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Builds on #116: until it is merged, this PR's diff also shows its commits. Only the last two commits (feat: add onDisplayChanged event and docs: document listenForDisplayChanges) belong to this PR.

What

New RNOrientationDirector.listenForDisplayChanges(({ width, height }) => …) (onDisplayChanged event, iOS + Android): notifies when the app moves to a different physical display (e.g. fold / unfold), with the new display size in points (iOS) / dp (Android), in the orientation it is displayed. Rotations and window resizes (split view / multi-window) don't trigger it.

It covers cases where no orientation changes at all: e.g. a portrait-only app, device held sideways while folded, then unfolded → interface and device orientation are the same before and after, only the display changes.

  • iOS: emitted when the window scene moves to another screen (from the effectiveGeometry listener introduced in fix(ios): update orientations on fold / unfold (iPhone Duo) #116).
  • Android: DisplayChangesListener (DisplayManager.DisplayListener), emitted when the physical size of the display changes (compared regardless of orientation); registered on host resume / unregistered on pause, so a change that happened in background is emitted on resume.
  • Example: last display change shown in the Explore screen.
  • README: listenForDisplayChanges documented.

Testing

Device Result
iPhone Duo simulator — iOS 27.1 onDisplayChanged on unfold (669x951) and fold (466x678)
Pixel 9 Pro Fold emulator — Android 16 onDisplayChanged on fold (443x994 dp) and unfold (852x883 dp), not on rotations

Notes

  • On Pixel Fold, on fold the "swipe up to continue" lock screen is shown: the display event is delivered when the app resumes.

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  • New Features
    • Added display-change notifications with the display’s current width and height, including fold and unfold changes on supported devices. Notifications exclude rotations and window resizing.
    • Improved iOS orientation reporting using window-scene geometry on iOS 16 and later.
    • Updated the example app to display the latest reported dimensions.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance for iOS orientation handling, including SceneDelegate usage and foldable-device behavior.

gladiuscode and others added 6 commits September 28, 2026 22:39
- Drive the interface orientation from the window scene effectiveGeometry
  (KVO) on iOS 16+, so fold / unfold and orientations applied by the system
  in resizable environments are reported, even when the app is locked.
- Read effectiveGeometry.interfaceOrientation instead of the deprecated
  UIWindowScene.interfaceOrientation.
- Make the device orientation relative to the active display: the iPhone Duo
  inner display is mounted rotated by 90 degrees relative to the chassis.
- Only emit orientation events when the value actually changes.

Fixes #115

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…eset

On iOS 16+ lockTo and resetSupportedInterfaceOrientations no longer update
the interface orientation optimistically: the system might ignore the
request (e.g. iPhone Duo inner display, where supported orientations are
only a preference), so the scene geometry listener reports the actual value.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Revert the display-relative conversion of the device orientation: the library
now exposes UIDevice.orientation as-is, matching what a native app reads.
On iPhone Duo the device orientation is relative to the device body and does
not change on fold / unfold.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The change adds a public display-change listener with native Android and iOS event sources. On iOS 16 and later, orientation handling reads window-scene geometry. The README and example describe and demonstrate the listener.

Changes

Display change notifications

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public display-change API
src/types/DisplayChangedEvent.interface.ts, src/NativeOrientationDirector.ts, src/EventEmitter.ts, src/RNOrientationDirector.ts, example/src/screens/Explore.tsx, README.md
The TypeScript API exposes display-change events with width and height values. The example records and displays the latest dimensions. The README documents the listener and adds iOS orientation guidance.
Android display detection and event forwarding
android/src/main/java/com/orientationdirector/implementation/DisplayChangesListener.kt, android/src/main/java/com/orientationdirector/implementation/OrientationDirectorModuleImpl.kt, android/src/main/java/com/orientationdirector/implementation/EventManagerDelegate.kt, android/src/main/java/com/orientationdirector/implementation/EventManager.kt, android/src/main/java/com/orientationdirector/OrientationDirectorModule.kt
The Android listener detects changes in physical display dimensions and reports width and height in dp. The module manages listener registration with host lifecycle events and forwards changes through the native event emitter.
iOS scene geometry and display events
ios/implementation/SceneGeometryListener.swift, ios/implementation/OrientationDirectorImpl.swift, ios/implementation/Utils.swift, ios/implementation/EventManager.swift, ios/OrientationDirector.mm
The iOS implementation observes scene geometry, uses it for orientation handling on iOS 16 and later, and emits display dimensions when the scene moves to a different screen after initial synchronization. It also suppresses duplicate orientation updates.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SceneGeometryListener
  participant OrientationDirectorImpl
  participant EventManager
  participant OrientationDirector
  participant RNOrientationDirector
  SceneGeometryListener->>OrientationDirectorImpl: scene geometry update
  OrientationDirectorImpl->>EventManager: display size after screen change
  EventManager->>OrientationDirector: width and height parameters
  OrientationDirector->>RNOrientationDirector: display-change event
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 36832

Display-change notifications can be missed when an Android activity moves between existing displays, or incorrectly emitted when another iOS scene activates. Resolve these multi-display and multi-scene gaps before merging unless explicitly accepted.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 36832

The change exposes display dimensions through the app’s existing event interface. No new privileged access was found in the examined paths. Risk is limited, but scene ownership and interruption/recovery behavior are not fully established for consuming applications.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The traced exposure is display information delivered to JavaScript subscribers within the hosting application. The examined event path does not add a cross-service destination or grant the subscriber new native control authority; orientation-control methods already existed at base.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The iOS listener accepts application-role window scenes and the window lookup applies the same role filter. Android metric collection requires a current activity. Native event managers package only numeric dimensions into the existing typed event boundary.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — In a consuming app with multiple active application scenes, the observed scene and the key window selected for orientation requests could differ, leaving event state and control targets misaligned. The example disables multiple scenes, and arbitrary key-window selection predates this change. Exposure in production consumers is therefore unresolved rather than an established security failure.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Check the display when the activity moves between existing displays.

DisplayListener.onDisplayChanged reports changes to a display’s properties, not movement of an activity. An activity that handles configuration changes can move between existing displays without either display changing. (developer.android.com)

If the activity remains resumed during that move, neither callback nor register() checks the new display. The existing configuration-change receiver only checks interface orientation. The display event can therefore be missed until a later display change or pause/resume.

Expose a display resynchronization method and call it from the existing configuration-change receiver. Keep the normalized-size comparison to suppress rotations and window resizes.

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Expose a display-resynchronization method in DisplayChangesListener and call it
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gladiuscode and others added 3 commits September 30, 2026 22:31
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Notify when the app moves to a different physical display, e.g. when a
foldable device is folded or unfolded, with the new display size in
points (iOS) / dp (Android). Rotations and window resizes don't trigger it.

- iOS: emitted when the window scene moves to another screen (iOS 16+)
- Android: emitted when the physical size of the display changes,
  through DisplayManager.DisplayListener
- Example: show the last display change in the Explore screen

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@objc private func sceneDidActivate(_ notification: Notification) {
attach(to: notification.object as? UIWindowScene)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the observation bound to the React Native window scene.

If another .windowApplication scene activates, this handler replaces the existing observation with that scene. Apps can have multiple scenes, including scenes on different displays. (developer.apple.com)

The immediate callback then makes ios/implementation/OrientationDirectorImpl.swift compare the other scene’s screen with lastScreen. This can emit a display-change event although the React Native window has not moved. It also stops observing geometry changes in the original scene.

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