Update documentation to reflect New Architecture default #1051
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chiaramooney
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| React Native for Windows also supports the New Architecture for the *Windows* platform. It was first available as an opt-in preview in [react-native-windows@0.76.0](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/react-native/2025-01-29-new-architecture-on-0-76-0-77/) and became the default for *new* app projects in `react-native-windows@0.80.0`. For more information on the differences between the architectures on Windows, see [New vs. Old Architecture Differences](#new-vs-old-architecture-differences). | ||
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| ## From UWP to WinAppSDK | ||
| > **Important:** Nearly all future investments to React Native (and React Native for Windows) will be toward the New Architecture, and we highly recommend that all projects migrate as soon as possible. React Native (and therefore React Native for Windows) will eventually deprecate, then delete, support for the Old Architecture. |
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Meta just announced they are freezing their Paper implementation (reactwg/react-native-new-architecture#290). Up to you if you want to mention that here.
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I'l' make the changes in a follow-up.
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…rosoft#1051)" This reverts commit 371c7f8.
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) ## Description This PR updates the documentation to reflect the New Architecture default for new applications in 0.80, and also refreshes the documentation on the differences between the architectures for RNW. ### Why We are switching the default for new projects in 0.80. We are also directing more folks to the "New vs. Old Architecture" page both within the docs and from outside. Resolves microsoft#1046 ## Screenshots N/A ###### Microsoft Reviewers: [Open in CodeFlow](https://microsoft.github.io/open-pr/?codeflow=https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/pull/1051)
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Description
This PR updates the documentation to reflect the New Architecture default for new applications in 0.80, and also refreshes the documentation on the differences between the architectures for RNW.
Why
We are switching the default for new projects in 0.80. We are also directing more folks to the "New vs. Old Architecture" page both within the docs and from outside.
Resolves #1046
Screenshots
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Microsoft Reviewers: Open in CodeFlow