[0.74] Performing a refresh is unstable under Bridge Mode on Android (RNTester / New Arch)

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Description

Performing a refresh is leading to some lifecycle error that results in a black screen.

Affects 0.74-stable and main.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install RNTester on Android, having disabled Bridgeless (-> Bridge Mode).
   
2. Open Dev Menu and trigger a reload.
   • 🎯 This will randomly fail and display a blank screen. See video (on attempt 3).

React Native Version

0.74.0, main

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android

Areas

Bridgeless - The New Initialization Flow

Output of npx react-native info

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Stacktrace or Logs

manager.UIManagerHelper E Unhandled SoftException
 E com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactNoCrashSoftException: Cannot get UIManager because the context doesn't contain an active CatalystInstance.
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper.getUIManager(UIManagerHelper.java:82)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcher(UIManagerHelper.java:134)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag(UIManagerHelper.java:112)
 E at com.facebook.react.internal.interop.InteropEventEmitter.receiveEvent(InteropEventEmitter.kt:37)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.ReactEventEmitter.receiveEvent(ReactEventEmitter.java:146)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.ReactEventEmitter.receiveEvent(ReactEventEmitter.java:65)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.ReactEventEmitter.receiveEvent(ReactEventEmitter.java:58)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event.dispatch(Event.java:173)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event.dispatchModern(Event.java:209)
 E at com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcherImpl$DispatchEventsRunnable.run(EventDispatcherImpl.java:376)
 E at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
 E at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
 E at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadHandler.dispatchMessage(MessageQueueThreadHandler.java:27)
 E at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
 E at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
 E at com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThreadImpl$4.run(MessageQueueThreadImpl.java:235)
 E at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)

Reproducer

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/main/packages/rn-tester

Screenshots and Videos

Screen.Recording.2024-03-28.at.13.58.29.mov

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