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Every runtime read of an app file now resolves through one ordered list of sources ("layers"), in C++ and Java. On top of that come two opt-in flags that stop the runtime from copying code out of the APK on first launch, and the V8 code cache moves to Android's code-cache directory. Default behaviour is unchanged.

Layered app files (always on)

  • Native AppFiles (AppFiles.{h,cpp}) owns the logical roots (<files>/app, <files>/internal, <files>/metadata). It replaces Constants::APP_ROOT_FOLDER_PATH and the resolver's separate GetApplicationPath().
  • Every app-file read goes through AppFiles:
    • CJS and ESM module reads and existence probes, JSON modules;
    • Runtime::RunScript (ts_helpers, livesync.js);
    • the inspector's package.json and source-map reads;
    • metadata.
  • Java (Module, AppConfig, Runtime.runScript, RuntimeHelper) calls the same native lookup through com.tns.AppFiles.
  • Paths are unchanged: V8 still sees the canonical <files>/app/... logical paths (__filename, import.meta.url, stack traces, source maps, extend class names). Both /data/user/0/<pkg>/files and /data/data/<pkg>/files spellings map to the same file, and to one ES module registry entry.
  • Fix along the way: ~/x requires no longer produce app//x.

android.loadCodeFromApk: true (opt-in)

  • .js/.mjs/.cjs/.map under app/, plus internal/ and the metadata, are served from the APK (AAssetManager) instead of being extracted.
  • Everything else under app/ is still extracted, because Android and @nativescript/core open fonts, images, JSON and WebView content by path.
  • android.alwaysExtract: ["glob", …] keeps matching code files extracted (e.g. code a WebView loads by path).
  • The flag is read directly from the APK's app/package.json, so a LiveSync'd package.json can't toggle it.
  • Layer order: disk first, then the APK, in every build, so LiveSync overrides and files written into files/app at runtime keep working.
  • App updates still delete files/app (and now files/internal and files/metadata). If that cleanup fails, the runtime logs it and extracts everything, so stale files can't shadow the new APK.

android.storeCodeUncompressed: true (opt-in, build time)

  • Adds noCompress for .js, .mjs, .cjs, .map and the metadata streams in the app's build.gradle.
  • noCompress matches by suffix across the whole APK; the metadata files are listed by full name for that reason.

Plugins: AppFileLayersCustomizer

  • Register with <meta-data android:name="<class>" android:value="org.nativescript.AppFileLayersCustomizer"/>. Customizers run before extraction, sorted by priority().
  • Each receives an AppFileLayers.Builder: context(), isDebuggable(), isAppUpdated(), loadsCodeFromApk(), the well-known layer ids extracted/apk, and insertAbove/insertBelow/remove.
  • Layers are closed, immutable descriptors: directory(dir), apkAssets(base), or map(path → file | asset | whiteout).
  • Paths are relative to the app root; plugins never see internal/ or metadata/.
  • The final list is handed to native once, so there are no per-probe upcalls into plugin code.
  • In debuggable builds the extracted (LiveSync) layer is pinned back on top after customizers run.
  • Example use: an Expo-style OTA plugin picks its active package at launch and inserts it as a directory or map layer.
  • Limit: layering covers runtime-mediated reads only. Fonts and images that core opens by path are not layered.

Code cache in code_cache/v8

  • Location: getCodeCacheDir()/v8/<hash of logical path>.{cache,mcache}, instead of next to the source.
  • Android wipes that folder on app and OS updates and counts it as clearable cache; it is never backed up.
  • Each file has a header: magic, version, source length + crc32, payload length + crc32. V8 only verifies its own checksum in debug builds.
  • Writes go through mkstemp + rename; write failures are ignored.
  • A rejected cache is now rewritten on the CommonJS path too (it already was for ES modules).
  • Still gated by codeCache; the default is unchanged.

Behaviour changes in default mode

  • Symlinks under the app directory are no longer canonicalized when resolving modules (lexical normalization only).
  • package.json is read as UTF-8 rather than the platform default charset.
  • Old .cache/.mcache files next to sources are no longer used; they're removed by the next app-update cleanup.

