diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-each-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-each-pr.yml
index 56b2b16b7f..48e564327f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-each-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-each-pr.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'callstack/react-native-paper'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 18.x
 
       - name: Setup Expo
         uses: expo/expo-github-action@v7
@@ -21,20 +21,29 @@ jobs:
           eas-version: latest
           token: ${{ secrets.EXPO_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Get yarn cache
+      - name: Restore dependencies
         id: yarn-cache
-        run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(yarn cache dir)"
-
-      - name: Check yarn cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         with:
-          path: ${{ steps.yarn-cache.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
+          path: '**/node_modules'
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json', '!node_modules/**') }}
           restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn
+        if: steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          sudo corepack enable
+          yarn --cwd example --immutable
+          yarn --immutable
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        if: steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: '**/node_modules'
+          key: ${{ steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
 
       - name: Publish Expo app
         working-directory: ./example
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updates.yml b/.github/workflows/updates.yml
index f190d5a243..084e00b664 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/updates.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 18.x
 
       - name: Setup Expo
         uses: expo/expo-github-action@v7
@@ -24,18 +24,29 @@ jobs:
           eas-version: latest
           token: ${{ secrets.EXPO_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Get yarn cache
-        id: yarn-cache-path
-        run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(yarn cache dir)"
-
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - name: Restore dependencies
+        id: yarn-cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         with:
-          path: ${{ steps.yarn-cache-path.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
+          path: '**/node_modules'
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json', '!node_modules/**') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}
+            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn
+        if: steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          sudo corepack enable
+          yarn --cwd example --immutable
+          yarn --immutable
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        if: steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: '**/node_modules'
+          key: ${{ steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
 
       - name: Publish Expo app update
         working-directory: ./example
diff --git a/example/android/.gitignore b/example/android/.gitignore
index 877b87e9a5..8a6be07718 100644
--- a/example/android/.gitignore
+++ b/example/android/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ build/
 local.properties
 *.iml
 *.hprof
+.cxx/
 
 # Bundle artifacts
 *.jsbundle
diff --git a/example/android/app/build.gradle b/example/android/app/build.gradle
index dd8a5d7890..2267974459 100644
--- a/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -2,17 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: "com.android.application"
 apply plugin: "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android"
 apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
 
-import com.android.build.OutputFile
-
 def projectRoot = rootDir.getAbsoluteFile().getParentFile().getAbsolutePath()
-def expoDebuggableVariants = ['debug']
-// Override `debuggableVariants` for expo-updates debugging
-if (System.getenv('EX_UPDATES_NATIVE_DEBUG') == "1") {
-  react {
-    expoDebuggableVariants = []
-  }
-}
-
 
 /**
  * This is the configuration block to customize your React Native Android app.
@@ -22,17 +12,20 @@ react {
     entryFile = file(["node", "-e", "require('expo/scripts/resolveAppEntry')", projectRoot, "android", "absolute"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())
     reactNativeDir = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile().getAbsoluteFile()
     hermesCommand = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "/sdks/hermesc/%OS-BIN%/hermesc"
-    debuggableVariants = expoDebuggableVariants
+    codegenDir = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@react-native/codegen/package.json', { paths: [require.resolve('react-native/package.json')] })"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile().getAbsoluteFile()
+
+    // Use Expo CLI to bundle the app, this ensures the Metro config
+    // works correctly with Expo projects.
+    cliFile = new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@expo/cli', { paths: [require.resolve('expo/package.json')] })"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim())
+    bundleCommand = "export:embed"
 
     /* Folders */
-    //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '..'
-    // root = file("../")
-    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native
-    // reactNativeDir = file("../node_modules/react-native")
-    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../node_modules/react-native-codegen
-    // codegenDir = file("../node_modules/react-native-codegen")
-    //   The cli.js file which is the React Native CLI entrypoint. Default is ../node_modules/react-native/cli.js
-    // cliFile = file("../node_modules/react-native/cli.js")
+     //   The root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives. Default is '../..'
+    // root = file("../../")
+    //   The folder where the react-native NPM package is. Default is ../../node_modules/react-native
+    // reactNativeDir = file("../../node_modules/react-native")
+    //   The folder where the react-native Codegen package is. Default is ../../node_modules/@react-native/codegen
+    // codegenDir = file("../../node_modules/@react-native/codegen")
 
