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Fixes found while reviewing #10193. That PR comes from a fork, which GitHub will not accept as a base, so its head is mirrored as @matipl01/base-10193-background-image to keep this diff to its own six files. Retarget to main and delete that branch once #10193 lands.

Parser - a style that renders in a static backgroundImage must not start throwing once it is animated, since the processor runs every frame. radial-gradient(50%, ...) and circle 50% are invalid CSS but React Native renders them, so they are accepted rather than rejected. linear-gradient(to<TAB>right, ...) parses too - the direction check hard-coded a single space.

Color stops - the object syntax now rejects a transition hint that is not between two color stops, matching the CSS string path. Colors CSSColor cannot represent (PlatformColor, DynamicColorIOS) raise the same error boxShadow already does, instead of being serialized back as a null color and drawn as a hint.

Web serialization - radial positions emit both axes: { top: '10%' } produced at top 10%, which Chrome rejects outright, dropping the whole background-image with it, and { left: '10%' } meant x=0%, y=10% where native means x=10%, y=50%. Circle sizes degrade to circle max(x,y)px, or to the equivalent ellipse when a percentage radius makes it inexpressible.

<Animated.View
  style={{
    width: 84,
    height: 84,
    backgroundImage: [
      {
        type: 'radial-gradient',
        position: { top: '10%' },
        colorStops: [{ color: 'red' }, { color: 'blue' }],
      },
    ],
  }}
/>

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Docs - radial sizes and positions do interpolate when their units and edges match; only the corner keyword, shape and extent keyword must be identical. The flip point differs per mode.

Testing

1505 jest tests, both typechecks, eslint and the formatters pass. Every serialized string was checked against CSS.supports in headless Chrome, and the parser and color-stop changes were exercised on the iOS simulator.

Left for a separate decision: processBackgroundImageObjects forwards position unvalidated, so an unrecognised side is silently dropped and, because canInterpolateTo compares side names, a dropped side turns a smooth animation into a discrete step. Closing that adds new throws.

to-only keyframes for backgroundImage still resolve to the interpolator default rather than the element's own gradient - a separate defect in the property path lookup, fixed in #10253.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for animated backgroundImage values across Android, iOS, and Web.
    • Added linear and radial gradient support, including multiple gradients, directions, sizes, positions, color stops, and transition hints.
    • Added compatibility guidance for gradient interpolation and supported inputs.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved validation and handling of invalid gradient definitions.
    • Corrected radial-gradient serialization for positions, circle sizes, and percentage values.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for gradient parsing, processing, serialization, and invalid inputs.

Walkthrough

backgroundImage now supports validated linear and radial gradient processing for native and Web platforms. The change adds object and string parsing, color-stop validation, Web serialization, comprehensive tests, and documentation for gradient animation behavior.

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Background image gradients

Layer / File(s) Summary
Gradient parsing and normalization
packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/backgroundImage.ts, packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/__tests__/backgroundImage.test.ts
Adds linear and radial gradient parsing for CSS strings and object arrays. It normalizes directions, positions, sizes, colors, color stops, transition hints, defaults, and multiple gradients. Tests cover valid and invalid inputs.
Native gradient color-stop validation
packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/common/values/complex/CSSBackgroundImage.cpp
Validates dynamic and JSI color-stop arrays, entries, and colors during linear and radial gradient construction. Null colors remain valid transition hints.
Web gradient serialization
packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/backgroundImage.ts, packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/__tests__/backgroundImage.test.ts
Serializes radial positions and sizes into CSS-compatible output. Tests cover positions, sizes, directions, transition hints, multiple gradients, and numeric colors.
Supported properties and animation guidance
docs/docs-reanimated/docs/guides/supported-properties.mdx
Documents backgroundImage support on Android, iOS, and Web. It also documents gradient interpolation requirements and discrete transitions.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to daf3b

The change improves gradient parsing and web serialization, but invalid radial values and null color-stop data can still be accepted and lead to incorrect rendering or discrete animation behavior. Merge should wait for these bounded correctness issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant StyleConfig
  participant processBackgroundImage
  participant processColor
  participant PlatformRenderer
  StyleConfig->>processBackgroundImage: process backgroundImage
  processBackgroundImage->>processColor: convert gradient colors
  processColor-->>processBackgroundImage: return processed colors
  processBackgroundImage-->>PlatformRenderer: return normalized gradients
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apps/common-app/src/apps/css/examples/animations/screens/animatedProperties/base/appearance/index.ts (1)

1-1: LGTM!

Also applies to: 11-11

apps/common-app/src/apps/css/examples/animations/routes/properties/base.ts (1)

155-158: LGTM!

apps/common-app/src/apps/css/examples/animations/screens/animatedProperties/base/appearance/BackgroundImage.tsx (1)

1-136: LGTM!

docs/docs-reanimated/docs/guides/supported-properties.mdx (1)

84-84: LGTM!

