fix: load prebuilt classes for anonymous extends by edusperoni · Pull Request #2101 · NativeScript/android

edusperoni · 2026-11-11T03:21:23Z

Description

Every app built with 9.0+ generates its anonymous extend and @NativeClass classes on the device at startup, even though the static binding generator (SBG) already built them into the APK. On 9.1.x this happens on every launch.

Bug 1: names don't match (since 9.0.0, #1836). The SBG names these classes <Base>_<last 3 path parts>_<md5[0..6]>_<line>_<col>_<name>, e.g. Object_vendor_7c3613_2_472138_ClickListenerImpl. The runtime only used the last path part (Object_vendor_2_472138_ClickListenerImpl), so DexFactory never found the prebuilt class and generated one with asmdex. Those classes are also not AOT-compiled.

Bug 2: the dex cache never hits (since 9.1.0, #1965). DexFactory.getDexFile looks for <name>-<thumb>-<digest>.dex, but generateDex called the generateProxy overload without the digest, so the file was written as <name>-<thumb>.dex. Every launch regenerated every class.

Changes

ExtendFileIdentifier builds the file part of the name exactly like Generator.generateUniqueFileIdentifier and es5-visitors.js do (same separators, Java split semantics, MD5, identifier normalization). I checked it against the generator's Java code on 15 paths, including vendor, tests/tests, scoped node_modules paths, spaces, $, and leading/trailing/double underscores.
The CommonJS column offset on line 1 is no longer applied to ES modules (.mjs or HTTP-loaded), which have no wrapper. Before, an extend on line 1 of an .mjs file got a negative column (..._1_-13_).
generateDex passes the content digest through, so runtime-generated classes (extends the SBG can't see) are reused across launches.
es5-visitors.js finds the _super.apply call in the return statement of a constructor-less class.
DexFactory.resolveClass tries the class name as given before the $→_ form. The generator keeps a $ from the file name, and the runtime already replaces the base class's $.

Impact. I measured a drawer-navigation template app with a ListView on a Galaxy S20 FE (release build, optimized runtime, 4 interleaved rounds of 9–10 cold starts):

	Cold start (median)
main	538 ms
this PR	506–509 ms (−30 ms, −6%)

In simpleperf, main-thread time under DexFactory.resolveClass drops from ~30 ms to 2 ms (loading the prebuilt classes), and generateDex disappears. Low-end devices should gain proportionally more.

Bug 3: native classes without a constructor have no location in the SBG. TypeScript compiles them to return _super !== null && _super.apply(this, arguments) || this;. The SBG only recognized var _this = _super.call(this) || this;, so it emitted these classes with an empty line and column, and they were generated at runtime too. In the template app that was 3 of 117 bindings. The SBG now also recognizes the return form, readable and minified. The one binding still without a location in the template app is core's SnapshotViewGroup: terser drops the return at the end of its IIFE because the class is never used, so it never needs a class.

Test fix: TestCanParseSignatureWithTypesThatContainsCapitalLettersForPrimitiveTypes failed on devices whose locale uses , as the decimal separator (pt-BR, for example). It now parses with Locale.US; what it tests, the NumberFormat[] signature, is unchanged.

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Related Pull Requests

feat: ES modules (ESM) support with conditional esm or commonjs consumption #1836 added the MD5 file identifier to the SBG.
feat: ESM loader overhaul — Web/Node parity, ns:module dev surface, HTTP module loader #1965 added the content digest to the dex cache key.

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testPrebuiltExtendClasses.js (plus an .mjs helper) covers six cases:
- An anonymous extend, TypeScript-compiled classes with and without a constructor, an extend on line 1 of an ES module, and an extend in a file with $ in its name each leave no runtime-generated dex.
- A class hidden from the SBG is cached under the <name>-<thumb>-<digest>.dex name that DexFactory looks up.
The naming, ES-module and cache specs failed on main. The constructor-less shape also generated at runtime before the SBG change.
A new SBG parser case, extends_ts_no_constructor, checks the line and column of a readable and a minified constructor-less class. Parser tests: 9 specs, 0 failures.
Full suite on a Galaxy S20 FE (pt-BR locale): 1533 specs, 0 failures.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved support for Java class extensions across ES modules, CommonJS modules, and TypeScript-compiled classes, including classes without explicit constructors.
- Improved loading of pre-generated classes when class names or source file names contain special characters.
- Improved source location reporting for extended classes across module types.
- Generated class files now use consistent identifiers based on their source paths, and generated proxy files incorporate content digests to distinguish files when source content changes.

The runtime and the static binding generator named anonymous `extend` and `@NativeClass` classes differently. Since the generator added the last three path parts plus a 6-hex MD5 of the file to the name, the runtime has looked up a class that doesn't exist and generated one on the device instead. - Build the file part of the name exactly like the generator does. - Skip the CommonJS column offset on line 1 of ES modules, which have no wrapper. - Write runtime-generated dex files with the content digest that `DexFactory.getDexFile` looks up, so they are reused across launches instead of being regenerated every time.

coderabbitai · 2026-11-11T03:21:43Z

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The runtime now derives extend identifiers from normalized script paths and updates pre-generated class lookup. Tests cover prebuilt and runtime-generated classes. The parser now finds TypeScript super calls in return statements, with fixture coverage for subclasses without constructors. A number-parsing test uses Locale.US.