     /* Variants */
     //   The list of variants to that are debuggable. For those we're going to
@@ -43,9 +36,7 @@ react {
     /* Bundling */
     //   A list containing the node command and its flags. Default is just 'node'.
     // nodeExecutableAndArgs = ["node"]
-    //
-    //   The command to run when bundling. By default is 'bundle'
-    // bundleCommand = "ram-bundle"
+
     //
     //   The path to the CLI configuration file. Default is empty.
     // bundleConfig = file(../rn-cli.config.js)
@@ -67,22 +58,10 @@ react {
     //   The list of flags to pass to the Hermes compiler. By default is "-O", "-output-source-map"
     // hermesFlags = ["-O", "-output-source-map"]
 
+    /* Autolinking */
     autolinkLibrariesWithApp()
 }
 
-// Override `hermesEnabled` by `expo.jsEngine`
-ext {
-  hermesEnabled = (findProperty('expo.jsEngine') ?: "hermes") == "hermes"
-}
-
-/**
- * Set this to true to create four separate APKs instead of one,
- * one for each native architecture. This is useful if you don't
- * use App Bundles (https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/)
- * and want to have separate APKs to upload to the Play Store.
- */
-def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
-
 /**
  * Set this to true to Run Proguard on Release builds to minify the Java bytecode.
  */
@@ -101,21 +80,11 @@ def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = (findProperty('android.enableProguardInRelea
  */
 def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
 
-/**
- * Private function to get the list of Native Architectures you want to build.
- * This reads the value from reactNativeArchitectures in your gradle.properties
- * file and works together with the --active-arch-only flag of react-native run-android.
- */
-def reactNativeArchitectures() {
-    def value = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeArchitectures")
-    return value ? value.split(",") : ["armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64", "arm64-v8a"]
-}
-
 android {
     ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
 
     buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion
-    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
+    compileSdk rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
 
     namespace 'com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample'
     defaultConfig {
@@ -125,15 +94,6 @@ android {
         versionCode 28
         versionName "3.14.0"
     }
-
-    splits {
-        abi {
-            reset()
-            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
-            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
-            include (*reactNativeArchitectures())
-        }
-    }
     signingConfigs {
         debug {
             storeFile file('debug.keystore')
@@ -153,24 +113,17 @@ android {
             shrinkResources (findProperty('android.enableShrinkResourcesInReleaseBuilds')?.toBoolean() ?: false)
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
+            crunchPngs (findProperty('android.enablePngCrunchInReleaseBuilds')?.toBoolean() ?: true)
         }
     }
-
-    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
-    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
-        variant.outputs.each { output ->
-            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
-            // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
-            // Example: versionCode 1 will generate 1001 for armeabi-v7a, 1002 for x86, etc.
-            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
-            def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
-            if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
-                output.versionCodeOverride =
-                        defaultConfig.versionCode * 1000 + versionCodes.get(abi)
-            }
-
+    packagingOptions {
+        jniLibs {
+            useLegacyPackaging (findProperty('expo.useLegacyPackaging')?.toBoolean() ?: false)
         }
     }
+    androidResources {
+        ignoreAssetsPattern '!.svn:!.git:!.ds_store:!*.scc:!CVS:!thumbs.db:!picasa.ini:!*~'
+    }
 }
 
