[iOS] Skip hidden and transparent buttons in hit testing

[m-bert]

Description

RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView overrides hitTest to forward touches straight to the inner button, so that the button's own pointerEvents handling is used. That override skipped the checks RCTViewComponentView (and UIKit) apply first: userInteractionEnabled, hidden and alpha < 0.01.

As a result RNGH buttons were tappable at any opacity, including 0, while every other RN view stops receiving touches below 0.01. An invisible RectButton, Pressable or Touchable placed above other content also swallowed every tap under it, which is the same shape as #3223 on iOS.

This PR adds the same guard RN uses before forwarding, so buttons follow the platform rule: below 0.01 opacity, hidden, or disabled means no touches.

Test plan

Opacity hit-test matrix screen (GD Tap / RectButton / GH Pressable / RN Pressable at opacities 1 .. 0, on the target, on a wrapper and as transparent overlays), run with argent on iPhone 17 Pro simulator, both v3 and legacy engines.

Before: RectButton and GH Pressable fired at 0.01, 0.005 and 0. A RectButton overlay at opacity 0 swallowed taps from all four targets under it.

After: RectButton and GH Pressable stop at the same threshold as GD Tap and RN Pressable (alive at 0.05, dead at 0.01 and below). The opacity-0 RectButton overlay no longer receives taps and all targets under it fire. No change to any other cell.

Test code:

import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
import {
  Platform,
  Pressable as RNPressable,
  ScrollView,
  StyleSheet,
  Text,
  View,
} from 'react-native';
import {
  Gesture,
  GestureDetector,
  LegacyPressable,
  LegacyRectButton,
  Pressable,
  RectButton,
  useTapGesture,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';

// Opacity hit-testing matrix (roadmap: "Investigate minimalAlphaTraversal on
// Android"). Every cell is a tappable target rendered at a given opacity; the
// number under it counts fires. Known gates:
//  - Android RNGH orchestrator: skips views with alpha < 0.1 while looking for
//    handlers (minimumAlphaForTraversal, RNGestureHandlerRootHelper).
//  - Android RN responder / native dispatch: no alpha check at all.
//  - iOS UIKit hitTest (and RN's RCTViewComponentView): skips alpha < 0.01,
//    but RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.hitTest forwards straight to the
//    button and skips that check.
//  - Web: DOM hit testing ignores opacity entirely.
// Sections:
//  1. opacity on the target view itself
//  2. opacity on a plain wrapper View above the target
//  3. transparent overlay (plain View / RN Pressable / RectButton) on top
//     of an opaque target - does it swallow the tap? (#3223 shape)
// The engine toggle switches every RNGH cell between the v3 components/hooks
// and the legacy ones; counts are kept per engine.

const OPACITIES = [1, 0.5, 0.1, 0.09, 0.05, 0.01, 0.005, 0];
const OVERLAY_OPACITIES = [0.05, 0];

type Engine = 'v3' | 'legacy';

type Kind = 'tap' | 'button' | 'pressable' | 'rn';
const KINDS: Kind[] = ['tap', 'button', 'pressable', 'rn'];
const KIND_LABEL: Record<Kind, string> = {
  tap: 'GD Tap',
  button: 'RectButton',
  pressable: 'GH Pressable',
  rn: 'RN Pressable',
};

type OverlayKind = 'view' | 'rn' | 'button';
const OVERLAY_KINDS: OverlayKind[] = ['view', 'rn', 'button'];
const OVERLAY_LABEL: Record<OverlayKind, string> = {
  view: 'plain View',
  rn: 'RN Pressable',
  button: 'RectButton',
};

type Bump = (key: string) => void;

const Target = React.memo(function Target({
  engine,
  kind,
  fireKey,
  bump,
  style,
}: {
  engine: Engine;
  kind: Kind;
  fireKey: string;
  bump: Bump;
  style?: object;
}) {
  const onFire = useCallback(() => bump(fireKey), [bump, fireKey]);
  const legacyTap = useMemo(
    () => Gesture.Tap().runOnJS(true).onStart(onFire),
    [onFire]
  );
  const v3Tap = useTapGesture({
    onActivate: onFire,
    runOnJS: true,
  });
  const targetStyle = [styles.target, style];

