183 of 653 React Native apps still use deprecated SafeAreaView and ImageBackground

React Native 0.87 deprecated ImageBackground, DrawerLayoutAndroid and UTFSequence, while SafeAreaView was deprecated in 0.81. A scan of 653 open-source React Native and Expo apps found 183 of them (28%) still import these APIs from 'react-native'.

• SafeAreaView is used by 123 apps across 423 files, ImageBackground by 85 apps across 203 files
• Among 358 apps on React Native 0.76 or newer, 87 (24%) still use the deprecated APIs
• 52 apps already use react-native-safe-area-context yet still import the core SafeAreaView on some screens
• DrawerLayoutAndroid appears in 1 app, UTFSequence in none