Measurements

Template app (drawer navigation + ListView), release, arm64, Galaxy S20 FE, 2 rounds × 8 cold starts:

Mode APK Extracted to app data Installed (APK + extracted) Cold start median First launch
default 32.20 MB 5.15 MB 37.35 MB 482 ms 789 / 596 ms
loadCodeFromApk 32.20 MB 0.40 MB 32.60 MB 493 ms 585 / 584 ms
loadCodeFromApk + storeCodeUncompressed 35.59 MB 0.40 MB 35.99 MB 484 ms 614 / 543 ms

loadCodeFromApk alone decompresses the code on every launch (+11 ms cold start here). It's meant to be paired with storeCodeUncompressed, which keeps cold start unchanged and still saves installed space. Play compresses downloads, so storeCodeUncompressed doesn't change the download size.

Does your commit message include the wording below to reference a specific issue in this repo?

No issue.

Related Pull Requests

None.

Does your pull request have unit tests?

Yes.

  • New specs:
    • testCodeCache.js: write, consume, corrupted payload, V8-rejected cache, deleted directory; CJS and ESM.
    • testLoadCodeFromApk.js: path aliases; runScript of livesync.js by either spelling; no code extracted with the flag on while JSON/images are; a worker loading APK-served code; a disk copy winning over the APK copy and the APK copy returning after it's deleted; alwaysExtract.
    • testAppFileLayers.js: a test customizer with map, whiteout, directory and APK-asset layers.
  • Test modes: ./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults [-PloadCodeFromApk] [-PstoreCodeUncompressed] builds the test app with the flags applied to the packaged package.json.
  • Results on an API 36 emulator: default 1574 specs, 0 failures; -PloadCodeFromApk 1578, 0; both flags 1578, 0.
  • Install transitions: flag-off → flag-on cleanup (no stale .js, files/internal or files/metadata left) and back were checked by installing over each mode.
  • JVM tests and the optimized release build pass.
  • Not run on a device: the failed-cleanup fallback (covered by review only) and direct boot (reasoned through, not run on a locked device).
  • The test app now runs with codeCache: true, so the cache paths are exercised.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Android apps can optionally load JavaScript code and source maps directly from the APK, reducing extracted files while keeping selected files extractable.
    • Added configurable app-file layers, allowing files from the APK, directories, and mapped sources to participate in file lookup.
    • Added V8 compiled-code caching for JavaScript and ES modules to speed up subsequent loads.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved file lookup across equivalent Android files-directory paths and when inspecting resources in directories that cannot be listed.

Replace Constants::APP_ROOT_FOLDER_PATH and ModuleInternalCallbacks'
JNI-cached GetApplicationPath() with tns::AppFiles, initialized once from
Runtime::Init. AppRoot() is "<files>/app" and AppRootPrefix() is
"<files>/app/", matching the two slash conventions the call sites used, so
SBG extend naming, script origins and worker caller-dir derivation produce
the same strings as before.

The "~/" require path no longer produces "<files>/app//tail".
Give AppFiles the runtime's app file reads: IsFile, ReadText and Open
(a Reader with size() and read() into caller-owned buffers). A path under
<files>/app, <files>/internal or <files>/metadata is normalized - "//",
"." and ".." collapsed, /data/data/<pkg> and /data/user/0/<pkg> spellings
mapped onto the canonical files root - and served from an ordered list of
sources; anything else reads the real file system unchanged. The only
source for now is the files directory itself.

Route through it: module stat/read for CommonJS, ES modules and JSON
(ModuleInternal, ModuleInternalCallbacks), Runtime::RunScript and
ReadFileText (still under the debug file-write lock), the inspector's
package.json and network-resource reads, and the metadata streams, which
are read into the same caller-allocated buffers. The direct-boot opendir
guard and .so dlopen paths are unchanged.
Add com.tns.AppFiles: static natives over the native AppFiles (init,
filesRoot, appRoot, logicalPath, isFile, readText) that need only the
loaded library, not an initialized Runtime. RuntimeHelper initializes it
right after System.loadLibrary, before AppConfig is built; Module.init
initializes it too for embedders that start the runtime another way.

Route the Java-side reads through it: Module's file/directory probing,
package.json reading and folder-module cache keys, AppConfig's
package.json, Runtime.runScript's existence check and RuntimeHelper's
tns-java-classes.js check. package.json is now decoded as UTF-8 rather than
with the platform default charset.

Behaviour change: Module.resolvePath canonicalizes only the files root.
Paths inside it are normalized lexically ("//", "." and ".." collapsed,
/data/data and /data/user/0 spellings unified), so symlinks under the app
directory are no longer resolved to their targets. Paths outside the files
directory are still canonicalized.
Move V8 code caches out of the app directory, from <script>.cache and
<script>.mcache next to the source, to
<code cache dir>/v8/<FNV-1a 64 of the logical path>.{cache,mcache}.
Android clears that directory on app and OS updates and treats it as
clearable cache. Java passes getCodeCacheDir() to AppFiles.init; Module.init
falls back to <data dir>/code_cache.

