Fix Android ViewShot dropping frames and date overlays by temporarily lifting pointerEvents=none during capture

src/components/FrameOverlay.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { StyleSheet, Image, View } from 'react-native';
 
 interface FrameOverlayProps {
   frameAsset: any; // require() asset
+  isCapturing?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@ interface FrameOverlayProps {
  * The frame PNG must have a transparent center (alpha=0) so the photo shows through.
  * Positioned absolutely to cover the entire photo canvas.
  */
-export default function FrameOverlay({ frameAsset }: FrameOverlayProps) {
+export default function FrameOverlay({ frameAsset, isCapturing = false }: FrameOverlayProps) {
   if (!frameAsset) return null;
 
   return (
-    <View style={styles.container} pointerEvents="none" collapsable={false}>
+    <View style={styles.container} pointerEvents={isCapturing ? "auto" : "none"} collapsable={false}>
       <Image
         source={frameAsset}
         style={styles.frameImage}

src/screens/PreviewScreen.tsx

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export default function PreviewScreen({
 }: PreviewScreenProps) {
   const [layout, setLayout] = useState<CollageLayout>('single');
   const [isProcessing, setIsProcessing] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [isCapturing, setIsCapturing] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [statusMessage, setStatusMessage] = useState<string>('');
   
 
@@ -204,14 +205,21 @@ export default function PreviewScreen({
     try {
       logger.log(`captureComposite started. Has ViewShot ref: ${!!viewShotRef.current}`);
       if (viewShotRef.current) {
+        setIsCapturing(true);
+        // Wait for React to re-render and remove pointerEvents="none" which blocks ViewShot on Android
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 300));
+        
         logger.log('Executing viewShotRef.current.capture()...');
         const uri = await viewShotRef.current.capture();
+        
+        setIsCapturing(false);
         logger.log(`ViewShot successfully generated collage URI: ${uri}`);
         return uri;
       }
       logger.log('[WARNING] viewShotRef.current was null, falling back to raw photo.');
       return fallbackPhoto;
     } catch (e: any) {
+      setIsCapturing(false);
       logger.error('Failed to capture composite (ViewShot crashed)', e?.message || e);
       return fallbackPhoto;
     }
@@ -453,11 +461,11 @@ export default function PreviewScreen({
             {renderCollageView()}
 
             {/* Frame Overlay */}
-            {activeFrame && <FrameOverlay frameAsset={activeFrame.asset} />}
+            {activeFrame && <FrameOverlay frameAsset={activeFrame.asset} isCapturing={isCapturing} />}
 
             {/* Date/Time Overlay */}
             {dateOverlay !== 'off' && (
-              <View style={[styles.dateOverlay, getDatePositionStyle()]} pointerEvents="none">
+              <View style={[styles.dateOverlay, getDatePositionStyle()]} pointerEvents={isCapturing ? "auto" : "none"}>
                 <Text style={styles.dateOverlayText}>
                   {formatDate(dateOverlay)}
                 </Text>