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- Babel plugin: skip all transforms when caller platform is 'web' - Metro serializer (withDatadogMetroConfig): skip debug ID injection for web - Metro serializer (Expo plugin): skip debug ID injection for web
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Pull request overview
Adds platform awareness to Datadog’s React Native build tooling so web bundles don’t receive native-only instrumentation/debug-ID injection.
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@datadog/mobile-react-native-babel-pluginto skip transforms whencaller.platform === 'web'. - Update Metro serializer to skip debug ID injection for
platform === 'web'. - Add Jest coverage for web skipping in the Babel plugin and Metro serializer paths.
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| File | Description |
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| packages/react-native-babel-plugin/test/plugin.test.ts | Adds a test asserting the Babel plugin is a no-op on web builds. |
| packages/react-native-babel-plugin/src/index.ts | Adds a platform check in Program.enter to skip plugin initialization on web. |
| packages/core/src/metro/plugin/metroSerializer.ts | Skips debug ID injection for web in both serializer and Expo pre-asset hook. |
| packages/core/src/metro/tests/metro.test.ts | Adds a test verifying the serializer does not inject debug IDs for web builds. |
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What does this PR do?
For cross-platform React Native apps that also target web (e.g., Expo with web support), the Babel plugin and Metro serializer were running unconditionally on all platforms, injecting native-only code into web bundles.
This PR adds awareness for the web platform so that web builds are skipped:
@datadog/mobile-react-native-babel-plugin: Skips all transforms when it's 'web'. This prevents injection ofDdBabelInteractionTrackingwrappers,__ddExtractTexthelpers, and the__DD_RN_BABEL_PLUGIN_ENABLED__flag into web bundles.createDatadogMetroSerializer(used by withDatadogMetroConfig): Skips debug ID injection for web builds.unstable_beforeAssetSerializationPlugin(used by getDatadogExpoConfig): Same platform check for the Expo-specific code path.When checking on a resulting bundle for an expo app built for the web, all Datadog artifacts created by babel & expo were eliminated.
DdBabelInteractionTracking__ddExtractText_datadogDebugIdsdatadog-debug-idMotivation
Issue #1204
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