react-native-v8 – Opt-in V8 runtime for React Native Android

The aim of this project is to support V8 runtime for React Native. Designed as opt-in package, it should easy to integrate with existing React Native projects.

After installing it, you’ll need to adjust your build.gradle files so that it includes the new runtime

--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -161,11 +161,18 @@ android {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    packagingOptions {
+        // Make sure libjsc.so does not packed in APK
+        exclude "**/libjsc.so"
+    }
 }

 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
     implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
+    // Add v8-android - prebuilt libv8android.so into APK 
+    implementation 'org.chromium:v8-android:+'

     // JSC from node_modules
     if (useIntlJsc) {
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenLocal()
         maven {
-            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
-            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
+            // Replace AAR from original RN with AAR from react-native-v8
+            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native-v8/dist")
+        }
+        maven {
+            // prebuilt libv8android.so
+            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/v8-android/dist")
         }
         maven {
             // Android JSC is installed from npm

And yes, it’s performant (even when compared to Hermes)

react-native-v8 on GitHub →