Android - Animated.event useNativeDriver:true sets incorrect translate position when moving fast

[kocburak]

Description

I have 2 transform translateY animation. When the useNativeDriver:false, there is no issue except performance. I can see the animation moves couple frames behind from native animation. When the useNativeDriver:true, while moving fast the component jumps around (usually to final position if there were no distruption to moementum scroll)

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the application to you andorid using npx expo run:android --device while useNativeDriver: true
2. Make a slide with momentum and while momentum exists stop and make small movement and remove you finger from screen. (see the video)

React Native Version

0.77.2

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Windows 10 10.0.19045
  CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10870H CPU @ 2.20GHz
  Memory: 17.67 GB / 31.84 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 22.14.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
  npm:
    version: 11.2.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "22"
      - "33"
      - "33"
      - "33"
      - "34"
      - "35"
    Build Tools:
      - 30.0.2
      - 30.0.3
      - 33.0.1
      - 34.0.0
      - 35.0.0
      - 35.0.1
    System Images:
      - android-34 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-35 | AOSP ATD Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-35 | Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-35 | Google APIs Intel x86_64 Atom
    Android NDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK:
    AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
    Versions:
      - 10.0.19041.0
      - 10.0.22621.0
IDEs:
  Android Studio: AI-242.23726.103.2422.13016713
  Visual Studio:
    - 17.13.35825.156 (Visual Studio Community 2022)
Languages:
  Java: 17.0.7
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 15.1.3
    wanted: ^15.1.0
  react:
    installed: 18.3.1
    wanted: 18.3.1
  react-native:
    installed: 0.77.2
    wanted: ^0.77.2
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

info React Native v0.78.2 is now available (your project is running on v0.77.2).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.78.2
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.77.2&to=0.78.2
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=windows".

Stacktrace or Logs

N/A

Reproducer

https://snack.expo.dev/@kocburak/usenativedriverbug

Screenshots and Videos

Screen_Recording_20250404_190621.mp4

[kocburak]

I tried it on ios there is no issue.

[kocburak]

I looked the value usingdisclaimerTranslateY.addListener(value => { console.log(value) }) and the values were correct even though the placement on the screen was wrong. If you need more clarification about the topic I am willing to help.

[kocburak]

I narrowed it down to: Animated.diffClamp function. When I remove this line there is no issue regarding the useNativeDriver:true

[kocburak]

When I looked into DiffClampAnimatedNode.kt file I noticed val animatedNode = nativeAnimatedNodesManager.getNodeById(inputNodeTag) line. Is it possible that we are reading from wrong Tag ?

[kocburak]

@react-native-bot why are you ignoring me :(
@cortinico Sorry for direct mention but even the bot ignored this issue 😄. Is there anything I should look into more?

[cortinico]

I don't have an exact answer for this one. I believe this is related to an issue we had with Animated + transforms which is still unresolved. @cipolleschi do you have more context or a issue number to link here?