Also applies to: 261-265

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/css/native/__tests__/registry.test.ts (1)

158-160: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/css/native/normalization/animation/__tests__/keyframes.test.ts (1)

287-338: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/backgroundImage.ts (6)

10-13: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality

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Align positions with the numeric values accepted at runtime.

positions is typed ReadonlyArray<string>. processColorStops accepts typeof position === 'number' at lines 224 and 243 and stores it as a pixel value. For typed callers those branches are unreachable. If React Native types positions as string-only, remove the numeric branches or document them. If React Native allows numbers, widen the local type to ReadonlyArray<string | number>.

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101-166: LGTM!


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packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/colors.ts (1)

168-168: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/index.ts (1)

2-2: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/config.ts (1)

6-6: LGTM!

Also applies to: 196-197

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/registry.ts (1)

12-14: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/__tests__/backgroundImage.test.ts (3)

10-262: LGTM!


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packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/index.ts (1)

2-2: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/__tests__/backgroundImage.test.ts (4)

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Confirm the circle-size collapse rule against native rendering.

Line 105 pins { x: 100, y: 50 } with shape: 'circle' to circle 100px, so the serializer selects max(x, y). The native parser can produce this state: radial-gradient(circle 100px 50px, ...) keeps hasExplicitSingleSize false and does not throw, so both radii survive.

If native rendering uses the x radius instead of the larger radius, web and native output differ for the same style. Confirm the rule, then keep this test as the documented contract.

Run the following script to inspect the serializer and the native size handling:


123-150: LGTM!

packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/common/values/complex/CSSBackgroundImage.h (1)

18-30: LGTM!

Also applies to: 35-54, 56-83, 85-114

packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/common/values/complex/CSSBackgroundImage.cpp (1)

165-170: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration

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Verify the serialized stop and direction keys against the JS normalization format.

GradientColorStop::toDynamic emits a singular position key, and CSSLinearGradient::toDynamic (lines 267-287) emits direction as an object {type, value}. The web serializer in packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/backgroundImage.ts reads positions as an array and direction as a plain string. The interpolated dynamic is applied to the native view props, so a key mismatch makes the animated gradient fall back to the default or drop stop positions.

Confirm that the normalized structure produced by the parsing layer and consumed by React Native uses position and a direction object.

packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/common/values/CSSValueVariant.cpp (1)

9-9: LGTM!

Also applies to: 167-167

packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/interpolation/values/SimpleValueInterpolator.cpp (1)

13-13: LGTM!

Also applies to: 67-67

packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/InterpolatorRegistry.cpp (1)

14-14: LGTM!

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packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/backgroundImage.ts (2)

52-55: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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A non-string processColor result produces invalid CSS.

The local type allows color: number. If processColor does not return a string, the fallback emits String(color), for example "4278190080". The browser then drops the whole background-image declaration, so the element loses every gradient in the list, not only the one stop.

Confirm the return type of processColor in packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/processors/colors.ts and handle the non-string case explicitly.


11-40: LGTM!

Also applies to: 65-85, 87-112, 114-139, 141-162

packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/web/style/config.ts (1)

10-10: LGTM!

Also applies to: 196-202

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Inline comments:
In
`@packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/common/values/complex/CSSBackgroundImage.cpp`:
- Around line 37-39: Rewrite the comment near CSSBackgroundImage to clearly
state that a stop without a color is a transition hint, which CSSColor cannot
represent, so the entire gradient must be rejected rather than serialized as a
hint.
- Around line 123-132: Update GradientLengthPercentage::toDynamic and
GradientLengthPercentage::toString to format numeric values without
std::to_string’s fixed trailing zeros, preserving meaningful decimals; retain
the percent suffix for isPercent values and append “px” for non-percent values
in both representations.

In
`@packages/react-native-reanimated/src/common/style/processors/backgroundImage.ts`:
- Around line 776-799: Validate object-syntax gradient size components in the
bgImage size handling using the same rules as string syntax, rejecting invalid x
or y values such as negative numbers or malformed units before assigning size.
Validate bgImage.position with the corresponding existing position validator and
throw ERROR_MESSAGES.invalidGradientPosition for invalid values before
assignment. Add tests covering invalid object size and position inputs.
- Around line 442-460: Update the radius validation in the gradient size parsing
branch to reject negative percentage strings as well as negative numeric values.
Apply the same validation to both sizeX and sizeY before assigning them to size,
while preserving valid pixel and percentage radii.
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packages/react-native-reanimated/Common/cpp/reanimated/CSS/common/values/complex/CSSBackgroundImage.cpp (1)

61-67: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject null colorStops in the JSI validator.

The dynamic validator rejects a present non-array colorStops value. The JSI validator accepts null as if the property were omitted. The constructor then converts null to an empty stop list, so an invalid gradient passes validation and loses all stops.

Keep undefined as the omitted-property case. Return false for null and other non-array values.

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-  if (stops.isUndefined() || stops.isNull()) {
+  if (stops.isUndefined()) {
     return true;
   }
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Superseded by Titozzz#3, which targets the source branch directly so the fixes land as part of #10193 instead of trailing it. Deleting the @matipl01/base-10193-background-image mirror that existed only to serve as a base here.

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