Untested on New Architecture

[leotaozeng]

What happened?

Running npx expo-doctor@latest shows the following error:

✖ Validate packages against React Native Directory package metadata
The following issues were found when validating your dependencies against React Native Directory:
  Untested on New Architecture: @react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition
Advice:
Use libraries that are actively maintained and support the New Architecture. Find alternative libraries with https://reactnative.directory.
Add packages to expo.doctor.reactNativeDirectoryCheck.exclude in package.json to selectively skip validations, if the warning is not relevant.

Version

@react-native-ml-kit/barcode-scanning: version
@react-native-ml-kit/face-detection: version
@react-native-ml-kit/identify-languages: version
@react-native-ml-kit/image-labeling: version
@react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition: version
@react-native-ml-kit/translate-text: version

Which ML Kit packages do you use?

• @react-native-ml-kit/barcode-scanning
• @react-native-ml-kit/face-detection
• @react-native-ml-kit/identify-languages
• @react-native-ml-kit/image-labeling
• @react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition
• @react-native-ml-kit/translate-text

What platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS

System Information

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
OS: macOS 26.4.1
CPU: (14) arm64 Apple M3 Max
Memory: 1.91 GB / 96.00 GB
Shell:
version: "5.9"
path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node:
version: 22.21.0
path: /Users/leo/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.21.0/bin/node
Yarn: Not Found
npm:
version: 10.9.4
path: /Users/leo/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.21.0/bin/npm
Watchman:
version: 2026.03.30.00
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods:
version: 1.16.2
path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms:
- DriverKit 25.4
- iOS 26.4
- macOS 26.4
- tvOS 26.4
- visionOS 26.4
- watchOS 26.4
Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2025.2 AI-252.25557.131.2521.14344949
Xcode:
version: 26.4.1/17E202
path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java:
version: 22.0.2
path: /usr/bin/javac
Ruby:
version: 2.6.10
path: /usr/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
"@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
react: Not Found
react-native: Not Found
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
"react-native": Not Found
Android:
hermesEnabled: Not found
newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
hermesEnabled: Not found
newArchEnabled: Not found

info React Native v0.85.1 is now available (your project is running on v0.83.4).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.85.1
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.83.4&to=0.85.1
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=macos".

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Expo project
2. Install @react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition
3. Run npx expo-doctor@latest

[J4cKr0y]

Hello! I've just opened a Pull Request to address this.

I've implemented Turbo Modules support for both Android and iOS while maintaining backward compatibility with the Old Architecture.

You can check it out here:

#86