  switch (kind) {
    case 'tap':
      return engine === 'v3' ? (
        <GestureDetector gesture={v3Tap}>
          <View style={targetStyle} />
        </GestureDetector>
      ) : (
        <GestureDetector gesture={legacyTap}>
          <View style={targetStyle} />
        </GestureDetector>
      );
    case 'button':
      return engine === 'v3' ? (
        <RectButton
          style={targetStyle}
          rippleColor="#ffffff"
          onPress={onFire}
        />
      ) : (
        <LegacyRectButton
          style={targetStyle}
          rippleColor="#ffffff"
          onPress={onFire}
        />
      );
    case 'pressable':
      return engine === 'v3' ? (
        <Pressable style={targetStyle} onPress={onFire} />
      ) : (
        <LegacyPressable style={targetStyle} onPress={onFire} />
      );
    case 'rn':
      return <RNPressable style={targetStyle} onPress={onFire} />;
  }
});

const Overlay = React.memo(function Overlay({
  engine,
  kind,
  opacity,
  fireKey,
  bump,
}: {
  engine: Engine;
  kind: OverlayKind;
  opacity: number;
  fireKey: string;
  bump: Bump;
}) {
  const onFire = useCallback(() => bump(fireKey), [bump, fireKey]);
  const style = [StyleSheet.absoluteFill, styles.overlay, { opacity }];
  switch (kind) {
    case 'view':
      return <View style={style} />;
    case 'rn':
      return <RNPressable style={style} onPress={onFire} />;
    case 'button':
      return engine === 'v3' ? (
        <RectButton style={style} onPress={onFire} />
      ) : (
        <LegacyRectButton style={style} onPress={onFire} />
      );
  }
});

const Cell = React.memo(function Cell({
  count,
  overlayCount,
  children,
}: {
  count: number;
  overlayCount?: number;
  children: React.ReactNode;
}) {
  const fired = count > 0;
  const swallowed = !fired && (overlayCount ?? 0) > 0;
  return (
    <View
      style={[
        styles.cell,
        fired && styles.cellFired,
        swallowed && styles.cellSwallowed,
      ]}>
      <View style={styles.targetArea}>{children}</View>
      <Text style={styles.count}>
        {overlayCount === undefined ? count : `${count} / ov ${overlayCount}`}
      </Text>
    </View>
  );
});

function fmt(n: number) {
  return String(n);
}

export default function EmptyExample() {
  const [engine, setEngine] = useState<Engine>('v3');
  const [counts, setCounts] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
  const bump = useCallback<Bump>((key) => {
    setCounts((prev) => ({ ...prev, [key]: (prev[key] ?? 0) + 1 }));
  }, []);
  const reset = useCallback(() => setCounts({}), []);
  const toggleEngine = useCallback(
    () => setEngine((prev) => (prev === 'v3' ? 'legacy' : 'v3')),
    []
  );
  const get = (key: string) => counts[key] ?? 0;

  const summary = useMemo(() => {
    const lines: string[] = [];
    for (const eng of ['v3', 'legacy'] as const) {
      for (const section of ['target', 'wrapper'] as const) {
        for (const kind of KINDS) {
          const fired = OPACITIES.filter(
            (o) => (counts[`${eng}|${section}|${o}|${kind}`] ?? 0) > 0
          );
          if (fired.length > 0) {
            lines.push(
              `${eng} ${section}/${KIND_LABEL[kind]}: ${fired.join(', ')}`
            );
          }
        }
      }
      for (const ok of OVERLAY_KINDS) {
        for (const oo of OVERLAY_OPACITIES) {
          const reached = KINDS.filter(
            (k) => (counts[`${eng}|overlay|${ok}|${oo}|${k}`] ?? 0) > 0
          );
          const swallowed = KINDS.filter(
            (k) =>
              (counts[`${eng}|overlay|${ok}|${oo}|${k}`] ?? 0) === 0 &&
              (counts[`${eng}|overlay-ov|${ok}|${oo}|${k}`] ?? 0) > 0
          );
          if (reached.length > 0 || swallowed.length > 0) {
            lines.push(
              `${eng} overlay ${OVERLAY_LABEL[ok]}@${oo}: reached ${
                reached.map((k) => KIND_LABEL[k]).join(', ') || '-'
              }; swallowed ${
                swallowed.map((k) => KIND_LABEL[k]).join(', ') || '-'
              }`
            );
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return lines;
  }, [counts]);

