How to upgrade project version of React native

Question

I have an application which runs on react-native 0.59.5 I want to upgrade to the latest version which 0.64.0.

Best way to upgrade the project

Answer 1

npx react-native upgrade
cd ios 
pod install

for upgrade to specific version You may specify a React Native version by passing an argument, e.g. to upgrade to 0.64.0

npx react-native upgrade 0.61.0-rc.0

see the changes in the code with upgrade helper https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/