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Native-side fixes for work the marker and overlay pipeline was doing on every render or every gesture, plus value equality for the camera props on the JS side. No public API changes. Builds on #58, which stabilizes the overlay arrays and callback envelopes on the JS side; this PR covers what that one leaves out.

JS

  • region, camera and mapPadding are value-compared through useStableValue before they reach native (utils/mapValueEquality.ts). These props are usually written inline in JSX; without this, every render re-sent them, and the Google providers answer a new region with a camera move.

Both providers, both platforms

  • Shape overlays are no longer torn down and rebuilt on every update. MapOverlayController.swift (MapKit), GoogleMapOverlayController.swift and MapOverlayController.kt keep a render version per overlay id (ShapeDescriptor+RenderVersion.{swift,kt}). An unchanged descriptor costs one hash; a changed one is updated in place. On MapKit, whose overlay geometry is immutable, a style-only change restyles the cached renderer and a geometry change replaces the overlay at its previous z-position.
  • Viewport refreshes are coalesced and cancellable. The compute queue / executor now holds at most one pending request: a request posted while one is queued replaces it instead of adding another task, so a long gesture cannot build a backlog of stale cluster work. Index builds check a separate dataset generation before starting, and are no longer discarded by the refresh generation, so a burst of gesture refreshes can't keep throwing away the index build for a dataset that has not changed. On Android that was a real gap: a pan during the initial index build dropped the build and nothing rebuilt it until the next markers change.
  • region fits skip when they would not move the camera on iOS Google and Android (MapKit already had a guard): the last applied region and the camera it produced are remembered, and an equal region with an unmoved camera is a no-op.
  • Image caches are bounded by bytes, not entry count. iOS NSCache gets a count and cost limit (256 entries / 32 MB); Android's LruCache sizes entries by decoded bytes with a budget of maxMemory / 16 clamped to 1–32 MB.

iOS only

  • O(k²) clustering bug fixed. MarkerClusterEngine.clusters copied each bucket out of the dictionary, appended, and wrote it back, so memberIds was never uniquely referenced and every append copied the whole array. Buckets are now mutated in place through subscript(_:default:).
  • NitroPinAnnotationView.configure no longer calls layoutIfNeeded() for every pin entering the viewport inside MapKit's viewFor callback.

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The MapKit visible-marker cap (2,000 MKMarkerAnnotationViews at street zoom) is left as is. Lowering it is the right call for 120 Hz, but the number should come from the frame-time harness in #66, not a guess.

Testing

  • bun run lint, bun run typecheck, bun run typecheck:provider-types: clean.
  • cd package && bun test: 156 pass, 0 fail across 8 files (adds mapValueEquality.test.ts, one mutation case per field of Region, Camera and EdgePadding).
  • Android: expo prebuild -p android then ./gradlew :react-native-better-maps:compileDebugKotlin :react-native-better-maps:testDebugUnitTest: BUILD SUCCESSFUL, no Kotlin warnings in the changed files, 16 unit tests pass (adds ShapeRenderVersionTest, one case per field of every shape descriptor plus the region tolerance).
  • iOS: pod install with betterMaps.iosGoogleProvider=true so the Google adapter files are compiled, then xcodebuild -scheme react-native-better-maps -sdk iphonesimulator: BUILD SUCCEEDED, 0 errors, no new warnings in package/ios (the two remaining ones are the pre-existing GMSMapView initializer deprecations).
  • Not measured: frame times or CPU. These are structural fixes (fewer SDK calls, fewer copies, bounded queues); the numbers come from the harness in feat(example): add a frame-time benchmark harness #66.

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pod install fails on main with Ruby 4.0.6 + CocoaPods 1.17.0: the podspec's Podfile.properties helpers are top-level defs, and CocoaPods evaluates the podspec with eval, so inside the Pod::Spec.new block the call raises undefined method 'better_maps_ios_google_provider_enabled?' for module Pod. A separate commit rewrites them as local lambdas, which works on every Ruby; behavior is unchanged. This was needed to verify the iOS changes and is worth landing on its own if this PR is split.


