fix(Android, Tabs): resolve bottom bar height eagerly to avoid attach-after-content flash - #4538
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ChangesTabs container inset handling
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`@android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/tabs/container/TabsContainer.kt`:
- Around line 402-409: Update getInterfaceInsets() to return a zero bottom inset
when tabBarHidden is true, matching updateInterfaceInsets(); otherwise continue
using resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight() for the bottom inset.
- Around line 181-193: Update the eager measurement flow around
bottomNavigationView and its window-inset dispatch so the view is measured again
after BottomNavigationView applies system-inset padding, or otherwise publishes
the resulting inset-aware height before SafeAreaView.onAttachedToWindow() reads
getInterfaceInsets(). Preserve the existing initial measurement while ensuring
the height used during cold-start layout includes the bottom system inset.
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| // `BottomNavigationView`'s height is a fixed Material theme dimension, independent of | ||
| // its final on-screen width, so we can resolve it with an eager, unconstrained measure | ||
| // pass right away instead of waiting for the container's real layout pass. Without this, | ||
| // a `SafeAreaView` that attaches before the first layout pass (e.g. during a cold-start | ||
| // navigation into this screen) reads `getInterfaceInsets()` while `bottomNavigationView` | ||
| // is still unlaid-out, sees a height of 0, and renders its content without reserving | ||
| // space for the bar until a later `onLayoutChange` corrects it - producing a visible | ||
| // jump where the tab bar appears to attach after the content is already on screen. | ||
| bottomNavigationView.measure( | ||
| View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED), | ||
| View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED), | ||
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Re-measure after applying window insets. BottomNavigationView 1.14.0 adds the bottom system inset to its padding, and its measured height includes that padding. The eager measure runs before inset dispatch, so SafeAreaView.onAttachedToWindow() can read a smaller height before the later layout callback updates it. Re-measure or publish the inset-aware height during inset dispatch to prevent cold-start layout jumps on edge-to-edge devices.
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In
`@android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/tabs/container/TabsContainer.kt`
around lines 181 - 193, Update the eager measurement flow around
bottomNavigationView and its window-inset dispatch so the view is measured again
after BottomNavigationView applies system-inset padding, or otherwise publishes
the resulting inset-aware height before SafeAreaView.onAttachedToWindow() reads
getInterfaceInsets(). Preserve the existing initial measurement while ensuring
the height used during cold-start layout includes the bottom system inset.
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| override fun getInterfaceInsets(): EdgeInsets = EdgeInsets(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight().toFloat()) | ||
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| /** | ||
| * Returns `bottomNavigationView`'s laid-out height, falling back to its eagerly-measured | ||
| * height (see the `init` block above) when it hasn't been through a real layout pass yet. | ||
| */ | ||
| private fun resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight(): Int = | ||
| bottomNavigationView.height.takeIf { it > 0 } ?: bottomNavigationView.measuredHeight |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Honor tabBarHidden in getInterfaceInsets().
When tabBarHidden is true, updateInterfaceInsets() reports zero, but getInterfaceInsets() still returns the measured bar height. A SafeAreaView that attaches while the bar is hidden therefore receives a non-zero bottom inset and keeps unnecessary bottom padding. Apply the same hidden-state check in both paths.
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- override fun getInterfaceInsets(): EdgeInsets = EdgeInsets(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight().toFloat())
+ override fun getInterfaceInsets(): EdgeInsets =
+ EdgeInsets(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, (if (tabBarHidden) 0 else resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight()).toFloat())📝 Committable suggestion
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| override fun getInterfaceInsets(): EdgeInsets = EdgeInsets(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight().toFloat()) | |
| /** | |
| * Returns `bottomNavigationView`'s laid-out height, falling back to its eagerly-measured | |
| * height (see the `init` block above) when it hasn't been through a real layout pass yet. | |
| */ | |
| private fun resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight(): Int = | |
| bottomNavigationView.height.takeIf { it > 0 } ?: bottomNavigationView.measuredHeight | |
| override fun getInterfaceInsets(): EdgeInsets = | |
| EdgeInsets(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, (if (tabBarHidden) 0 else resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight()).toFloat()) | |
| /** | |
| * Returns `bottomNavigationView`'s laid-out height, falling back to its eagerly-measured | |
| * height (see the `init` block above) when it hasn't been through a real layout pass yet. | |
| */ | |
| private fun resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight(): Int = | |
| bottomNavigationView.height.takeIf { it > 0 } ?: bottomNavigationView.measuredHeight |
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In
`@android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/tabs/container/TabsContainer.kt`
around lines 402 - 409, Update getInterfaceInsets() to return a zero bottom
inset when tabBarHidden is true, matching updateInterfaceInsets(); otherwise
continue using resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight() for the bottom inset.