 // Apply static values from `gradle.properties` to the `android.packagingOptions`
@@ -200,35 +153,24 @@ dependencies {
     def isGifEnabled = (findProperty('expo.gif.enabled') ?: "") == "true";
     def isWebpEnabled = (findProperty('expo.webp.enabled') ?: "") == "true";
     def isWebpAnimatedEnabled = (findProperty('expo.webp.animated') ?: "") == "true";
-    def frescoVersion = rootProject.ext.frescoVersion
-
-    // If your app supports Android versions before Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 14)
-    if (isGifEnabled || isWebpEnabled) {
-        implementation("com.facebook.fresco:fresco:${frescoVersion}")
-        implementation("com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-okhttp3:${frescoVersion}")
-    }
 
     if (isGifEnabled) {
         // For animated gif support
-        implementation("com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:${frescoVersion}")
+        implementation("com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:${reactAndroidLibs.versions.fresco.get()}")
     }
 
     if (isWebpEnabled) {
         // For webp support
-        implementation("com.facebook.fresco:webpsupport:${frescoVersion}")
+        implementation("com.facebook.fresco:webpsupport:${reactAndroidLibs.versions.fresco.get()}")
         if (isWebpAnimatedEnabled) {
             // Animated webp support
-            implementation("com.facebook.fresco:animated-webp:${frescoVersion}")
+            implementation("com.facebook.fresco:animated-webp:${reactAndroidLibs.versions.fresco.get()}")
         }
     }
 
-    implementation("androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0")
-
     if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
         implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
     } else {
         implementation jscFlavor
     }
 }
-
-applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index 99e38fc5f8..3ec2507bab 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
 