Entries are validated by content instead of mtime: a header carries a magic,
a format version, the length and zlib crc32 of the exact source text V8
compiled, and the payload length and crc32 (release V8 skips its own
checksum). Any mismatch compiles without the cache and rewrites the entry,
and so does an entry V8 rejects, now on the CommonJS path as well as the
ES module path. Writes go to a mkstemp file in the same directory and are
renamed into place; mkdir and write failures are ignored (direct boot, a
full disk). The utime/mtime logic is gone.

Still gated by the codeCache option, default off. The test app turns it on
so the suite exercises it; new specs cover the round trip, a payload
checksum failure, a V8 rejection and a deleted cache directory, each load
in a fresh worker.

File.{h,cpp} lost its last users and is removed.
With "android": { "loadCodeFromApk": true } in app/package.json, code is no
longer extracted to <files>: .js, .mjs, .cjs and .map under app/ (minus
the android.alwaysExtract globs, relative to app/) and everything under
internal/ and metadata/ are read straight from the APK's assets. JSON,
.so files, fonts, images and everything else under app/ are still
extracted. The flag and globs are read from the APK's own copy of
app/package.json, never through the app file sources, so a LiveSync'd
package.json cannot change where code comes from.

AppFiles gains an APK source (AAssetManager held for the process; one
AAssetManager_openDir listing per directory, cached under a mutex; one
AAsset per open) and a single predicate, IsApkServed, that both the
extractor and the sources use. The files directory is searched first and
the APK second, in every build type, so code LiveSync or the app itself
writes into files/app wins over the APK's copy. Without the flag nothing
changes: one disk source, everything extracted.

Because extracted files win, a new assets thumb must leave none of the
previous version's behind: with the flag, files/app, files/internal and
files/metadata are deleted and only app/ is extracted, minus the
APK-served set. If any of them cannot be deleted, that is logged and all
assets are extracted over them, code included, as without the flag. The
native extractor takes whether to skip the APK-served set as a parameter. When a plugin takes over
extraction (Util.runPlugin returns true) nothing is extracted or deleted,
as before, and code still resolves through the sources.

Also:
- metadata is read through AppFiles::Open into the same len + 512KB
  buffers; the direct-boot opendir guard checks the files directory
  instead of files/metadata when metadata comes from the APK;
- the ES module resolver keys modules by the logical path, so the
  /data/data and /data/user/0 spellings name one module;
- dlopen gets the real file behind a logical .so path;
- AndroidJsV8Inspector.getPageResources tolerates unreadable directories
  and an app directory with no files;
- AppFiles.appRoot() is removed from Java (unused).
Make the app file sources a list that plugins can change before the runtime
starts. A layer is a closed, immutable descriptor (AppFileLayer):
directory(dir), apkAssets(assetBase) or map(path -> file | asset |
whiteout), with paths relative to the app root; customizer layers never see
internal/ or metadata/. The built-in layers keep the ids "extracted" and
"apk" (the latter only with android.loadCodeFromApk).

Customizers implement AppFileLayersCustomizer { int priority();
void customize(AppFileLayers.Builder) } and are registered androidx.startup
style:

  <meta-data android:name="com.example.MyCustomizer"
             android:value="org.nativescript.AppFileLayersCustomizer" />

RuntimeHelper instantiates them by reflection before extraction and runs
them in ascending priority. The builder starts from "extracted" above
"apk" and exposes the context, isDebuggable, isAppUpdated,
loadsCodeFromApk, the layer ids and insertAbove/insertBelow/remove. In
debuggable builds "extracted" is pinned back on top afterwards so LiveSync'd
files always win; release builds have no LiveSync, so there a customizer may
deliberately place a layer above the extracted files. A customizer that
cannot be created or that throws (including a LinkageError from a missing
dependency) is logged and skipped. The resulting list is handed to native
once, as flat arrays.

A map entry whose file or asset does not exist falls through to the layers
below; only a whiteout hides them.

Layering only affects runtime-mediated reads (modules, JSON, source maps);
files other code opens by path, such as fonts and images, are not layered.

