refactor: modernize non standard components to the latest MD3 spec by MrMuzyk · Pull Request #5016 · callstack/react-native-paper

MrMuzyk · 2026-06-29T13:55:22Z

Motivation

Modernizes the remaining non-standard components — Avatar, Banner, and DataTable — to the latest MD3 spec by adopting the recently added theme tokens (shape, motion, typography, colors).

Changes

Avatar (AvatarIcon, AvatarText, AvatarImage, new utils.ts)

Colors: default primary + getContrastingColor(white) → MD3 container pair primaryContainer / onPrimaryContainer. Custom backgrounds keep the getContrastingColor
luminance fallback (arbitrary per-user colors have no on- role).
Shape: borderRadius: size / 2 → cornerFull (9999) from src/theme/tokens/sys/shape.
Typography: AvatarText spreads theme.fonts.titleMedium (family/weight/letterSpacing) before its proportional fontSize/lineHeight.
Structure: new src/components/Avatar/utils.ts (DEFAULT_SIZE = 64, ICON_SIZE_RATIO = 0.6, resolveAvatarColors) shared by the three files; removes the duplicated
defaultSize constant.

Banner (Banner.tsx)

Motion: durations 250 * scale / 200 * scale → theme.motion.duration.medium1 / short4 (values unchanged), plus easing: Easing.bezier(...theme.motion.easing.standard). Dropped the legacy * scale multiplier to match how Switch/Checkbox adopted motion tokens.
Icon size: size={40} → const ICON_SIZE = 40.

DataTable (DataTableTitle, DataTableCell, DataTablePagination)

Typography: header → variant="labelMedium" (keeps 12px; lineHeight: 24 retained to stay vertically aligned with the 24dp sort icon); cell → variant="bodyMedium"; pagination labels → variant="bodySmall".
Motion: sort-arrow spin duration: 150 → theme.motion.duration.short3 (unchanged value) + easing.standard.

Visual / behavioral changes (no public API changed)

Avatar's default tone flips from solid primary + white content to the primaryContainer / onPrimaryContainer pair.
Banner & DataTable animations now use the MD3 standard easing curve (was RN's default ease-in-out); Banner no longer scales its duration by theme.animation.scale.
DataTable header gains MD3 label tracking (letterSpacing: 0.5).

Related issue

#4990

Test plan

yarn typescript
yarn lint
yarn test
Visual verification (yarn example web):
- Avatar — Icon/Text/Image render circular with the new tonal default; custom-colored avatars stay legible
- Banner — show/hide animates correctly via the FAB toggle
- DataTable — column title sits vertically centered with the sort icon, cell/pagination text reads well, sort arrow still animates on header press

banner.mp4

MikitasK

nicely done 👏
just one comment to consider before merge:

MikitasK · 2026-08-19T18:00:54Z

      // show
      Animated.timing(position, {
-        duration: 250 * scale,
+        duration: duration.medium1,


could we keep using theme.animation.scale here? PaperProvider sets it to 0 here for reduced motion

Suggested change

duration: duration.medium1,

duration: duration.medium1 * scale,

MikitasK · 2026-08-19T18:01:27Z

      // hide
      Animated.timing(position, {
-        duration: 200 * scale,
+        duration: duration.short4,


same here

Suggested change

duration: duration.short4,

duration: duration.short4 * scale,

JKobrynski · 2026-08-24T13:42:55Z

@@ -159,20 +161,22 @@ const Banner = ({
    if (visible) {
      // show
      Animated.timing(position, {
-        duration: 250 * scale,
+        duration: duration.medium1 * scale,
        toValue: 1,
        useNativeDriver: false,
+        easing: Easing.bezier(...easing.standard),
      }).start(showCallback);
    } else {
      // hide
      Animated.timing(position, {
-        duration: 200 * scale,
+        duration: duration.short4 * scale,
        toValue: 0,
        useNativeDriver: false,
+        easing: Easing.bezier(...easing.standard),
      }).start(hideCallback);
    }
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [visible, position, scale]);
+  }, [visible, position, duration, easing, scale]);


- const { scale } = theme.animation; + const { duration, easing } = theme.motion; ... - duration: 250 * scale, + duration: duration.medium1,

Dropping the * scale multiplier turns off reduce-motion for Banner entirely. scale isn't a legacy leftover — PaperProvider.tsx:35-37 sets it to 0 whenever useResolvedReduceMotion() resolves true, either from AccessibilityInfo.isReduceMotionEnabled or from the explicit reduceMotion prop. 250 * scale was therefore 0 for those users and the banner snapped in and out; after this change it always runs the full 250ms/200ms transition. The token adoption
itself is fine (medium1 = 250, short4 = 200, identical to the old numbers), it's only the multiplier that carries the a11y behaviour.