-    <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" tools:targetApi="28" tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning" />
+    <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" tools:targetApi="28" tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning" tools:replace="android:usesCleartextTraffic" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 25d43f9344..2e9f1dfc02 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
+  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
-  
   <queries>
     <intent>
       <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
@@ -11,39 +11,17 @@
       <data android:scheme="https"/>
     </intent>
   </queries>
-  
-  <application
-    android:name=".MainApplication"
-    android:label="@string/app_name"
-    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
-    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
-    android:allowBackup="true"
-    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
-    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
-    android:supportsRtl="true"
-  >
-    
+  <application android:name=".MainApplication" android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:allowBackup="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" android:supportsRtl="true">
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.ENABLED" android:value="true"/>
-    <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_RUNTIME_VERSION" android:value="exposdk:50.0.19"/>
+    <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_RUNTIME_VERSION" android:value="@string/expo_runtime_version"/>
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_UPDATES_CHECK_ON_LAUNCH" android:value="ALWAYS"/>
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_UPDATES_LAUNCH_WAIT_MS" android:value="0"/>
     <meta-data android:name="expo.modules.updates.EXPO_UPDATE_URL" android:value="https://u.expo.dev/ba8f5139-58fe-48f0-b2f2-2d675b6eb2d4"/>
-    
-    <activity
-      android:name=".MainActivity"
-      android:label="@string/app_name"
-      android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize|uiMode"
-      android:launchMode="singleTask"
-      android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
-      android:theme="@style/Theme.App.SplashScreen"
-      android:exported="true"
-      android:screenOrientation="unspecified">
-      
+    <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize|screenLayout|uiMode" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize" android:theme="@style/Theme.App.SplashScreen" android:exported="true" android:screenOrientation="unspecified">
       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
       </intent-filter>
-      
       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
         <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
@@ -51,7 +29,6 @@
         <data android:scheme="com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample"/>
         <data android:scheme="exp+react-native-paper-example"/>
       </intent-filter>
-      
     </activity>
   </application>
 </manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainActivity.java b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f8dd51b978..0000000000
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample;
-
-import android.os.Build;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-
-import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
-import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint;
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactActivityDelegate;
-
-import expo.modules.ReactActivityDelegateWrapper;
-
-public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {
-  /**
-   * Align the back button behavior with Android S
-   * where moving root activities to background instead of finishing activities.
-   * @see <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity#onBackPressed()">onBackPressed</a>
-   */
-  @Override
-  public void invokeDefaultOnBackPressed() {
-    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
-      if (!moveTaskToBack(false)) {
-        // For non-root activities, use the default implementation to finish them.
-        super.invokeDefaultOnBackPressed();
-      }
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Use the default back button implementation on Android S
-    // because it's doing more than {@link Activity#moveTaskToBack} in fact.
-    super.invokeDefaultOnBackPressed();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-    // Set the theme to AppTheme BEFORE onCreate to support 
-    // coloring the background, status bar, and navigation bar.
-    // This is required for expo-splash-screen.
-    setTheme(R.style.AppTheme);
-    super.onCreate(null);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript.
-   * This is used to schedule rendering of the component.
-   */
-  @Override
-  protected String getMainComponentName() {
-    return "main";
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the instance of the {@link ReactActivityDelegate}. Here we use a util class {@link
-   * DefaultReactActivityDelegate} which allows you to easily enable Fabric and Concurrent React
-   * (aka React 18) with two boolean flags.
-   */
-  @Override
-  protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
-    return new ReactActivityDelegateWrapper(this, BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED, new DefaultReactActivityDelegate(
-        this,
-        getMainComponentName(),
-        // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we enable the Fabric Renderer.
-        DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.getFabricEnabled()
-    ));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainActivity.kt b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c5d6f5f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample
+import expo.modules.splashscreen.SplashScreenManager
+
+import android.os.Build
+import android.os.Bundle
+
+import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity
+import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.fabricEnabled
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactActivityDelegate
+
+import expo.modules.ReactActivityDelegateWrapper
+
+class MainActivity : ReactActivity() {
+  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+    // Set the theme to AppTheme BEFORE onCreate to support
+    // coloring the background, status bar, and navigation bar.
+    // This is required for expo-splash-screen.
+    // setTheme(R.style.AppTheme);
+    // @generated begin expo-splashscreen - expo prebuild (DO NOT MODIFY) sync-f3ff59a738c56c9a6119210cb55f0b613eb8b6af
+    SplashScreenManager.registerOnActivity(this)
+    // @generated end expo-splashscreen
+    super.onCreate(null)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript. This is used to schedule
+   * rendering of the component.
+   */
+  override fun getMainComponentName(): String = "main"
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the instance of the [ReactActivityDelegate]. We use [DefaultReactActivityDelegate]
+   * which allows you to enable New Architecture with a single boolean flags [fabricEnabled]
+   */
+  override fun createReactActivityDelegate(): ReactActivityDelegate {
+    return ReactActivityDelegateWrapper(
+          this,
+          BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED,
+          object : DefaultReactActivityDelegate(
+              this,
+              mainComponentName,
+              fabricEnabled
+          ){})
+  }
+
+  /**
+    * Align the back button behavior with Android S
+    * where moving root activities to background instead of finishing activities.
+    * @see <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity#onBackPressed()">onBackPressed</a>
+    */
+  override fun invokeDefaultOnBackPressed() {
+      if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
+          if (!moveTaskToBack(false)) {
+              // For non-root activities, use the default implementation to finish them.
+              super.invokeDefaultOnBackPressed()
+          }
+          return
+      }
+
+      // Use the default back button implementation on Android S
+      // because it's doing more than [Activity.moveTaskToBack] in fact.
+      super.invokeDefaultOnBackPressed()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainApplication.java b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainApplication.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 52d98615ac..0000000000
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainApplication.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-package com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample;
-
-import android.app.Application;
-import android.content.res.Configuration;
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-
-import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
-import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
-import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
-import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint;
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost;
-import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping;
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
-
-import expo.modules.ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher;
-import expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapper;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
-
-  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost =
-    new ReactNativeHostWrapper(this, new DefaultReactNativeHost(this) {
-      @Override
-      public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
-        return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
-        @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
-        List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
-        // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
-        // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
-        return packages;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
-        return "index";
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      protected boolean isNewArchEnabled() {
-        return BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      protected Boolean isHermesEnabled() {
-        return BuildConfig.IS_HERMES_ENABLED;
-      }
-  });
-
-  @Override
-  public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
-    return mReactNativeHost;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onCreate() {
-    super.onCreate();
-    SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping)
-    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
-      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
-      DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load();
-    }
-    ReactNativeFlipper.initializeFlipper(this, getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager());
-    ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onApplicationCreate(this);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onConfigurationChanged(@NonNull Configuration newConfig) {
-    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
-    ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onConfigurationChanged(this, newConfig);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainApplication.kt b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainApplication.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6cd6d88a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/callstack/reactnativepaperexample/MainApplication.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.callstack.reactnativepaperexample
+
+import android.app.Application
+import android.content.res.Configuration
+
+import com.facebook.react.PackageList
+import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
+import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost
+import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost
+import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping
+import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
+
+import expo.modules.ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher
+import expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapper
+
+class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
+
+  override val reactNativeHost: ReactNativeHost = ReactNativeHostWrapper(
+        this,
+        object : DefaultReactNativeHost(this) {
+          override fun getPackages(): List<ReactPackage> {
+            val packages = PackageList(this).packages
+            // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
+            // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
+            return packages
+          }
+
+          override fun getJSMainModuleName(): String = ".expo/.virtual-metro-entry"
+
+          override fun getUseDeveloperSupport(): Boolean = BuildConfig.DEBUG
+
+          override val isNewArchEnabled: Boolean = BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED
+          override val isHermesEnabled: Boolean = BuildConfig.IS_HERMES_ENABLED
+      }
+  )
+
+  override val reactHost: ReactHost
+    get() = ReactNativeHostWrapper.createReactHost(applicationContext, reactNativeHost)
+
+  override fun onCreate() {
+    super.onCreate()
+    SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping)
+    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
+      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
+      load()
+    }
+    ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onApplicationCreate(this)
+  }
+
+  override fun onConfigurationChanged(newConfig: Configuration) {
+    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig)
+    ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onConfigurationChanged(this, newConfig)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/splashscreen_image.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/splashscreen_image.png
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/splashscreen_logo.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/splashscreen_logo.png
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/splashscreen_logo.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/splashscreen_logo.png
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/splashscreen_image.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/splashscreen_image.png
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/splashscreen_logo.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/splashscreen_logo.png
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xxhdpi/splashscreen_logo.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xxhdpi/splashscreen_logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7979a98391
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/splashscreen_image.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/splashscreen_image.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e72b656f..0000000000
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/splashscreen_logo.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/splashscreen_logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8d6a6af53
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/splashscreen.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
similarity index 59%
rename from example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/splashscreen.xml
rename to example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
index c8568e1622..883b2a080f 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/splashscreen.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 <layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
   <item android:drawable="@color/splashscreen_background"/>
+  <item>
+    <bitmap android:gravity="center" android:src="@drawable/splashscreen_logo"/>
+  </item>
 </layer-list>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/rn_edit_text_material.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/rn_edit_text_material.xml
index f35d996202..5c25e728ea 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/rn_edit_text_material.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/rn_edit_text_material.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
        android:insetLeft="@dimen/abc_edit_text_inset_horizontal_material"
        android:insetRight="@dimen/abc_edit_text_inset_horizontal_material"
        android:insetTop="@dimen/abc_edit_text_inset_top_material"
-       android:insetBottom="@dimen/abc_edit_text_inset_bottom_material">
+       android:insetBottom="@dimen/abc_edit_text_inset_bottom_material"
+       >
 
