[General] Link late-mounted gesture objects and skip mount reactions without external relations

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Description

Follow-up to #4546.

A relation that holds a gesture object (simultaneousWithExternalGesture(gesture)) to a gesture mounted by a different detector in a later commit never links on native. When the outer detector attaches, the object still has tag -1, and the mount listener only matches ref entries, so nothing re-sends the config once the object gets its tag. The relation stays dead until the outer detector happens to re-render, which hides the problem.

The listener now also matches gesture objects by identity: the mount event carries the very object stored in the relation. Composition fills relations with sibling gesture objects, so without a guard every composed detector would update itself on mount. The listener skips mounts of the detector's own gestures, which requires assigning attachedGestures before the mount events fire in attachHandlers.

Most detectors have nothing that can resolve late, yet every one of them still walks its relations on every mount of every other gesture. AttachedGestureState gets a hasExternalRelations flag, computed in the attach and update microtasks. It is true only when some relation entry is a ref or a gesture object owned by another detector; numeric tags and composition siblings never resolve late. Detectors with the flag unset return from the listener immediately. On a screen with 300 LegacyPressables, mounting 50 more spent 38 ms in mount listeners before and 5.5 ms after.

Test plan

Tested on the following code:

import React, {
  useLayoutEffect,
  useRef,
  useState,
  useSyncExternalStore,
} from 'react';
import { Button, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
import type { GestureType } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
import {
  Gesture,
  GestureDetector,
  LegacyPressable,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';

// #4540 follow-up demo (v2 detector only, v3 has no MountRegistry).
//
// Late relations: the OUTER pan declares `simultaneousWithExternalGesture` to
// an INNER pan whose detector mounts later (toggle). Without the link the inner
// (deeper) pan wins and the outer counter never moves; with it both update.
//   Row 1: relation holds the inner Gesture OBJECT (fixed by the follow-up).
//   Row 2: relation holds a REF filled by `withRef` (fixed by PR #4546).
//
// Perf: N composed background detectors (LegacyPressable = Simultaneous of 3)
// plus "mount 50 more", timing the commit of the newly mounted batch.

// Tiny external store so the outer detectors never re-render: a v2 detector
// re-sends its config on every re-render, which would repair the relation in
// the same commit the inner gesture mounts and hide the bug.
type Counters = {
  outerObj: number;
  innerObj: number;
  outerRef: number;
  innerRef: number;
};
const store = {
  mounted: false,
  counters: {
    outerObj: 0,
    innerObj: 0,
    outerRef: 0,
    innerRef: 0,
  } as Counters,
  listeners: new Set<() => void>(),
  subscribe: (listener: () => void) => {
    store.listeners.add(listener);
    return () => store.listeners.delete(listener);
  },
  emit: () => {
    store.listeners.forEach((l) => l());
  },
  toggle: () => {
    store.mounted = !store.mounted;
    store.emit();
  },
  bump: (key: keyof Counters) => {
    store.counters = { ...store.counters, [key]: store.counters[key] + 1 };
    store.emit();
  },
};

// Row 1: gesture object relation.
const innerPanObj = Gesture.Pan()
  .runOnJS(true)
  .onUpdate(() => store.bump('innerObj'));
const outerPanObj = Gesture.Pan()
  .runOnJS(true)
  .simultaneousWithExternalGesture(innerPanObj)
  .onUpdate(() => store.bump('outerObj'));

// Row 2: ref relation.
const innerRefHolder: React.MutableRefObject<GestureType | undefined> = {
  current: undefined,
};
const innerPanRef = Gesture.Pan()
  .runOnJS(true)
  .withRef(innerRefHolder)
  .onUpdate(() => store.bump('innerRef'));
const outerPanRef = Gesture.Pan()
  .runOnJS(true)
  .simultaneousWithExternalGesture(innerRefHolder)
  .onUpdate(() => store.bump('outerRef'));

function InnerSlot({ inner }: { inner: GestureType }) {
  const mounted = useSyncExternalStore(store.subscribe, () => store.mounted);

  return mounted ? (
    <GestureDetector gesture={inner}>
      <View style={styles.inner} />
    </GestureDetector>
  ) : (
    <View style={[styles.inner, styles.innerPlaceholder]} />
  );
}

function CounterLabel({
  prefix,
  outerKey,
  innerKey,
}: {
  prefix: string;
  outerKey: keyof Counters;
  innerKey: keyof Counters;
}) {
  const counters = useSyncExternalStore(store.subscribe, () => store.counters);

  return (
    <Text style={styles.label}>
      {`${prefix}  outer ${counters[outerKey]} / inner ${counters[innerKey]}`}
    </Text>
  );
}

function ToggleButton() {
  const mounted = useSyncExternalStore(store.subscribe, () => store.mounted);

  return (
    <Button
      title={mounted ? 'Unmount inner pans' : 'Mount inner pans'}
      onPress={store.toggle}
      testID="toggleInner"
    />
  );
}

function LateRelations() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.section}>
      <ToggleButton />
      <View style={styles.row}>
        <CounterLabel prefix="object" outerKey="outerObj" innerKey="innerObj" />
        <GestureDetector gesture={outerPanObj}>
          <View style={styles.outer}>
            <InnerSlot inner={innerPanObj} />
          </View>
        </GestureDetector>
      </View>
      <View style={styles.row}>
        <CounterLabel prefix="ref   " outerKey="outerRef" innerKey="innerRef" />
        <GestureDetector gesture={outerPanRef}>
          <View style={styles.outer}>
            <InnerSlot inner={innerPanRef} />
          </View>
        </GestureDetector>
      </View>
      <Text style={styles.hint}>
        Pan the dark inner box. Both counters move only when the outer pan is
        linked to the inner one.
      </Text>
    </View>
  );
}