The test app registers a customizer with a map, a directory and an APK
asset layer, covered by tests/testAppFileLayers.js.
With "android": { "storeCodeUncompressed": true } in app/package.json, the
app template adds .js, .mjs, .cjs, .map and the three metadata streams to
androidResources.noCompress, so they are stored in the APK and
loadCodeFromApk reads them without inflating. It costs APK size and is
independent of loadCodeFromApk, though it only pays off together with it.

noCompress matches by file-name suffix across the whole APK, not only under
assets/app, which is why the metadata streams are listed by full name
rather than as ".dat". The list is exposed as
project.ext.nsUncompressedCodeSuffixes.
The suite can now be run in three modes from the repo root:

  ./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults
  ./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults -PloadCodeFromApk
  ./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults -PloadCodeFromApk -PstoreCodeUncompressed

The properties are forwarded to the test app build, where
tools/appfiles-test-mode.init.gradle sets the flags in the packaged
app/package.json (and applies the exported noCompress list) without
touching the source package.json. The init script is always applied and
adds the mode as an input of the asset merge, so switching modes rebuilds
the packaged assets.

tests/testLoadCodeFromApk.js covers, in both modes: runtime files, a
getFilesDir()-spelled runScript, require and import under both
/data/data and /data/user/0 spellings (one module each), and the
android.alwaysExtract escape hatch, which the test app now uses. With the
flag on: no code under files/app beyond the alwaysExtract match, JSON and
images still extracted, no files/internal or files/metadata, a worker
loading APK-served code, and a file written into files/app under the
runtime lock (as LiveSync does) winning over the APK copy until deleted.
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The runtime adds ordered app-file layers and optional APK-backed code loading. Java and native runtime paths use the new file access APIs. The change also adds V8 script caching, test-mode Gradle options, and test coverage for these features.

Changes: Runtime file access and code loading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Java app-file layer API
test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppFileLayer*.java, test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppFileLayersCustomizer.java, test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/tests/TestAppFileLayersCustomizer.java, test-app/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml, test-app/runtime/consumer-rules.pro
The Java API defines directory, APK-assets, and map layers, plus ordered customization. The test app registers a customizer that configures these layers.
Native layered file lookup
test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/AppFiles.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_AppFiles.cpp, test-app/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
The native implementation searches configured file sources in order, handles whiteouts and APK assets, and provides file, read, and path operations through JNI.
APK loading and extraction setup
build.gradle, test-app/app/build.gradle, test-app/runtests.gradle, test-app/tools/appfiles-test-mode.init.gradle, test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppFiles.java, test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AssetExtractor.java, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/AssetExtractor.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_AssetExtractor.cpp, test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java, test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/package.json
Gradle forwards the APK-loading and uncompressed-code options. Initialization reads the Android settings, and extraction can skip files served from the APK.
Runtime file and module integration
test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/{AppConfig,Module,Runtime}.java, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/{Runtime,CallbackHandlers,JsV8InspectorClient,MetadataNode,ModuleInternal,ModuleInternalCallbacks}.{cpp,h}, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/{Constants,File}.{cpp,h}
Java and native runtime components use AppFiles for file access, module resolution, and app-root paths. The former File helper and app-root constant are removed.
V8 script cache
test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ScriptCache.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ModuleInternal.*, test-app/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
The cache implementation validates cache entries and saves generated cache data. Classic-script and ES-module compilation use ScriptCache.
Runtime behavior tests
test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/{mainpage.js,package.json}, test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/*, test-app/app/src/main/assets/layertest/tests/appFileLayers/*
The test app exercises app-file layers, APK loading and extraction, path aliases, LiveSync overrides, and script-cache behavior.

Inspector resource traversal

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resource traversal guards
test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/AndroidJsV8Inspector.java
The inspector creates its result array with Pair.class and skips directories when listFiles() returns null.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RuntimeHelper
  participant AppFiles
  participant AppFilesJNI
  participant NativeAppFiles
  participant AssetExtractor
  participant NativeAssetExtractor
  RuntimeHelper->>AppFiles: initialize extraction policy and app configuration
  AppFiles->>AppFilesJNI: send files root, assets, flags, and layer snapshot
  AppFilesJNI->>NativeAppFiles: initialize layered file sources
  RuntimeHelper->>AssetExtractor: extract app assets with APK-serving options
  AssetExtractor->>NativeAssetExtractor: pass skipApkServed flag
  NativeAssetExtractor->>NativeAppFiles: check each asset with IsApkServed
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to b83a6

The change is opt-in and default behavior is reported unchanged. Several robustness gaps remain in the new layered file loading, mainly on customizer misconfiguration, short metadata reads, oversized cache files, and native-library resolution. Address these before merging to avoid startup failures in the opt-in modes.

