cometchat-react-native-migration

Ground truth: the public-export diff between kit v4 and @cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native@5.4.0, verified against catalogs/rn-v5.json (216 symbols) — every removal below is confirmed absent, not assumed. Docs: /ui-kit/react-native/upgrading-from-v4 · property-changes.

Companion skills (read first)

• cometchat-react-native-core — the v5 install, provider chain and ordering you are migrating to.

Use this skill when

• "upgrade our chat from v4 to v5" · "CometChatConversationsWithMessages is gone" · "CometChatDetails not found"

Prerequisites & install

v5 changes the peer set as well as the API — reinstall from core's list rather than bumping one package.

What actually changed: composites became parts

v4 shipped end-to-end components. One tag gave you a list, a message view, details and threads. v5 removes them so each piece is customizable — which is better, and is also a rewrite of your chat screen, not a version bump. Budget accordingly.