fix: restore Android View props on React Native 0.87

apps/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/nitroexample/MainApplication.kt

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvider
 
 private val stableFlagsWithNitroViewRecycling: ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvider =
   object : ReactNativeFeatureFlagsProvider by ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverrides_RNOSS_Stable_Android() {
+    // TODO: this can be removed once we upgraded to RN 0.87. Added for being able to reproduce #1656
+    override fun enableExclusivePropsUpdateAndroid(): Boolean = true
+
     override fun enablePreparedTextLayout(): Boolean = false
 
     override fun enableViewRecycling(): Boolean = true

packages/nitrogen/src/views/CppHybridViewComponent.ts

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ ${createFileMetadataString(`${component}.cpp`)}
 #include "${component}.hpp"
 
 #include <NitroModules/NitroHash.hpp>
+#include <NitroModules/RawPropsCompat.hpp>
 #include <NitroModules/ReactProp.hpp>
 
 namespace ${namespace} {
@@ -196,7 +197,11 @@ namespace ${namespace} {
   ${propsClassName}::${propsClassName}(const react::PropsParserContext& context,
   ${ctorIndent}   const ${propsClassName}& sourceProps,
   ${ctorIndent}   const react::RawProps& rawProps):
-    ${indent(propInitializers.join(',\n'), '    ')} { }
+    ${indent(propInitializers.join(',\n'), '    ')} {
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    nitro::RawPropsCompat::initializeDynamicProps(*this, sourceProps, rawProps, filterObjectKeys);
+#endif
+  }
 
   bool ${propsClassName}::filterObjectKeys(const std::string& propName) {
     switch (hashString(propName)) {

packages/react-native-nitro-modules/cpp/views/RawPropsCompat.cpp

@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <cxxreact/ReactNativeVersion.h>
+#include <react/renderer/core/Props.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/RawProps.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/RawPropsParser.h>
 
+#if defined(ANDROID) && REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MINOR >= 84 && REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MINOR < 87
+#include <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace margelo::nitro::RawPropsCompat {
 
 const facebook::react::RawValue* at(const facebook::react::RawProps& props, const char* name) {
@@ -32,4 +37,20 @@ facebook::react::RawPropsParser makePropsParser() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void initializeDynamicProps([[maybe_unused]] facebook::react::Props& props, [[maybe_unused]] const facebook::react::Props& sourceProps,
+                            [[maybe_unused]] const facebook::react::RawProps& rawProps,
+                            [[maybe_unused]] bool (*filterObjectKeys)(const std::string&)) {
+#ifdef ANDROID
+#if REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MINOR >= 87
+  // Since React Native 0.87, the base constructor no longer initializes dynamic props.
+  props.initializeDynamicProps(sourceProps, rawProps, filterObjectKeys);
+#elif REACT_NATIVE_VERSION_MINOR >= 84
+  // React Native 0.84-0.86 skips initialization only when exclusive props updates are enabled.
+  if (facebook::react::ReactNativeFeatureFlags::enableExclusivePropsUpdateAndroid()) {
+    props.initializeDynamicProps(sourceProps, rawProps, filterObjectKeys);
+  }
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
 } // namespace margelo::nitro::RawPropsCompat

packages/react-native-nitro-modules/cpp/views/RawPropsCompat.hpp

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <string>
+
 namespace facebook::react {
+class Props;
 class RawProps;
 class RawPropsParser;
 class RawValue;
@@ -15,4 +18,8 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::RawPropsCompat {
 const facebook::react::RawValue* at(const facebook::react::RawProps& props, const char* name);
 facebook::react::RawPropsParser makePropsParser();
 
+// Initialize Android's dynamic props only when the React Native constructor has not already done so.
+void initializeDynamicProps(facebook::react::Props& props, const facebook::react::Props& sourceProps,
+                            const facebook::react::RawProps& rawProps, bool (*filterObjectKeys)(const std::string&));
+
 } // namespace margelo::nitro::RawPropsCompat

packages/react-native-nitro-test/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/views/HybridRecyclableTestViewComponent.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "HybridRecyclableTestViewComponent.hpp"
 
 #include <NitroModules/NitroHash.hpp>
+#include <NitroModules/RawPropsCompat.hpp>
 #include <NitroModules/ReactProp.hpp>
 
 namespace margelo::nitro::test::views {
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::test::views {
     react::ViewProps(context, sourceProps, rawProps, filterObjectKeys),
     isBlue(nitro::ReactProp<bool>::fromRawValue("RecyclableTestView", "isBlue", rawProps, sourceProps.isBlue)),
     nativeDefaultValue(nitro::ReactProp<std::optional<double>>::fromRawValue("RecyclableTestView", "nativeDefaultValue", rawProps, sourceProps.nativeDefaultValue)),
-    hybridRef(nitro::ReactProp<std::optional<std::function<void(const std::shared_ptr<HybridRecyclableTestViewSpec>& /* ref */)>>>::fromRawValue("RecyclableTestView", "hybridRef", rawProps, sourceProps.hybridRef)) { }
+    hybridRef(nitro::ReactProp<std::optional<std::function<void(const std::shared_ptr<HybridRecyclableTestViewSpec>& /* ref */)>>>::fromRawValue("RecyclableTestView", "hybridRef", rawProps, sourceProps.hybridRef)) {
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    nitro::RawPropsCompat::initializeDynamicProps(*this, sourceProps, rawProps, filterObjectKeys);
+#endif
+  }
 
   bool HybridRecyclableTestViewProps::filterObjectKeys(const std::string& propName) {
     switch (hashString(propName)) {

packages/react-native-nitro-test/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/views/HybridTestViewComponent.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "HybridTestViewComponent.hpp"
 
 #include <NitroModules/NitroHash.hpp>
+#include <NitroModules/RawPropsCompat.hpp>
 #include <NitroModules/ReactProp.hpp>
 
 namespace margelo::nitro::test::views {
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::test::views {
     colorScheme(nitro::ReactProp<ColorScheme>::fromRawValue("TestView", "colorScheme", rawProps, sourceProps.colorScheme)),
     someCallback(nitro::ReactProp<std::function<void()>>::fromRawValue("TestView", "someCallback", rawProps, sourceProps.someCallback)),
     nativeDefaultValue(nitro::ReactProp<std::optional<double>>::fromRawValue("TestView", "nativeDefaultValue", rawProps, sourceProps.nativeDefaultValue)),
-    hybridRef(nitro::ReactProp<std::optional<std::function<void(const std::shared_ptr<HybridTestViewSpec>& /* ref */)>>>::fromRawValue("TestView", "hybridRef", rawProps, sourceProps.hybridRef)) { }
+    hybridRef(nitro::ReactProp<std::optional<std::function<void(const std::shared_ptr<HybridTestViewSpec>& /* ref */)>>>::fromRawValue("TestView", "hybridRef", rawProps, sourceProps.hybridRef)) {
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    nitro::RawPropsCompat::initializeDynamicProps(*this, sourceProps, rawProps, filterObjectKeys);
+#endif
+  }
 
   bool HybridTestViewProps::filterObjectKeys(const std::string& propName) {
     switch (hashString(propName)) {