diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab9fa85e..1d335ebc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ buildscript {
 - You can also provide an override for base SDK version present in plugin (the newer version among both would be considered). - Optional
 - Exclude microSDKs provided with HyperSDK for given clientId by adding excludedMicroSDKs - Optional
 
+**New Architecture:** on React Native 0.82 and above the SDK always uses the New Architecture. Below 0.82 it reads the unscoped `newArchEnabled` property of your root Gradle project (not `react.newArchEnabled`), so if your app enables the New Architecture, set it in `android/gradle.properties`:
+
+```properties
+newArchEnabled=true
+```
+
 ### iOS
 
 Run the following command inside the ios folder of your react native project:
@@ -459,8 +465,14 @@ If your view dynamically computes height. Height can be obtained by adding the f
 
 ```
 
-#### If your AppDelegate is in swift
-If your `AppDelegate` is in `swift` and you are using react native version greater than or equal to 0.78, then your AppDelegate.swift has to implement the protocol `HyperSdkReactDelegate` and return the `reactNativeFactory` property from the `getReactNativeFactory` function. This helps us to render your view(Merchant View) in our payment page.
+#### Merchant views on the New Architecture
+
+On the New Architecture, merchant views are rendered as surfaces of your app's existing React Native instance:
+
+- **Android:** through `ReactApplication.getReactHost()`, which must return the host your app runs on. Below React Native 0.82 this also requires `newArchEnabled=true` (see [Android installation](#android)).
+- **iOS (React Native 0.78+):** through your app's `RCTReactNativeFactory`. The SDK looks for it on your app delegate (`UIApplication.shared.delegate`) and finds it automatically when the delegate subclasses `RCTAppDelegate` or itself declares a stored property named `reactNativeFactory`, as the React Native template does. Otherwise (for example a `lazy`, computed or inherited Swift property, or a factory kept on another object), implement `HyperSdkReactDelegate` on the app delegate and return the factory from `getReactNativeFactory` (`- (id)getReactNativeFactory` in Objective-C). The protocol takes precedence over the automatic lookup, so implementing it is always safe. Without a factory the SDK falls back to the bridge, and merchant views render empty in bridgeless mode.
+
+Swift:
 
 ```swift
   ...
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/in/juspay/hypersdkreact/HyperSdkReactModule.java b/android/src/main/java/in/juspay/hypersdkreact/HyperSdkReactModule.java
index 4311d997..f4e902b8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/in/juspay/hypersdkreact/HyperSdkReactModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/in/juspay/hypersdkreact/HyperSdkReactModule.java
@@ -399,35 +399,17 @@ private Object getReactHostOrInstanceManager() {
                     }
 
 
-                    public View createReactSurfaceView(String viewName) {
-                        try {
-                            Class<?> reactSurfaceClass = Class.forName("com.facebook.react.interfaces.fabric.ReactSurface");
-                            Object host = getReactHostOrInstanceManager();
-                            if (host == null) {
-                                return null;
-                            }
-                            Object surface = host.getClass().getMethod("createSurface", Context.class, String.class, Bundle.class).invoke(host, context, viewName, null);
-
-                            reactSurfaceClass.getMethod("start").invoke(surface);
-                            return (View) reactSurfaceClass.getMethod("getView").invoke(surface);
-
-                        } catch (Exception e) {
-                            return null;
-                        }
-                    }
-
                     private View createMerchantView(String viewName) {
 
-                        if (!useNewApprochForMerchantView) {
+                        // Bridgeless apps may not support getReactInstanceManager() (custom hosts can throw),
+                        // so the bridge is only touched on the old architecture.
+                        if (!useNewApprochForMerchantView && !newArchEnabled) {
                             if (reactInstanceManager == null) {
                                 Application app = activity.getApplication();
                                 if (app instanceof ReactApplication) {
                                     reactInstanceManager = ((ReactApplication) app).getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager();
                                 }
                             }
-                            if (newArchEnabled) {
-                                return createReactSurfaceView(viewName);
-                            }
                             if (reactInstanceManager == null) {
                                 return null;
                             }
diff --git a/ios/latest/HyperMerchantView.mm b/ios/latest/HyperMerchantView.mm
index 8103064e..9113e46d 100644
--- a/ios/latest/HyperMerchantView.mm
+++ b/ios/latest/HyperMerchantView.mm
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 #define HAS_NEW_ARCH_SUPPORT 0
 #endif
 
+// Selectors resolved at runtime on the app delegate and the factory, declared so that
+// -Wundeclared-selector stays quiet without importing the deprecated RCTAppDelegate.h
+@protocol HyperReactNativeFactoryLookup
+- (id)reactNativeFactory;
+- (id)rootViewFactory;
+@end
+
 @implementation HyperMerchantView
 + (UIView *)createReactNativeViewWithModuleName:(NSString *)moduleName {
     
@@ -26,6 +33,12 @@ + (UIView *)createReactNativeViewWithModuleName:(NSString *)moduleName {
             factory = [reactDelegate getReactNativeFactory];
         }
 
+        // RCTAppDelegate subclasses inherit the reactNativeFactory property; its ivar lives in the
+        // superclass, so the ivar scan below cannot see it
+        if (!factory && [appDelegate respondsToSelector:@selector(reactNativeFactory)]) {
+            factory = [appDelegate performSelector:@selector(reactNativeFactory)];
+        }
+
         if (!factory) {
             unsigned int ivarCount = 0;
             Ivar *ivars = class_copyIvarList([appDelegate class], &ivarCount);