Changes: Proxy class naming and generation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Identifier and proxy naming integration `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ExtendFileIdentifier.h`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ExtendFileIdentifier.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MetadataNode.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/CMakeLists.txt`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/DexFactory.java`	The runtime builds extend identifiers from normalized script paths and uses them in `GetExtendLocation`. The first-line column offset now applies only when a CommonJS prologue is present. `DexFactory` checks pre-generated classes and passes `contentDigest` to proxy generation.
Prebuilt and runtime class tests `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testPrebuiltExtendClasses.js`, `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/prebuiltExtendLineOne.mjs`, `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/prebuiltExtend$Dollar.js`, `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/mainpage.js`	The tests check `toString()` results and DEX-file presence for anonymous, TypeScript-compiled, ES-module, `$`-named-file, and runtime-generated classes. The main test entry point loads the test suite.

TypeScript subclass parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Return-statement super-call discovery `test-app/build-tools/jsparser/visitors/es5-visitors.js`, `test-app/build-tools/jsparser/tests/cases/extends_ts_no_constructor/internal/ts_helpers.js`, `test-app/build-tools/jsparser/tests/cases/extends_ts_no_constructor/app/no_constructor.js`	The visitor searches constructor return statements for matching `super` calls. The fixture adds TypeScript helpers and generated classes without custom constructors.
Generated metadata validation `test-app/build-tools/jsparser/tests/specs/ast-parser-tests.spec.js`	The parser test checks generated source locations and class names for both fixture classes.

Locale-stable number parsing test

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Locale-stable test inputs `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/tests.js`	The number-parsing test now uses `Locale.US` for both number formats.

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

Change: Bug fix

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On Android 5.0 with CheckJNI enabled, a computed extension in an emoji-named module can abort the app. The compatibility risk is narrow.

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Minor · Preserve $ in the prebuilt anonymous class lookup. · DexFactory.java:81-91

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Preserve $ in the prebuilt anonymous class lookup.

An anonymous extend in foo$bar.js produces a prebuilt class name containing $, but DexFactory.resolveClass looks up the name with _ instead. It can miss the prebuilt class and generate dex at runtime. Try the original anonymous class name first, then retain the normalized lookup for existing fallback behavior.
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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/DexFactory.java around lines 81 - 91:
Update DexFactory.resolveClass to try loading the pre-generated class using the original class name with `$` preserved before attempting the normalized name. Keep the existing normalized lookup as a fallback for compatibility.

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- Around line 81-91: Update DexFactory.resolveClass to try loading the
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TypeScript compiles a class without a constructor to `return _super !== null && _super.apply(this, arguments) || this;`. The binding generator only recognized `var _this = _super.call(this) || this;`, so these classes got no line and column. The runtime names them from the `_super.apply` location, missed the prebuilt class and generated one on the device.

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The binding generator keeps a `$` from the script's file name in an anonymous extend's class name, but DexFactory replaced every `$` before looking the class up, so it missed and generated the class at runtime. Try the name as given first; the runtime already replaces `$` in the base class name.

edusperoni · 2026-11-11T03:59:17Z

@coderabbitai The $ lookup (outside-diff comment on DexFactory.java:81-91) is fixed in 7613f2b: resolveClass tries the class name as given before the $→_ form. A new spec, prebuiltExtend$Dollar.js, failed before the fix and passes now. The Docstring Coverage check doesn't apply: this repo doesn't use docstrings.

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@edusperoni Thanks for the fix. In commit 7613f2b0, DexFactory.resolveClass tries the name with $ before the underscore form. The new test checks that the class loads without generating a DEX file. I did not run the test.

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test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testPrebuiltExtendClasses.js: 1
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Test reuse of the generated dex.

This test can pass even if every launch regenerates the dex. Add a fresh-process or equivalent isolated lookup test that asserts the existing dex is used without calling the generator.
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Extend the runtime-generated class test to verify reuse across a fresh process or equivalent isolated lookup: seed or retain the existing dex, then assert DexFactory.getDexFile uses it without invoking the dex generator. Keep the existing generated-dex naming and content assertions intact.

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edusperoni · 2026-11-11T04:17:53Z

@coderabbitai On the nitpick about testing dex reuse across launches: skipping it. Proving reuse needs a second process launch, and the Jasmine harness runs one launch per suite. Within a process, DexFactory.resolveClass returns the class from its in-memory injectedDexClasses map before it ever calls getDexFile, so an in-process check wouldn't exercise the file lookup. The spec asserts that the written file is named <name>-<thumb>-<digest>.dex, the exact name getDexFile probes; that name mismatch was the bug.

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@edusperoni Thanks for explaining. I agree with skipping the cross-launch test in this PR.

I confirmed that an injectedDexClasses hit returns before getDexFile. The spec checks the filename format, but does not verify reuse across launches. I did not run the test.

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