  const header = (
    <View style={styles.row}>
      <Text style={[styles.rowLabel, styles.headerText]}>opacity</Text>
      {KINDS.map((k) => (
        <Text key={k} style={[styles.colHeader, styles.headerText]}>
          {KIND_LABEL[k]}
        </Text>
      ))}
    </View>
  );

  return (
    <ScrollView contentContainerStyle={styles.container}>
      <Text style={styles.title}>
        Opacity hit testing ({Platform.OS}, {engine})
      </Text>
      <Text style={styles.note}>
        Tap every cell once. Green = target fired, red = only the overlay fired.
        Gates: Android RNGH 0.1, iOS 0.01, RN Android & web none. Summary is at
        the bottom.
      </Text>
      <View style={styles.row}>
        <RectButton style={styles.resetButton} onPress={reset}>
          <Text style={styles.resetText}>Reset</Text>
        </RectButton>
        <RectButton style={styles.resetButton} onPress={toggleEngine}>
          <Text style={styles.resetText}>Engine: {engine}</Text>
        </RectButton>
      </View>

      <Text style={styles.section}>1. Opacity on the target view</Text>
      {header}
      {OPACITIES.map((o) => (
        <View key={o} style={styles.row}>
          <Text style={styles.rowLabel}>{fmt(o)}</Text>
          {KINDS.map((kind) => {
            const key = `${engine}|target|${o}|${kind}`;
            return (
              <Cell key={kind} count={get(key)}>
                <Target
                  engine={engine}
                  kind={kind}
                  fireKey={key}
                  bump={bump}
                  style={{ opacity: o }}
                />
              </Cell>
            );
          })}
        </View>
      ))}

      <Text style={styles.section}>2. Opacity on a wrapper View</Text>
      {header}
      {OPACITIES.map((o) => (
        <View key={o} style={styles.row}>
          <Text style={styles.rowLabel}>{fmt(o)}</Text>
          {KINDS.map((kind) => {
            const key = `${engine}|wrapper|${o}|${kind}`;
            return (
              <Cell key={kind} count={get(key)}>
                <View style={[styles.fill, { opacity: o }]}>
                  <Target
                    engine={engine}
                    kind={kind}
                    fireKey={key}
                    bump={bump}
                  />
                </View>
              </Cell>
            );
          })}
        </View>
      ))}

      <Text style={styles.section}>
        3. Transparent overlay above an opaque target
      </Text>
      {header}
      {OVERLAY_KINDS.map((ok) =>
        OVERLAY_OPACITIES.map((oo) => (
          <View key={`${ok}-${oo}`} style={styles.row}>
            <Text style={styles.rowLabel}>
              {OVERLAY_LABEL[ok]}
              {'\n'}@ {fmt(oo)}
            </Text>
            {KINDS.map((kind) => {
              const key = `${engine}|overlay|${ok}|${oo}|${kind}`;
              const ovKey = `${engine}|overlay-ov|${ok}|${oo}|${kind}`;
              return (
                <Cell key={kind} count={get(key)} overlayCount={get(ovKey)}>
                  <Target
                    engine={engine}
                    kind={kind}
                    fireKey={key}
                    bump={bump}
                  />
                  <Overlay
                    engine={engine}
                    kind={ok}
                    opacity={oo}
                    fireKey={ovKey}
                    bump={bump}
                  />
                </Cell>
              );
            })}
          </View>
        ))
      )}