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  • Bug Fixes

    • Map regions and camera updates now avoid unnecessary repositioning, improving responsiveness.
    • Shape overlays update more smoothly without unnecessary recreation when only styling changes.
    • Marker refreshes remain current during rapid viewport or dataset changes.
    • Improved marker image caching reduces memory usage and repeated image decoding.
    • Marker sizing is more reliable when views are reused.
  • New Features

    • Added support for updating circle, polygon, and polyline properties in place across Android and iOS.

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Map rendering pipeline

Layer / File(s) Summary
Value equality and render-version contracts
package/src/utils/*, package/src/components/MapView.tsx, package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/*Equality*, package/*/ShapeDescriptor+RenderVersion.*, package/android/src/test/...
Added structural equality for map values and render-version hashing for polyline, polygon, and circle descriptors. Added Android tests for mutation and equality behavior.
Versioned shape overlay reconciliation
package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/*Descriptor*, package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/MapOverlayController.kt, package/ios/*OverlayController*, package/ios/MapOverlayController.swift
Shape reconciliation now skips unchanged descriptors, updates existing overlays in place where supported, and replaces geometry while preserving ordering on iOS.
Coalesced viewport and camera refreshes
package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/GoogleMapProviderAdapter.kt, package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/MapOverlayController.kt, package/ios/GoogleMapProviderAdapter.swift, package/ios/MarkerClusterEngine.swift
Viewport requests now coalesce and reject stale generations. Region fitting caches applied camera state and invalidates it when padding, recycling, or animation requires it.
Bounded caches and marker layout support
package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/MarkerIconFactory.kt, package/ios/MarkerImageLoader.swift, package/ios/NitroPinAnnotationView.swift
Marker image caches now use byte-based limits. Marker configuration no longer forces synchronous layout on iOS.

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Change: Bug fix · Unblocks: 5 PRs

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MapView
  participant GoogleMapProviderAdapter
  participant MapOverlayController
  participant RefreshInbox
  participant GoogleMaps
  MapView->>GoogleMapProviderAdapter: apply region and padding
  GoogleMapProviderAdapter->>GoogleMaps: fit camera when cache differs
  MapView->>MapOverlayController: submit viewport and shape data
  MapOverlayController->>RefreshInbox: coalesce refresh request
  RefreshInbox->>MapOverlayController: return current-generation diff
  MapOverlayController->>GoogleMaps: update or reuse overlays
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sequenceDiagram
  participant MarkerClusterEngine
  participant RefreshInbox
  participant SpatialIndex
  participant GoogleMaps
  MarkerClusterEngine->>RefreshInbox: submit viewport parameters
  RefreshInbox->>SpatialIndex: compute latest indexed request
  SpatialIndex-->>RefreshInbox: return viewport candidates
  RefreshInbox->>MarkerClusterEngine: apply current-generation result
  MarkerClusterEngine->>GoogleMaps: update marker overlays
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package/ios/MarkerClusterEngine.swift (1)

517-517: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reuse spatialIndex when reapply does not change the dataset.

setClusteringEnabled changes only the clustering mode and does not clear spatialIndex, but reapply still scans all markers and reallocates the grid through MarkerSpatialIndex(markers:). This adds an unnecessary O(n) rebuild whenever clustering is toggled. setMarkers and reset already clear the index, so the existing generation model makes this reuse safe.

     if usesViewportPipeline {
-      rebuildIndexAndRefresh(parameters)
+      if let index = spatialIndex {
+        refreshNow(parameters, index: index)
+      } else {
+        rebuildIndexAndRefresh(parameters)
+      }
     } else {
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In `@package/ios/MarkerClusterEngine.swift` at line 517, Update the reapply flow
around rebuildIndexAndRefresh to reuse the existing spatialIndex when the marker
dataset is unchanged, rather than scanning all markers and constructing a new
MarkerSpatialIndex. Preserve index rebuilding for setMarkers and reset, which
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Inline comments:
In
`@package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/GoogleMapProviderAdapter.kt`:
- Around line 599-605: Marshal the GoogleMapProviderAdapter region-application
path to the main thread, ensuring applyRegion and its runWhenViewLaidOut
callback execute fitCamera through the UI-thread mechanism before accessing
map.cameraPosition, moveCamera, or the lastAppliedRegion/lastAppliedRegionCamera
caches. Preserve the existing region and camera comparison behavior.

