react-native: use fast-text-encoding and remove outdated text-encoding polyfill (#487)

* use `fast-text-encoding` for react native instead outdated `fast-encoding`

* PubNub SDK v10.2.5 release.

---------

Co-authored-by: Mohit Tejani <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: PubNub Release Bot <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.pubnub.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
 changelog:
+  - date: 2025-12-16
+    version: v10.2.5
+    changes:
+      - type: improvement
+        text: "Use `fast-text-encoding` for react native instead of outdated `fast-encoding` polyfill."
   - date: 2025-12-04
     version: v10.2.4
     changes:
@@ -1374,7 +1379,7 @@ supported-platforms:
       - 'Ubuntu 14.04 and up'
       - 'Windows 7 and up'
     version: 'Pubnub Javascript for Node'
-version: '10.2.4'
+version: '10.2.5'
 sdks:
   - full-name: PubNub Javascript SDK
     short-name: Javascript
@@ -1390,7 +1395,7 @@ sdks:
           - distribution-type: source
             distribution-repository: GitHub release
             package-name: pubnub.js
-            location: https://github.com/pubnub/javascript/archive/refs/tags/v10.2.4.zip
+            location: https://github.com/pubnub/javascript/archive/refs/tags/v10.2.5.zip
             requires:
               - name: 'agentkeepalive'
                 min-version: '3.5.2'
@@ -2061,7 +2066,7 @@ sdks:
           - distribution-type: library
             distribution-repository: GitHub release
             package-name: pubnub.js
-            location: https://github.com/pubnub/javascript/releases/download/v10.2.4/pubnub.10.2.4.js
+            location: https://github.com/pubnub/javascript/releases/download/v10.2.5/pubnub.10.2.5.js
             requires:
               - name: 'agentkeepalive'
                 min-version: '3.5.2'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v10.2.5
+December 16 2025
+
+#### Modified
+- Use `fast-text-encoding` for react native instead of outdated `fast-encoding` polyfill.
+
 ## v10.2.4
 December 04 2025
 

README.md

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Watch [Getting Started with PubNub JS SDK](https://app.dashcam.io/replay/64ee0d2
      npm install pubnub
      ```
    * or download one of our builds from our CDN: 
-     * https://cdn.pubnub.com/sdk/javascript/pubnub.10.2.4.js
-     * https://cdn.pubnub.com/sdk/javascript/pubnub.10.2.4.min.js
+     * https://cdn.pubnub.com/sdk/javascript/pubnub.10.2.5.js
+     * https://cdn.pubnub.com/sdk/javascript/pubnub.10.2.5.min.js
 
 2. Configure your keys:
 

dist/web/pubnub.js

@@ -5436,7 +5436,7 @@
 	            return base.PubNubFile;
 	        },
 	        get version() {
-	            return '10.2.4';
+	            return '10.2.5';
 	        },
 	        getVersion() {
 	            return this.version;

dist/web/pubnub.min.js

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ const makeConfiguration = (base, setupCryptoModule) => {
             return base.PubNubFile;
         },
         get version() {
-            return '10.2.4';
+            return '10.2.5';
         },
         getVersion() {
             return this.version;

lib/core/components/configuration.js

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-const text_encoding_1 = require("text-encoding");
 require("react-native-url-polyfill/auto");
+require("fast-text-encoding");
 const cbor_js_1 = __importDefault(require("cbor-js"));
 const buffer_1 = require("buffer");
 const stringify_buffer_keys_1 = require("../core/components/stringify_buffer_keys");
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ const LegacyCryptoModule_1 = __importDefault(require("../crypto/modules/LegacyCr
 const pubnub_common_1 = require("../core/pubnub-common");
 const configuration_2 = require("./configuration");
 const common_1 = __importDefault(require("../cbor/common"));
-// Polyfill global environment
-global.TextEncoder = global.TextEncoder || text_encoding_1.TextEncoder;
-global.TextDecoder = global.TextDecoder || text_encoding_1.TextDecoder;
+// Polyfill global Buffer for React Native environment
 global.Buffer = global.Buffer || buffer_1.Buffer;
 /**
  * PubNub client for React Native platform.

lib/react_native/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pubnub",
-  "version": "10.2.4",
+  "version": "10.2.5",
   "author": "PubNub <[email protected]>",
   "description": "Publish & Subscribe Real-time Messaging with PubNub",
   "scripts": {
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
     "cbor-js": "^0.1.0",
     "cbor-sync": "^1.0.4",
+    "fast-text-encoding": "^1.0.6",
     "fflate": "^0.8.2",
     "form-data": "^4.0.4",
     "lil-uuid": "^0.1.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.7.0",
     "proxy-agent": "^6.3.0",
-    "react-native-url-polyfill": "^2.0.0",
-    "text-encoding": "^0.7.0"
+    "react-native-url-polyfill": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^25.0.7",
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "@types/chai": "^4.3.14",
     "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.8",
     "@types/expect": "^24.3.0",
+    "@types/fast-text-encoding": "^1.0.3",
     "@types/lil-uuid": "^0.1.3",
     "@types/mocha": "^9.1.0",
     "@types/nock": "^9.3.1",
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@
     "sinon": "^7.5.0",
     "sinon-chai": "^3.3.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
-    "ts-mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "ts-loader": "^9.5.2",
+    "ts-mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "tsx": "^4.7.1",
     "typescript": "^5.4.5",

package-lock.json

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export const makeConfiguration = (
       return base.PubNubFile;
     },
     get version(): string {
-      return '10.2.4';
+      return '10.2.5';
     },
     getVersion(): string {
       return this.version;