Remove bridge fallback and use notification-only approach

Co-authored-by: Saadnajmi <[email protected]>

Author: Copilot

packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingView.mm

@@ -287,25 +287,11 @@ - (NSMenu *)menuForEvent:(NSEvent *)event
 {
   NSMenu *menu = nil;
 #if __has_include(<React/RCTDevMenu.h>) && RCT_DEV
-  // Try to get the dev menu from the bridge if available
-  // In Fabric with bridge mode, RCTSurface (but not RCTFabricSurface) has a bridge
-  if ([self.surface isKindOfClass:[RCTSurface class]]) {
-    RCTSurface *surface = (RCTSurface *)self.surface;
-    // Use performSelector to access the bridge since it's not a public property
-    if ([surface respondsToSelector:@selector(bridge)]) {
-      RCTBridge *bridge = [surface performSelector:@selector(bridge)];
-      if (bridge) {
-        menu = [[bridge devMenu] menu];
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  
-  // Fall back to notification-based approach for bridgeless mode or if bridge access failed
-  if (menu == nil) {
-    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTShowDevMenuNotification object:nil];
-    // Return nil as the menu will be shown programmatically via notification
-    return nil;
-  }
+  // In Fabric/bridgeless mode, trigger the dev menu via notification
+  // This is bridge-independent and works without accessing the bridge
+  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTShowDevMenuNotification object:nil];
+  // Return nil as the menu will be shown programmatically via notification
+  return nil;
 #endif
 
   if (menu == nil) {

packages/react-native/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenterBridgeAdapter.mm

@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 #import <React/RCTSurfacePresenter.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfacePresenterStub.h>
 
-#if __has_include(<React/RCTDevMenu.h>) && RCT_DEV
-#import <React/RCTDevMenu.h>
-#endif
-
 #import <ReactCommon/RuntimeExecutor.h>
 #import <react/utils/ContextContainer.h>
 #import <react/utils/ManagedObjectWrapper.h>
@@ -43,15 +39,6 @@ - (void)invokeAsync:(std::function<void()> &&)func;
 
   contextContainer->insert("Bridge", wrapManagedObjectWeakly(bridge));
   contextContainer->insert("RCTImageLoader", wrapManagedObject((id<RCTImageLoaderWithAttributionProtocol>)imageLoader));
-  
-#if __has_include(<React/RCTDevMenu.h>) && RCT_DEV
-  // Add DevMenu to contextContainer for Fabric views to access
-  RCTDevMenu *devMenu = [bridge devMenu];
-  if (devMenu) {
-    contextContainer->insert("RCTDevMenu", wrapManagedObject(devMenu));
-  }
-#endif
-  
   return contextContainer;
 }