The PR description says this matches "how Switch/Checkbox adopted motion tokens", but those two didn't drop reduce-motion — they replaced the mechanism. Switch.tsx:169-171 and Checkbox.tsx both call useReduceMotion() from src/theme/accessibility/ReduceMotionContext and feed ReduceMotion.Always/Never into their Reanimated configs. Banner ends up honouring neither path, and it's now the only animated component in src/ that reads neither theme.animation.scale (still live in ProgressBar, Modal, Badge, Snackbar, ActivityIndicator, Chip, Card, CrossFadeIcon, DrawerCollapsedItem, RadioButtonAndroid) nor useReduceMotion().

RN's Animated.timing has no reduceMotion option, so either keep scale, or take the Switch/Checkbox route:

const reduceMotion = useReduceMotion(); // ... duration: reduceMotion ? 0 : duration.medium1,

thanks for raising this up @JKobrynski 🙏

basically, this issue was addressed in recent ae2ecfc commit. both Banner durations now use theme.animation.scale & regression test covers scale: 0

as for PR description, it's stale & I can't update since I'm not the owner of this PR
but here's what it should say instead:

### Banner — Motion - Durations `250 * scale` / `200 * scale` -> `theme.motion.duration.medium1 * scale` / `theme.motion.duration.short4 * scale` (values unchanged at the default scale) + `Easing.bezier(...theme.motion.easing.standard)` - Banner continues to respect `theme.animation.scale` including `scale: 0` reduced-motion behavior ### Visual / behavioral changes - Banner & DataTable animations now use MD3 standard easing curve. Banner continues to honor `theme.animation.scale`

MikitasK · 2026-08-24T15:14:25Z

@@ -159,20 +161,22 @@ const Banner = ({
    if (visible) {
      // show
      Animated.timing(position, {
-        duration: 250 * scale,
+        duration: duration.medium1 * scale,
        toValue: 1,
        useNativeDriver: false,
+        easing: Easing.bezier(...easing.standard),
      }).start(showCallback);
    } else {
      // hide
      Animated.timing(position, {
-        duration: 200 * scale,
+        duration: duration.short4 * scale,
        toValue: 0,
        useNativeDriver: false,
+        easing: Easing.bezier(...easing.standard),
      }).start(hideCallback);
    }
    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [visible, position, scale]);
+  }, [visible, position, duration, easing, scale]);


thanks for raising this up @JKobrynski 🙏

basically, this issue was addressed in recent ae2ecfc commit. both Banner durations now use theme.animation.scale & regression test covers scale: 0

as for PR description, it's stale & I can't update since I'm not the owner of this PR
but here's what it should say instead:

### Banner — Motion - Durations `250 * scale` / `200 * scale` -> `theme.motion.duration.medium1 * scale` / `theme.motion.duration.short4 * scale` (values unchanged at the default scale) + `Easing.bezier(...theme.motion.easing.standard)` - Banner continues to respect `theme.animation.scale` including `scale: 0` reduced-motion behavior ### Visual / behavioral changes - Banner & DataTable animations now use MD3 standard easing curve. Banner continues to honor `theme.animation.scale`

JKobrynski · 2026-08-25T09:23:02Z

+      duration: duration.short3,
+      easing: Easing.bezier(...easing.standard),
      useNativeDriver: true,
    }).start();
-  }, [sortDirection, spinAnim]);
+  }, [sortDirection, spinAnim, duration, easing]);


- duration: duration.short3, + duration: duration.short3 * scale,

The latest commit restored * scale in Banner, but the sort-arrow rotation still runs at full duration when PaperProvider has zeroed theme.animation.scale for reduce-motion. Not a regression — it was a hardcoded 150 before — but you're already editing this exact Animated.timing call, and leaving the two halves of one PR on different reduce-motion stories invites the next reader to pick the wrong one. Needs const { scale } = theme.animation; and the extra dep, same as Banner.

good point, updated 👌

JKobrynski · 2026-08-27T08:48:05Z

@MikitasK let me know when this is ready for another review!

