iOS build failure with RN 0.87: "'RCTBridge.h' file not found"

[sandeepsengupta]

With React Native 0.87, @react-native-menu/menu no longer builds for iOS. Building from the terminal results in a very lengthy and cryptic error message, but building from Xcode results in the following message:

[...]/node_modules/@react-native-menu/menu/ios/MenuViewManager.mm:3:9 'RCTBridge.h' file not found

Does this have something to do with the Legacy Architecture components being removed?

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new React Native project: npx @react-native-community/cli@latest init MenuTest
2. Go to the new project directory: cd MenuTest
3. Install @react-native-menu/menu: npm install @react-native-menu/menu
4. Run cd ios, pod install, and cd ..
5. Try to build the app: npx react-native run-ios

Environment Details

React Native 0.87.0
@react-native-menu/menu 2.0.0
Not using Expo or any other Framework
macOS 26.6.1 with Xcode 26.5 on an Intel Mac