iBotPeaches]

Concerned since there is no change outside of the /example folder that this change will not be resolved - #133

Please review the library upgrade to RN82 as well as the example app.

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR upgrades React Native from version 0.76.7/0.80.0 to 0.82.0, updating dependencies across the project and example app. The changes include modifications to permission handling logic, test mocking strategies, and build configurations for both iOS and Android platforms.

Key changes:

• Updated React Native and related dependencies to version 0.82.0
• Modified permission handling to return raw result instead of boolean comparison
• Refactored test mocks to use simplified React Native module mocking
• Updated example app to use react-native-safe-area-context library

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 16 out of 20 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
package.json	Updated React Native and related dependencies from 0.76.7 to 0.82.0, added babel preset and transform ignore patterns
example/package.json	Updated example app dependencies to 0.82.0, added safe-area-context library, updated Node engine requirement to >=20
src/handlePermissions.tsx	Changed return value from boolean comparison to raw permission result
src/tests/handlePermissionsGranted.test.tsx	Simplified mock structure, changed mock return to boolean true
src/tests/handlePermissionsDenied.test.tsx	Simplified mock structure, changed mock return to boolean false
example/src/App.tsx	Refactored to use SafeAreaProvider and SafeAreaView from external library, added AppWrapper component
example/ios/Podfile.lock	Updated all React Native iOS dependencies from 0.80.0 to 0.82.0
example/android/build.gradle	Updated build tools and SDK versions to 36
example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties	Updated Gradle from 8.14.1 to 9.0.0
example/android/app/src/main/java/.../MainApplication.kt	Simplified ReactHost initialization using new API pattern
tsconfig.json	Added exclude paths for example, lib, and node_modules
babel.config.js	Added TypeScript and Flow presets with test environment configuration

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