…-after-content flash BottomNavigationView's height was only known after Android's first real layout pass. getInterfaceInsets() read bottomNavigationView.height synchronously, so a SafeAreaView attaching before that first layout pass (e.g. during a cold-start navigation into a tabs screen) saw a height of 0 and rendered its content without reserving space for the bar, until a later onLayoutChange corrected it - producing a visible jump where the tab bar appears to attach after the screen content is already presented. Since BottomNavigationView's height is a fixed Material theme dimension independent of its final width, we can resolve it with an eager, unconstrained measure() pass in TabsContainer's init block, and fall back to the measured height whenever the laid-out height isn't available yet.
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Description
On Android, the experimental
Tabs.Host/Tabs.Screenbottom tab bar can attach and populate visibly after the tab's screen content is already presented, instead of appearing together with it. This is very noticeable on a cold-start navigation into a tabs screen (e.g.index.tsxredirecting into a(tabs)route on mount): the content briefly renders full-bleed with no space reserved for the bar, then the bar attaches with its labels and the content jumps down to make room.This was reported downstream as expo/expo#47610 ("Android NativeTabs: tab bar attaches/populates after screen content is presented on SDK 57"), using Expo Router's
NativeTabs(which is a thin wrapper aroundTabs.Host/Tabs.Screen). I traced the underlying issue toTabsContainer.kt.Root cause
BottomNavigationView'sheightis only populated once Android performs a real layout pass on it.TabsContainer.getInterfaceInsets()readsbottomNavigationView.heightsynchronously — andSafeAreaViewcalls this getter immediately inonAttachedToWindow(), vianewProvider.getInterfaceInsets(), right when it registers itself as a listener. If aSafeAreaViewwrapping the tab content attaches to the window beforebottomNavigationView's first layout pass has happened, it reads a height of0and renders assuming no bottom inset. The correct height only propagates later, once Android's layout pass firesonLayoutChangeonbottomNavigationView, which callsupdateInterfaceInsets(newHeight)— producing the visible jump.Changes
TabsContainer'sinitblock, eagerlymeasure()bottomNavigationViewwith unconstrained specs right after adding it to the hierarchy.BottomNavigationView's height is a fixed Material theme dimension independent of its final on-screen width, so this doesn't need a full layout pass to be accurate.resolveBottomNavigationViewHeight(), which returns the laid-outheightwhen available, falling back to the eagerly-measuredmeasuredHeightotherwise.getInterfaceInsets()andupdateInterfaceInsets(), so the very first inset read (before any real layout pass) already reflects the bar's real height instead of0.Before & after - visual documentation
Repro: iamvinny/tabs-sdk-57 (linked from the downstream issue) —
index.tsxredirects into a(tabs)screen withNativeTabson mount. Frames below are consecutive screenshots captured a few dozen ms apart during that cold-start transition.Before (unpatched): mid-transition frame shows the screen content filling the entire screen edge-to-edge, no space reserved for the bar. The bar and its labels only appear ~100-200ms later, and the content visibly jumps up to make room.
After (patched): the same mid-transition frame already shows the bar attached with its labels, and the content already sized to leave room for it — no jump.
(Screenshots available — happy to attach directly to this PR description if useful; captured via
adb exec-out screencapin rapid succession around the transition.)Test plan
iamvinny/tabs-sdk-57, Expo SDK 57,expo-routerNativeTabs, this library at4.25.2initially, patch verified againstmain).4.25.2tree and this repo's currentmain, patched equivalently) and ran it on an Android 35 emulator (API 35, Pixel 6 AVD).adb exec-out screencap -p) around the cold-startindex.tsx→(tabs)transition, before and after the patch, confirming the tab bar and content are presented together after the fix, instead of the bar attaching after content as before.yarn format-android(spotless/ktlint) and./android/gradlew -p android spotlessCheck— both pass.I did not modify or add an automated instrumentation test for this, since the bug is a native measurement/layout timing race that's awkward to assert deterministically in a unit test; let me know if there's a preferred pattern in this codebase for that and I'm happy to add one.
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