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Do not follow links during metadata cleanup.

On an APK-mode update, removePreviousVersionFiles now visits metadata. If that directory contains a symbolic link to another app-owned directory, listFiles() visits the target and this loop deletes its contents before deleting the link. The former metadata extraction path did not perform this cleanup. Delete links themselves without traversing their targets. (developer.android.com)


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Inline comments:
Review comments at @test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java:
- Around line 112-113: Update the extraction branch guarded by
AppFiles.loadsCodeFromApk so it skips internal and metadata extraction only when
the effective AppFileLayers configuration includes AppFileLayers.APK; otherwise
use the normal extraction path, or enforce the APK-layer requirement before
entering this branch. Preserve the existing app extraction behavior when the APK
layer is configured.

Review comments at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_AppFiles.cpp:
- Around line 58-60: Update the asset-manager reference handling in
AppFiles::Init so JNI global references created for configurations rejected
after the first call are released, while the reference belonging to the accepted
configuration remains valid for process-lifetime use. Preserve the existing
thread-safe first-call behavior.

Review comments at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MetadataNode.cpp:
- Line 2281: Check the returned byte counts from the nodes, names, and values
reads before passing their buffers to BuildMetadata; if any read is short, stop
metadata initialization rather than parsing incomplete or uninitialized data.
Locate the three reads and BuildMetadata call in the metadata initialization
flow, and preserve the reader’s existing error-handling contract.

Review comments at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ModuleInternal.cpp:
- Around line 871-874: Update the library-path handling before dlopen so that
when RealFilePath cannot provide a path for the selected modulePath, the load is
rejected through the existing failure path. Remove the fallback that assigns
modulePath to libraryPath, ensuring the runtime never loads a lower-priority
library instead.

Review comments at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ScriptCache.cpp:
- Line 142: Update Load to enforce a bounded payload-size policy before
allocating, treating payloads above the established limit as cache misses.
Handle allocation failure for payload.reset as a cache miss by returning
nullptr, while preserving the existing validation path for accepted payload
sizes.

Review comments at @test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppFileLayers.java:
- Around line 231-235: Update the customizer ordering in build so each
registered customizer’s priority is evaluated under failure handling before
sorting; omit any customizer whose priority() fails, while preserving the
existing ordering and failure-handling behavior for the remaining customizers.
- Around line 193-196: Update the customizer loop in AppFileLayers so a
customizer that throws RuntimeException or LinkageError cannot leave partial
changes in the builder; snapshot its state before customize and restore that
state in the catch before continuing to the next customizer, preserving
successful customizer changes.

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  • test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AssetExtractor.java
  • test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Module.java
  • test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java
  • test-app/tools/appfiles-test-mode.init.gradle
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  • test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Constants.h
  • test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Constants.cpp
  • test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/File.h
  • test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.h
  • test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/File.cpp

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Comment on lines +112 to +113
if (AppFiles.loadsCodeFromApk() && removePreviousVersionFiles(context, extractPolicy)) {
aE.extractAssets(context, "app", outputDir, extractPolicy, false, true);

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Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift

Keep extraction consistent with the configured layers.

A customizer can remove AppFileLayers.APK while android.loadCodeFromApk remains true. This branch then skips internal and metadata, and its app extraction skips APK-classified code. No configured APK layer can supply the skipped files. A fresh install can fail to load metadata or its entry script. Base extraction on the effective layer configuration, or require an APK layer when this branch runs. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/RuntimeHelper.java around lines 112 - 113:
Update the extraction branch guarded by AppFiles.loadsCodeFromApk so it skips internal and metadata extraction only when the effective AppFileLayers configuration includes AppFileLayers.APK; otherwise use the normal extraction path, or enforce the APK-layer requirement before entering this branch. Preserve the existing app extraction behavior when the APK layer is configured.

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Comment on lines +58 to +60
if (assetManager != nullptr) {
// Sources keep using the AAssetManager for the life of the process.
config.assets = AAssetManager_fromJava(env, env->NewGlobalRef(assetManager));

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

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Release unused asset-manager global references.

If AppFiles.init(Context, boolean) runs more than once, each later call retains an unused JNI global reference for the process lifetime. Release references for configurations that AppFiles::Init does not accept, while retaining the reference used by the accepted configuration. Preserve the thread-safe first-call behavior.

