diff --git a/RnDiffApp/.babelrc b/RnDiffApp/.babelrc
index 8df53fe43..a9ce1369e 100644
--- a/RnDiffApp/.babelrc
+++ b/RnDiffApp/.babelrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-"presets": ["react-native"]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  "presets": ["react-native"]
+}
diff --git a/RnDiffApp/.flowconfig b/RnDiffApp/.flowconfig
index dcd5fd624..a76425eb4 100644
--- a/RnDiffApp/.flowconfig
+++ b/RnDiffApp/.flowconfig
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ suppress_type=$FlowIssue
 suppress_type=$FlowFixMe
 suppress_type=$FixMe
 
-suppress_comment=\\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowFixMe\\($\\|[^(]\\|(\\(>=0\\.\\(4[0-0]\\|[1-3][0-9]\\|[0-9]\\).[0-9]\\)? *\\(site=[a-z,_]*react_native[a-z,_]*\\)?)\\)
-suppress_comment=\\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowIssue\\((\\(>=0\\.\\(4[0-0]\\|[1-3][0-9]\\|[0-9]\\).[0-9]\\)? *\\(site=[a-z,_]*react_native[a-z,_]*\\)?)\\)?:? #[0-9]+
+suppress_comment=\\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowFixMe\\($\\|[^(]\\|(\\(>=0\\.\\(4[0-2]\\|[1-3][0-9]\\|[0-9]\\).[0-9]\\)? *\\(site=[a-z,_]*react_native[a-z,_]*\\)?)\\)
+suppress_comment=\\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowIssue\\((\\(>=0\\.\\(4[0-2]\\|[1-3][0-9]\\|[0-9]\\).[0-9]\\)? *\\(site=[a-z,_]*react_native[a-z,_]*\\)?)\\)?:? #[0-9]+
 suppress_comment=\\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowFixedInNextDeploy
 suppress_comment=\\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowExpectedError
 
 unsafe.enable_getters_and_setters=true
 
 [version]
-^0.40.0
+^0.42.0
diff --git a/RnDiffApp/android/app/build.gradle b/RnDiffApp/android/app/build.gradle
index 97ad99455..337a746c2 100644
--- a/RnDiffApp/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/RnDiffApp/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import com.android.build.OutputFile
  *   inputExcludes: ["android/**", "ios/**"],
  *
  *   // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments
- *   nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"]
+ *   nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"],
  *
  *   // supply additional arguments to the packager
  *   extraPackagerArgs: []
diff --git a/RnDiffApp/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/RnDiffApp/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 48361a901..6e8516c8d 100644
--- a/RnDiffApp/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/RnDiffApp/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 
 -dontwarn com.facebook.react.**
 
+# TextLayoutBuilder uses a non-public Android constructor within StaticLayout.
+# See libs/proxy/src/main/java/com/facebook/fbui/textlayoutbuilder/proxy for details.
+-dontwarn android.text.StaticLayout
+
 # okhttp
 
 -keepattributes Signature
diff --git a/RnDiffApp/ios/RnDiffAppTests/RnDiffAppTests.m b/RnDiffApp/ios/RnDiffAppTests/RnDiffAppTests.m
index b13326aa4..716333120 100644
--- a/RnDiffApp/ios/RnDiffAppTests/RnDiffAppTests.m
+++ b/RnDiffApp/ios/RnDiffAppTests/RnDiffAppTests.m
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ - (BOOL)findSubviewInView:(UIView *)view matching:(BOOL(^)(UIView *view))test
 
 - (void)testRendersWelcomeScreen
 {
-  UIViewController *vc = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window] rootViewController];
+  UIViewController *vc = [[[RCTSharedApplication() delegate] window] rootViewController];
   NSDate *date = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:TIMEOUT_SECONDS];
   BOOL foundElement = NO;
 
diff --git a/RnDiffApp/package.json b/RnDiffApp/package.json
index 30af20413..28cfb80b3 100644
--- a/RnDiffApp/package.json
+++ b/RnDiffApp/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "react": "16.0.0-alpha.6",
-    "react-native": "0.43.4"
+    "react-native": "0.44.0"
   }
 }