In
`@package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/PolygonDescriptor`+PolygonOptions.kt:
- Around line 25-31: Ensure all descriptor fields are applied and included in
render-version signatures: update PolygonDescriptor.applyTo to set holes and
zIndex, PolylineDescriptor.applyTo to set zIndex, and
PolygonDescriptor.geometryVersion plus polygon/polyline styleVersion in
package/ios/ShapeDescriptor+RenderVersion.swift:34-38 to hash the corresponding
fields. No direct change is needed in
package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/MapOverlayController.kt:618-650
once signatures cover every field; add shape tests that mutate only holes and
only zIndex and verify the overlay updates.

In `@package/ios/GoogleMapProviderAdapter.swift`:
- Around line 308-315: Update the mapPadding setters in both adapters to
invalidate the region-fit cache by clearing lastAppliedRegion and
lastAppliedRegionCamera whenever padding changes, so same-region assignments
recompute the fit using the new padding.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@package/ios/MarkerClusterEngine.swift`:
- Line 517: Update the reapply flow around rebuildIndexAndRefresh to reuse the
existing spatialIndex when the marker dataset is unchanged, rather than scanning
all markers and constructing a new MarkerSpatialIndex. Preserve index rebuilding
for setMarkers and reset, which clear the index, while allowing
setClusteringEnabled to toggle modes without an O(n) index rebuild.

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  • package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/MapApproximateEquality.kt
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  • package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/PolylineDescriptor+PolylineOptions.kt
  • package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/Region+ApproximateEquality.kt
  • package/android/src/main/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/ShapeDescriptor+RenderVersion.kt
  • package/android/src/test/java/com/margelo/nitro/nitromaps/ShapeRenderVersionTest.kt
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  • package/ios/GoogleMapProviderAdapter.swift
  • package/ios/MapOverlayController.swift
  • package/ios/MarkerClusterEngine.swift
  • package/ios/MarkerImageLoader.swift
  • package/ios/NitroPinAnnotationView.swift
  • package/ios/Region+ApproximateEquality.swift
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  • package/react-native-better-maps.podspec
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  • package/src/utils/__tests__/mapValueEquality.test.ts
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jkasprzyk17 force-pushed the perf/native-overlay-and-cluster-fixes branch from 880a132 to 1bf8ec6 Compare September 15, 2026 21:44
…tic clustering

Native-side fixes for work the marker and overlay pipeline was doing on every
render or every gesture, plus value equality for the camera props on the JS
side. Builds on #58, which stabilizes the overlay arrays and callback
envelopes.

- Value-compare region, camera and mapPadding before they reach native, so an
  inline object literal no longer re-sends the prop (and, on the Google
  providers, no longer moves the camera) on every render.
- Keep a render version per shape overlay on MapKit, Google iOS and Android:
  an unchanged polyline, polygon or circle is skipped and a changed one is
  updated in place instead of removed and re-added. MapKit replaces the
  overlay at its previous z-position only when the geometry changed.
- Coalesce viewport refreshes to one pending request per compute queue and
  check a separate dataset generation before building the spatial index, so a
  long gesture cannot build a backlog of stale cluster work or keep discarding
  the index build for a dataset that has not changed.
- Skip region fits that would not move the camera on Google iOS and Android.
- Bound the marker image caches by decoded bytes (iOS NSCache limits, Android
  LruCache sizeOf).
- iOS: accumulate cluster buckets in place through the dictionary subscript;
  the copy-out, append, write-back pattern copied the member array on every
  append, O(k^2) per cell.
- iOS: drop the forced layoutIfNeeded() per pin configure inside MapKit's
  viewFor callback.
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Cover holes and zIndex in in-place overlay updates and render versions,
marshal Android region fits onto the main thread, and invalidate the
region-fit cache when map padding changes.
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