     <selector>
-        <!-- 
+        <!--
           This file is a copy of abc_edit_text_material (https://bit.ly/3k8fX7I).
           The item below with state_pressed="false" and state_focused="false" causes a NullPointerException.
           NullPointerException:tempt to invoke virtual method 'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable android.graphics.drawable.Drawable$ConstantState.newDrawable(android.content.res.Resources)'
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b301bdca..0000000000
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similarity index 100%
rename from example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.png
rename to example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.webp
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_round.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_round.png
deleted file mode 100644
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similarity index 100%
rename from example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.png
rename to example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.webp
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher_round.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher_round.png
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png
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similarity index 100%
rename from example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.png
rename to example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.webp
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png
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similarity index 100%
rename from example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.png
rename to example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.webp
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png
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similarity index 100%
rename from example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.png
rename to example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_foreground.webp
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 25cb261b8e..0000000000
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.webp b/example/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.webp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0dbf433c3
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diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 63d2dc2107..076a2376b0 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   <string name="app_name">React Native Paper Example</string>
   <string name="expo_splash_screen_resize_mode" translatable="false">cover</string>
   <string name="expo_splash_screen_status_bar_translucent" translatable="false">false</string>
-  <string name="expo_runtime_version">exposdk:50.0.19</string>
+  <string name="expo_runtime_version">exposdk:52.0.0</string>
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index f03e23f857..7f305ebf13 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
     <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/ResetEditText</item>
     <item name="android:editTextBackground">@drawable/rn_edit_text_material</item>
     <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
-    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
+    <item name="android:statusBarColor">#6200EE</item>
   </style>
   <style name="ResetEditText" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
     <item name="android:padding">0dp</item>
     <item name="android:textColorHint">#c8c8c8</item>
     <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/black</item>
   </style>
-  <style name="Theme.App.SplashScreen" parent="AppTheme">
-    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/splashscreen</item>
+  <style name="Theme.App.SplashScreen" parent="Theme.SplashScreen">
+    <item name="windowSplashScreenBackground">@color/splashscreen_background</item>
+    <item name="windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon">@drawable/splashscreen_logo</item>
+    <item name="postSplashScreenTheme">@style/AppTheme</item>
   </style>
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/android/build.gradle b/example/android/build.gradle
index 03ab0b9efb..e34231b2ff 100644
--- a/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ buildscript {
         minSdkVersion = Integer.parseInt(findProperty('android.minSdkVersion') ?: '24')
         compileSdkVersion = Integer.parseInt(findProperty('android.compileSdkVersion') ?: '35')
         targetSdkVersion = Integer.parseInt(findProperty('android.targetSdkVersion') ?: '34')
-        kotlinVersion = findProperty('android.kotlinVersion') ?: '1.8.0'
+        kotlinVersion = findProperty('android.kotlinVersion') ?: '1.9.24'
 
