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The install command now uses the alpha tag, because the untagged package still installs 5.x. The page also states that 6.x requires React 19 and the New Architecture, and the Customization example imports LightTheme instead of the removed MD3LightTheme. The Expo tab now installs @react-native-vector-icons/material-design-icons, since Paper no longer falls back to @expo/vector-icons.
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Motivation
The 6.x Getting Started page installs 5.x (npm's
latesttag is still 5.x; 6.0.0-alpha.1 is underalpha). It also omits the React 19 and New Architecture requirement, imports the removedMD3LightTheme, and tells Expo users to skip@react-native-vector-icons/material-design-icons, which 6.x needs: it no longer falls back to@expo/vector-icons.Related issue
Part of #4991.
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Test plan
Run
yarn --cwd docs dev, open the 6.x Getting Started page, and check the@alphainstall, the requirements line and the Expo icon step. The Customization sample compiles againstsrc. Expo icons are not yet checked on a device.