What is the purpose of android.componentDescriptors key in react-native.config.js?

[Zach-Dean-Attractions-io]

I noticed in the react-native-svg/react-native.config.js file a list of componentDescriptors is provided:

module.exports = {
  dependency: {
    platforms: {
      android: {
        componentDescriptors: [
          'RNSVGCircleComponentDescriptor',
          'RNSVGClipPathComponentDescriptor',
          ...
        ],
        cmakeListsPath: '../android/src/main/jni/CMakeLists.txt',
      },
    },
  },
};

What is the purpose of this?

In the create-react-native-library project, this isn't included and the only documentation I see on it is here which states

platforms.android.componentDescriptors
Note: Only applicable when new architecture is turned on.

An array of custom component descriptor strings. By default they're generated based on codegenNativeComponent calls.

Is it just to save parsing the spec files for codegenNativeComponent calls?

[cortinico]

That field was used when the Interop Layer for New Architecture required you to specify which component descriptor should be registered for Interop:

• New Renderer Interop Layer #135

We the updated the Interop Layer to be automatic so that field is now ignored:

• [0.74] An Update on the New Renderer Interop Layer #175

I will update the docs to mention that it's deprecated