      <View style={styles.summary}>
        <Text style={styles.headerText}>Summary</Text>
        {summary.length === 0 ? (
          <Text style={styles.summaryLine}>nothing fired yet</Text>
        ) : (
          summary.map((line) => (
            <Text key={line} style={styles.summaryLine}>
              {line}
            </Text>
          ))
        )}
      </View>
    </ScrollView>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    padding: 8,
    paddingBottom: 48,
  },
  title: {
    fontSize: 18,
    fontWeight: '600',
    marginBottom: 4,
  },
  note: {
    fontSize: 12,
    color: '#555',
    marginBottom: 8,
  },
  resetButton: {
    backgroundColor: '#333',
    paddingHorizontal: 16,
    paddingVertical: 8,
    borderRadius: 6,
    marginBottom: 8,
    marginRight: 8,
  },
  resetText: {
    color: 'white',
    fontWeight: '600',
  },
  summary: {
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: '#ccc',
    borderRadius: 6,
    padding: 8,
    marginTop: 12,
  },
  summaryLine: {
    fontSize: 11,
    fontVariant: ['tabular-nums'],
  },
  section: {
    fontSize: 15,
    fontWeight: '600',
    marginTop: 16,
    marginBottom: 4,
  },
  headerText: {
    fontSize: 11,
    fontWeight: '600',
  },
  row: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignItems: 'center',
    marginBottom: 4,
  },
  rowLabel: {
    width: 64,
    fontSize: 11,
    fontVariant: ['tabular-nums'],
  },
  colHeader: {
    flex: 1,
    textAlign: 'center',
  },
  cell: {
    flex: 1,
    marginHorizontal: 2,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: '#bbb',
    borderRadius: 4,
    overflow: 'hidden',
  },
  cellFired: {
    borderColor: '#2e8b57',
    backgroundColor: '#e6f4ea',
  },
  cellSwallowed: {
    borderColor: '#c0392b',
    backgroundColor: '#fbe9e7',
  },
  targetArea: {
    height: 40,
  },
  fill: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  target: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: '#4a90d9',
  },
  overlay: {
    backgroundColor: '#e74c3c',
  },
  count: {
    fontSize: 10,
    textAlign: 'center',
    paddingVertical: 2,
    fontVariant: ['tabular-nums'],
  },
});

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• Bug Fixes
  • Hidden, disabled, or nearly transparent gesture-handler buttons no longer receive touch events.
  • Touch handling now consistently respects the button’s visibility and interaction settings.

Walkthrough

The button hit-test override now skips disabled, hidden, or nearly transparent views before forwarding events to the native button view.

Changes

Button hit-testing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Visibility checks in hit testing packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm	hitTest:withEvent: now returns nil when userInteractionEnabled is disabled, the view is hidden, or alpha is below 0.01.

Suggested reviewers: j-piasecki

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 03370

Buttons at exactly 0.01 opacity can still intercept underlying taps. The narrow threshold fix should be applied before merge.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates iOS RNGH button hit testing to respect React Native visibility rules before forwarding touches.

Changes:

• Adds interaction, hidden-state, and low-opacity hit-test guards.
• Preserves forwarding to the inner button for valid targets.

File summaries

File	Summary	Findings
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm	Adds iOS visibility checks to button hit testing.	Two moderate findings remain: disabled buttons may still block underlying content (2 votes), and opacity exactly 0.01 is not excluded (1 vote).

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packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm:620

• This condition only rejects alpha values strictly below 0.01, so an opacity of exactly 0.01 is still forwarded to _buttonView; that contradicts the stated matrix in the PR (dead at 0.01 and below) and can still let the transparent overlay swallow the tap. Use the same inclusive cutoff as the expected platform behavior.

  if (!self.userInteractionEnabled || self.hidden || self.alpha < 0.01) {

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