JKobrynski

LGTM! @satya164 @artus9033 all yours

JKobrynski · 2026-09-04T08:29:02Z

@MikitasK we've got conflicts

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:04:09Z

+  const { backgroundColor, ...restStyle } = StyleSheet.flatten(style) || {};
+  const { background, textColor } = resolveAvatarColors({
+    theme,
+    backgroundColor,
+    color: rest.color,
+  });


Avoid reading StyleSheet.flatten. If user provides a custom background color, they should also provide a custom text color.

Color parsing can't handle PlatformColor, CSS custom properties etc. Remove any extra logic like this.

Also update migration guide once it's changed

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:04:38Z

+  const theme = useInternalTheme(themeOverrides);
+  const { backgroundColor } = StyleSheet.flatten(style) || {};
+  const { background } = resolveAvatarColors({ theme, backgroundColor });


Same comment as AvatarIcon

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:04:58Z

+  const { backgroundColor, ...restStyle } = StyleSheet.flatten(style) || {};
+  const { background, textColor } = resolveAvatarColors({
+    theme,
+    backgroundColor,
+    color: customColor,
+  });


Same comment as AvatarIcon

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:07:10Z

      {icon}

      <Text
+        variant="labelMedium"


This won't use the passed theme overrides to DataTableTitle. Pass the overrides to Text as well.

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:20:49Z

          </View>
        )}
      <Text
+        variant="bodySmall"


Same comment as DataTableTitle about theme overrides

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:20:52Z

            style={styles.optionsContainer}
          >
            <Text
+              variant="bodySmall"


Same comment as DataTableTitle about theme overrides

satya164 · 2026-09-09T12:21:10Z


  return (
    <Text
+      variant="bodyMedium"


Same comment as DataTableTitle about theme overrides

satya164 · 2026-09-09T14:04:17Z

+    // A disabled animation scale settles within a frame instead of taking the
+    // full `motion.duration.medium1`.


Remove the AI generated comments. Whether it takes motion.duration.medium1 or something else with animation is irrelevant to this test.

satya164 · 2026-09-09T14:05:04Z

+  const sortIcon = () => {
+    const node = screen.getByText('arrow-up', {
+      includeHiddenElements: true,
+    }).parent;
+
+    if (!node) {
+      throw new Error('Sort icon not found');
+    }
+
+    return node;
+  };
+
+  it('uses zero-duration sort animation when animation scale is disabled', async () => {
+    const view = await render(
+      <DataTable.Title
+        sortDirection="ascending"
+        theme={{ animation: { scale: 0 } }}
+      >
+        Dessert
+      </DataTable.Title>
+    );
+
+    await view.rerender(
+      <DataTable.Title
+        sortDirection="descending"
+        theme={{ animation: { scale: 0 } }}
+      >
+        Dessert
+      </DataTable.Title>
+    );
+    await act(() => {
+      jest.advanceTimersByTime(16);
+    });
+
+    // A disabled animation scale lands on the final rotation within a frame.
+    expect(getAnimatedStyle(sortIcon())).toMatchObject({
+      transform: [{ rotate: '180deg' }],
+    });
+  });


remove this test. don't inspect internal elements.

MrMuzyk added 3 commits June 29, 2026 10:58

refactor: non standard component; avatar

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refactor: banner

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refactor: data table

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MrMuzyk marked this pull request as ready for review June 30, 2026 06:29

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refactor(banner): make hidden content inert and fix live region semantics #5055

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fix: respect animation scale in Banner

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refactor: adopt MD3 avatar tokens from callstack#5016

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fix: define avatar identity and fallback semantics #5058

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feat: structural accessibility for data table #5082

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feat: sync main into refactor/non-standard-components

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	duration: duration.medium1,
	duration: duration.medium1 * scale,

	duration: duration.short4,
	duration: duration.short4 * scale,

		// A disabled animation scale settles within a frame instead of taking the
		// full `motion.duration.medium1`.

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MrMuzyk commented Jun 29, 2026

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