-        frescoVersion = findProperty('expo.frescoVersion') ?: '2.5.0'
-
-        // We use NDK 25 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
         ndkVersion = "26.1.10909125"
     }
     repositories {
@@ -20,9 +17,10 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle')
         classpath('com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin')
-        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin")
+        classpath('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin')
     }
 }
+
 apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"
 
 allprojects {
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ allprojects {
         }
         maven {
             // Android JSC is installed from npm
-            url(new File(['node', '--print', "require.resolve('jsc-android/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), '../dist'))
+            url(new File(['node', '--print', "require.resolve('jsc-android/package.json', { paths: [require.resolve('react-native/package.json')] })"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), '../dist'))
         }
 
         google()
@@ -41,5 +39,3 @@ allprojects {
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }
     }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/example/android/gradle.properties b/example/android/gradle.properties
index 90f54d5af7..7531e9eb23 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/example/android/gradle.properties
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
 # https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/androidx-rn
 android.useAndroidX=true
 
-# Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
-android.enableJetifier=true
+# Enable AAPT2 PNG crunching
+android.enablePngCrunchInReleaseBuilds=true
 
 # Use this property to specify which architecture you want to build.
 # You can also override it from the CLI using
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ reactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
 # are providing them.
 newArchEnabled=true
 
-# The hosted JavaScript engine
-# Supported values: expo.jsEngine = "hermes" | "jsc"
-expo.jsEngine=hermes
+# Use this property to enable or disable the Hermes JS engine.
+# If set to false, you will be using JSC instead.
+hermesEnabled=true
 