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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_AppFiles.cpp around lines 58 - 60:
Update the asset-manager reference handling in AppFiles::Init so JNI global references created for configurations rejected after the first call are released, while the reference belonging to the accepted configuration remains valid for process-lifetime use. Preserve the existing thread-safe first-call behavior.

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rewind(f);
fread(nodes, 1, lenNodes, f);
fclose(f);
nodesReader->read(nodes, lenNodes);

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Reject a short metadata read before parsing.

If an APK read fails early, nodesReader->read can return fewer than lenNodes bytes. The code still passes the full length and partly uninitialized buffer to BuildMetadata. The names and values reads have the same failure path. Check all three returned byte counts and stop metadata initialization on a short read. The reader contract permits a short result on error. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MetadataNode.cpp at line 2281:
Check the returned byte counts from the nodes, names, and values reads before passing their buffers to BuildMetadata; if any read is short, stop metadata initialization rather than parsing incomplete or uninitialized data. Locate the three reads and BuildMetadata call in the metadata initialization flow, and preserve the reader’s existing error-handling contract.

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Comment on lines +871 to +874
if (!AppFiles::RealFilePath(modulePath, libraryPath)) {
libraryPath = modulePath;
}
auto handle = dlopen(libraryPath.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY);

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Do not load a lower-priority library after a layer wins.

If a custom map selects an asset-backed .so above an extracted .so, RealFilePath returns false for the selected asset. This fallback then loads the extracted library at modulePath instead. The runtime executes a different binary from the one that resolved the module. Reject a selected source that cannot supply a dlopen path; do not fall back to a lower-priority file. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ModuleInternal.cpp around lines 871 - 874:
Update the library-path handling before dlopen so that when RealFilePath cannot provide a path for the selected modulePath, the load is rejected through the existing failure path. Remove the fallback that assigns modulePath to libraryPath, ensuring the runtime never loads a lower-priority library instead.

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std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> payload;
if (valid) {
payload.reset(new uint8_t[header.payloadLength]);

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Treat an oversized cache allocation as a cache miss.

A cache file with matching source fields and file size can declare a payload of up to INT32_MAX bytes. On a low-memory device, this allocation can fail before the payload checksum runs. Load then fails instead of returning nullptr, and the same cache file can cause failure on subsequent launches. Apply a bounded cache-size policy and handle allocation failure as a cache miss. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ScriptCache.cpp at line 142:
Update Load to enforce a bounded payload-size policy before allocating, treating payloads above the established limit as cache misses. Handle allocation failure for payload.reset as a cache miss by returning nullptr, while preserving the existing validation path for accepted payload sizes.

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Comment on lines +193 to +196
try {
customizer.customize(builder);
} catch (RuntimeException | LinkageError e) {
Log.e(LOG_TAG, "App file layers customizer " + customizer.getClass().getName() + " failed", e);

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Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift

Discard a customizer’s partial changes when it fails.

If a customizer inserts a whiteout for main.js and then throws, this catch logs the failure but keeps the whiteout. The runtime then cannot load main.js from the extracted or APK layer. Restore the builder’s prior state before continuing to the next customizer.

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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppFileLayers.java around lines 193 - 196:
Update the customizer loop in AppFileLayers so a customizer that throws RuntimeException or LinkageError cannot leave partial changes in the builder; snapshot its state before customize and restore that state in the catch before continuing to the next customizer, preserving successful customizer changes.

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Comment on lines +231 to +235
Collections.sort(customizers, new Comparator<AppFileLayersCustomizer>() {
@Override
public int compare(AppFileLayersCustomizer a, AppFileLayersCustomizer b) {
int byPriority = Integer.compare(a.priority(), b.priority());
return byPriority != 0 ? byPriority : a.getClass().getName().compareTo(b.getClass().getName());

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Handle failures from priority() before sorting.

If a registered customizer’s priority() throws, Collections.sort propagates the exception out of build. The existing failure handler covers customize but cannot prevent this startup failure. Evaluate priorities under the same failure handling and omit a customizer whose priority cannot be read.

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Review comment at @test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppFileLayers.java around lines 231 - 235:
Update the customizer ordering in build so each registered customizer’s priority is evaluated under failure handling before sorting; omit any customizer whose priority() fails, while preserving the existing ordering and failure-handling behavior for the remaining customizers.

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