const BACKGROUND = 300;
const BATCH = 50;

function Batch({ onCommit }: { onCommit: () => void }) {
  useLayoutEffect(onCommit, [onCommit]);
  return (
    <View style={styles.grid}>
      {Array.from({ length: BATCH }, (_, i) => (
        <LegacyPressable key={i} style={styles.cell} />
      ))}
    </View>
  );
}

function MountPerf() {
  const [batches, setBatches] = useState(0);
  const [lastMs, setLastMs] = useState<number | null>(null);
  const start = useRef(0);

  const onCommit = () => {
    if (start.current !== 0) {
      setLastMs(Math.round(performance.now() - start.current));
      start.current = 0;
    }
  };

  return (
    <View style={styles.section}>
      <Button
        title={`Mount ${BATCH} more (${batches} batches)`}
        onPress={() => {
          start.current = performance.now();
          setBatches((b) => b + 1);
        }}
        testID="mountBatch"
      />
      <Text style={styles.label}>
        {BACKGROUND} background composed detectors, last batch:{' '}
        {lastMs === null ? '-' : `${lastMs} ms`}
      </Text>
      <View style={styles.grid}>
        {Array.from({ length: BACKGROUND }, (_, i) => (
          <LegacyPressable key={i} style={styles.cell} />
        ))}
      </View>
      {Array.from({ length: batches }, (_, i) => (
        <Batch key={i} onCommit={onCommit} />
      ))}
    </View>
  );
}

export default function EmptyExample() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <LateRelations />
      <MountPerf />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: { flex: 1, padding: 16, gap: 24 },
  section: { gap: 8 },
  row: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: 12 },
  label: { fontVariant: ['tabular-nums'], width: 180 },
  hint: { opacity: 0.6, fontSize: 12 },
  outer: {
    width: 120,
    height: 80,
    backgroundColor: '#b7d1ff',
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  inner: { width: 70, height: 50, backgroundColor: '#1e3a8a' },
  innerPlaceholder: { backgroundColor: 'transparent', borderWidth: 1 },
  grid: { flexDirection: 'row', flexWrap: 'wrap' },
  cell: { width: 6, height: 6, margin: 1, backgroundColor: '#ddd' },
});

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• Bug Fixes
  • Gesture relationships are recognized when the related gesture mounts later, including relationships specified through gesture objects or refs.
  • Mount reactions skip relationship checks when there are no external relationships or when the mounted gesture belongs to the same detector.
  • Gestures with matching tags are correctly distinguished when they are different gesture objects, preventing unrelated gestures from being treated as connected.
  • Relationship checks continue to account for raw gesture tags while avoiding unnecessary scans when no external relationships exist.

Walkthrough

GestureDetector tracks whether attached gestures relate to gestures outside the detector. Mount reactions match related gesture objects by identity and skip scans when no external relation exists or when the mounted gesture belongs to the same detector. Tests cover relation detection and mount behavior.

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External gesture relations

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Track external gesture relations packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector/types.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector/utils.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector/{index.tsx,attachHandlers.ts,updateHandlers.ts}, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/__tests__/useMountReactions.test.ts	AttachedGestureState stores whether attached gestures have external relations. Attach and update paths classify relations. Tests cover no relations, raw tags, sibling gestures, refs, and gestures attached by another detector.
Match related gesture mounts packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/handlers/gestures/GestureDetector/useMountReactions.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/__tests__/useMountReactions.test.ts	Mount reactions recognize a related gesture object by identity and retain the ref-to-handler-tag check. They skip scans for the detector’s own gestures and when external relations are absent. Tests cover these cases and raw tags.

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• observed — packages/react-native-gesture-handler (library) was modified; 7 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/tests/useMountReactions.test.ts: Added imports for gesture types, BaseGesture, and hasExternalRelations to support the expanded tests.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/tests/useMountReactions.test.ts: stateWithRelation now marks test state as having external relations. Added gestureObject to create gesture instances with a handler tag and optional config.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/tests/useMountReactions.test.ts: Replaced the test for entries already carrying a tag—which covered both gesture objects and raw tags—with a test specifically asserting that a raw tag does not trigger an update on mount.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/tests/useMountReactions.test.ts: Added mount-reaction tests asserting that a related gesture object mounting later triggers one update, a different object with the same tag does not, the detector’s own composed gestures are skipped, and no scan-triggered update occurs when external relations are absent.

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What changed in this PR

Adds late-mounted gesture-object relation linking and reduces unnecessary mount-relation scans.

Changes:

• Matches mounted gesture objects by identity.
• Tracks whether detectors have external relations.
• Adds coverage for relation matching and scan skipping.

File	Description
utils.ts	Detects external relations.
useMountReactions.ts	Handles gesture-object mounts and skips unnecessary scans.
updateHandlers.ts	Refreshes external-relation state.
types.ts	Adds relation-state tracking.
index.tsx	Initializes conservative relation state.
attachHandlers.ts	Sets attached gestures before mount notifications.
useMountReactions.test.ts	Tests new matching and optimization behavior.

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🟡 Minor · Reclassify fresh gesture instances against the current gesture array. · updateHandlers.ts:85-87

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Reclassify fresh gesture instances against the current gesture array.

When an in-place update supplies new gesture instances, updateHandlers copies their configs into the old attached gesture objects but calls hasExternalRelations(attachedGestures) with the old identity array. An internal relation that points to a new sibling instance is therefore classified as external. hasExternalRelations remains true, so later mount events perform unnecessary relation scans.

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