 # Enable GIF support in React Native images (~200 B increase)
 expo.gif.enabled=true
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ expo.webp.enabled=true
 # Enable animated webp support (~3.4 MB increase)
 # Disabled by default because iOS doesn't support animated webp
 expo.webp.animated=false
+
+# Enable network inspector
+EX_DEV_CLIENT_NETWORK_INSPECTOR=true
+
+# Use legacy packaging to compress native libraries in the resulting APK.
+expo.useLegacyPackaging=false
diff --git a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 249e5832f0..a4b76b9530 100644
Binary files a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index d11cdd907d..79eb9d003f 100644
--- a/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/example/android/gradlew b/example/android/gradlew
index ccfd907e13..f5feea6d6b 100755
--- a/example/android/gradlew
+++ b/example/android/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -83,9 +85,9 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-        if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
     then
         die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -199,14 +201,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
+
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/example/android/gradlew.bat b/example/android/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85bee..9b42019c79 100644
--- a/example/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/example/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/example/android/settings.gradle b/example/android/settings.gradle
index c4cff9edd2..d0cca28108 100644
--- a/example/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/example/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,38 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    includeBuild(new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@react-native/gradle-plugin/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile().toString())
+}
+plugins { id("com.facebook.react.settings") }
+
+extensions.configure(com.facebook.react.ReactSettingsExtension) { ex ->
+  if (System.getenv('EXPO_USE_COMMUNITY_AUTOLINKING') == '1') {
+    ex.autolinkLibrariesFromCommand()
+  } else {
+    def command = [
+      'node',
+      '--no-warnings',
+      '--eval',
+      'require(require.resolve(\'expo-modules-autolinking\', { paths: [require.resolve(\'expo/package.json\')] }))(process.argv.slice(1))',
+      'react-native-config',
+      '--json',
+      '--platform',
+      'android'
+    ].toList()
+    ex.autolinkLibrariesFromCommand(command)
+  }
+}
+
 rootProject.name = 'React Native Paper Example'
 
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+  versionCatalogs {
+    reactAndroidLibs {
+      from(files(new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('react-native/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "../gradle/libs.versions.toml")))
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('expo/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "../scripts/autolinking.gradle");
 useExpoModules()
 
-apply from: new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim(), "../native_modules.gradle");
-applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
-
 include ':app'
-includeBuild(new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@react-native/gradle-plugin/package.json')"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile())
+includeBuild(new File(["node", "--print", "require.resolve('@react-native/gradle-plugin/package.json', { paths: [require.resolve('react-native/package.json')] })"].execute(null, rootDir).text.trim()).getParentFile())
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2dccce2235..9e1c1cec31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@callstack/react-theme-provider": "^3.0.9",
     "color": "^3.1.2",
+    "expo-font": "^13.0.2",
     "use-latest-callback": "^0.1.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e3f47c20ee..6cc9709f6a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7819,6 +7819,18 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"expo-font@npm:^13.0.2":
+  version: 13.0.2
+  resolution: "expo-font@npm:13.0.2"
+  dependencies:
+    fontfaceobserver: "npm:^2.1.0"
+  peerDependencies:
+    expo: "*"
+    react: "*"
+  checksum: 10c0/d4bf597bc6d03d40cd1fc029080f25c9b0cf1e48669d3e40747540bb3e20a303c2a7a027344df502a556e19d3ec8572db311bfe67e101a5526dcc29b18759bac
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "exponential-backoff@npm:^3.1.1":
   version: 3.1.1
   resolution: "exponential-backoff@npm:3.1.1"
@@ -8146,6 +8158,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"fontfaceobserver@npm:^2.1.0":
+  version: 2.3.0
+  resolution: "fontfaceobserver@npm:2.3.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/9b539d5021757d3ed73c355bdb839296d6654de473a992aa98993ef46d951f0361545323de68f6d70c5334d7e3e9f409c1ae7a03c168b00cb0f6c5dea6c77bfa
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "for-each@npm:^0.3.3":
   version: 0.3.3
   resolution: "for-each@npm:0.3.3"
@@ -13194,6 +13213,7 @@ __metadata:
     eslint-plugin-flowtype: "npm:^8.0.3"
     eslint-plugin-local-rules: "npm:^1.3.2"
     expo-constants: "npm:~15.4.6"
+    expo-font: "npm:^13.0.2"
     glob: "npm:^7.1.3"
     husky: "npm:^1.3.1"
     jest: "npm:^29.6.3"