`Linking.removeEventListener` has been removed in RN `0.71`. The library is mocked by default but doesn't return the `remove` function when calling `addEventListener`.

It also upgrades `metro-react-native-babel` dependencies following the upgrade helper.

We only need to mock the return the value, hence we don't need to mock the entire library.

The loading indicator is displayed and subsequently removed once the
suggestion fetches resolve. Explicitly awaiting this element's removal
fixes the `act` warnings.

Based on the release notes breaking changes, we should look out for odd
sizing or display of icons, particularly on Android.

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This change is a result of applying new props from the RN upgrade to a
newly introduced snapshot in trunk: 71d2dc5

This commit also updates the `react-native-hsv-color-picker` library to point to the same version of `react-native-linear-gradient`.

# Conflicts:
#	package-lock.json

The integrity checksum of `react-native-hsv-color-picker` changed because the package has been modified (ref: wordpress-mobile/react-native-hsv-color-picker#10 (comment))

`react-native-screens` is meant to be used at root level to save memory when having inactive screens. This is not the case of the editor, as the stack navigators are used within the Bottom sheet component.
As a side note, enabling `react-native-screens` here leads to the editor crashing.

Rendering the animated view before the segments will ensure that is rendered behind them.

This reverts commit 7988b0e.

This is needed after disabling `react-native-screens` in navigators (ref: e5838f4).

* refactor: Extract bundle version number to var

* refactor: Delete /.ruby-version, no longer needed

* refactor: Update /podfile to align w/RN updates

* refactor: Remove path names as part of RN upgrade

* Update `Podfile` with changes from RN upgrade helper

* Fix React Native path for `react_native_post_install` script

* Update Pods

* Add patch to fix Reanimated podspec

Without this patch, Reanimated tries to use Hermes version of React Native and produced a build failure. Seems there's an issue in the `podspec` file, as the JSC module is not being added.
Reference: software-mansion/react-native-reanimated#4254

* Update pods to reflect 0.71.11 target

* Apply changes to pods following `pod install`

* Update `Podfile.lock` file

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Co-authored-by: Siobhan <siobhan@automattic.com>

* Upgrade Gradle to version 7.5.1

* Upgrade Gradle plugin

* Remove no longer needed files in new version

* Update Flipper initialization

* Update demo project main application

* Remove gradle download task plugin

* Bump ndk version

* Remove no longer need logic related to `newArchEnabled`

* Apply plugin React Native Gradle plugin

* Use React Native and Hermes modules from Maven

We no longer need to publish these binaries because React Native team is publishing React Native binaries to Maven.

* Remove exclude group from Flipper

* Update comments in `build.gradle` to align with new RN version

* Remove deprecated Gradle property

* Add `mavenLocal` repository to allow testing local binaries

* Bump Reanimated and Gesture handler libraries

* Revert "Upgrade Gradle plugin"

This reverts commit 82764a2.

* build: Resolve react-native-gradle-plugin incompatability

Due to host app requirements, we must use AGP 7.2.1. The included patch
disables logic requiring AGP 7.3. The logic appears to not be required
for our use cases in the Demo editor or host apps.

We should remove this patch once we upgrade past AGP 7.3.

* Reduce priority of `mavenLocal` repository in Android build configurations

Maven local is used to provide dependencies located locally, which is mainly used for testing and debugging. Hence, published dependencies should be prioritized over local ones.

* Disable `react-native-screens` in navigators

`react-native-screens` is meant to be used at root level to save memory when having inactive screens. This is not the case of the editor, as the stack navigators are used within the Bottom sheet component.
As a side note, enabling `react-native-screens` here leads to the editor crashing.

* Fix render order of animated view to highlight selected segment

Rendering the animated view before the segments will ensure that is rendered behind them.

* Bump Linear gradient Android library

This library is now published via the `react-native-libraries-publisher` repository.

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Co-authored-by: David Calhoun <github@davidcalhoun.me>

Starting in React Native 0.71, the accessibility hint is no longer appended to the accessibility content description. Reference: facebook/react-native@0b70b38

Seems there's some kind of incompatibility on calling a JS function from a worklet invoked from a gesture handler. For this reason, the logic to set the dropping insertion point has been updated. It now uses a Reanimated's shared value to keep the dragging over position and  `useDerivedValue` hook to listen for changes.

# Conflicts:
#	packages/react-native-editor/ios/Podfile.lock

Co-authored-by: David Calhoun <github@davidcalhoun.me>

This way we can avoid waiting for any microtasks of link suggestions.

The lack of an explicit width or height resulted in a invisible drag
handle. The logic passing the dimensions to the SVG expected a single
style object. The reality is that it (1) referenced only the Sass styles
and (2) the combined reference was actually an array of style objects.

Updating the reference and flattening it ensures the appropriate width
and height are passed to the SVG.

It appears the absence of explicit dimensions was not an issue in
earlier versions of React Native, but it makes sense why it might be
required.

* Expose max height properties in `BottomSheetProvider`

* Animate bottom sheet's height with Reanimated

Pass `currentHeight` in bottom sheet navigation context

* Use pixel value when setting fullscreen height

We need to pass pixel values in order to animate the height with Reanimated.

* Rename `heightRef` to `maxHeight`

* Re-enable `exhaustive-deps` lint rule in `BottomSheetNavigationContainer`

* Avoid setting height using debounce

* Add test ID to navigation container component

* Mock Reanimated's `now` function

* Update test cases related to bottom sheet height animation

* Update test snapshots

# Conflicts:
#	package-lock.json
#	packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/pages/editor-page.js
#	packages/react-native-editor/android/app/build.gradle
#	packages/react-native-editor/ios/Podfile.lock

# Conflicts:
#	packages/block-library/src/audio/test/__snapshots__/edit.native.js.snap
#	packages/block-library/src/file/test/__snapshots__/edit.native.js.snap

The `--no-jetifier` option no longer appears to be supported and results in an error when attempting to build the Android demo app.

Ref: wordpress-mobile/gutenberg-mobile#5881 (comment)

In 4482b9d we had a conflict in `package-lock.json` that was solved using the changes from this branch. However, seems that something went wrong and that although the editor has no issues, some e2e tests are failing due to this.

This has been solved by using the latest version of `package-lock.json` file from `trunk` and updating it with the package updates required in the React Native upgrade.

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