Mark JS responder events for virtual and intercepting detectors

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Description

ScrollView with keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" keeps the keyboard open only for taps that RNGH reports as handled. Only NativeDetector reported them, so a tap on a VirtualGestureDetector (or on an InterceptingGestureDetector's own gesture) fired the gesture but still dismissed the keyboard.

This PR runs useJSResponderHandler in both detectors. VirtualDetector has no host view, so Wrap sets onStartShouldSetResponder on the cloned child and defers to the child's own handler if it has one. InterceptingGestureDetector sets it on its host view.

useJSResponderHandler gets an allowNative parameter that decides whether a Native gesture counts as handling the tap. It defaults to true, so NativeDetector and VirtualDetector behave as before and buttons keep marking. InterceptingGestureDetector passes false: ScrollView and FlatList are intercepting detectors with a Native gesture, and marking there would report every touch on the scroller as handled, so the keyboard could never be dismissed by tapping the list. The only case this affects is an InterceptingGestureDetector with a Native gesture, which did not mark before either.

Test plan

Tested on the following code:

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import { Keyboard, StyleSheet, Text, TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
import {
  GestureDetector,
  ScrollView,
  useTapGesture,
  VirtualGestureDetector,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';

// Android + iOS. GH `ScrollView` with `keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"`
// keeps the keyboard open for taps that RNGH handles: `NativeDetector` marks
// the responder event via `useJSResponderHandler`, and the interceptor above
// the ScrollView consumes marked events. `VirtualGestureDetector` (and
// `InterceptingGestureDetector`) never mark, so a tap handled by a virtual
// detector is treated as unhandled and blurs the focused input.
//
// Steps: focus the input so the keyboard opens, then tap the green row
// (native detector): tap count goes up, keyboard stays. Focus again, tap the
// orange row (virtual detector): tap count goes up, but the keyboard closes.
// Expected: both rows keep the keyboard open.

export default function EmptyExample() {
  const [nativeTaps, setNativeTaps] = useState(0);
  const [virtualTaps, setVirtualTaps] = useState(0);
  const [keyboardOpen, setKeyboardOpen] = useState(false);
  const [text, setText] = useState('');

  useEffect(() => {
    const show = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow', () =>
      setKeyboardOpen(true)
    );
    const hide = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', () =>
      setKeyboardOpen(false)
    );
    return () => {
      show.remove();
      hide.remove();
    };
  }, []);

  const nativeTap = useTapGesture({
    runOnJS: true,
    onActivate: () => setNativeTaps((n) => n + 1),
  });

  const virtualTap = useTapGesture({
    runOnJS: true,
    onActivate: () => setVirtualTaps((n) => n + 1),
  });

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Text style={styles.status} testID="status">
        keyboard: {keyboardOpen ? 'open' : 'closed'}, native taps: {nativeTaps},
        virtual taps: {virtualTaps}
      </Text>

      <ScrollView
        style={styles.scroll}
        keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
        testID="scroll">
        <TextInput
          style={styles.input}
          placeholder="focus me"
          value={text}
          onChangeText={setText}
          testID="input"
        />

        <GestureDetector gesture={nativeTap}>
          <View style={[styles.row, styles.nativeRow]} testID="native-row">
            <Text style={styles.rowLabel}>GestureDetector (native) tap</Text>
          </View>
        </GestureDetector>

        <VirtualGestureDetector gesture={virtualTap}>
          <View style={[styles.row, styles.virtualRow]} testID="virtual-row">
            <Text style={styles.rowLabel}>VirtualGestureDetector tap</Text>
          </View>
        </VirtualGestureDetector>

        <View style={styles.filler}>
          <Text style={styles.fillerText}>plain view (unhandled tap)</Text>
        </View>
      </ScrollView>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    padding: 16,
  },
  status: {
    color: '#001a72',
    marginBottom: 12,
  },
  scroll: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  input: {
    height: 48,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: '#001a72',
    borderRadius: 8,
    paddingHorizontal: 12,
    marginBottom: 12,
    color: '#001a72',
  },
  row: {
    height: 64,
    borderRadius: 12,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    marginBottom: 12,
  },
  nativeRow: {
    backgroundColor: '#21a37c',
  },
  virtualRow: {
    backgroundColor: '#f6b914',
  },
  rowLabel: {
    color: '#001a72',
    fontWeight: '600',
  },
  filler: {
    height: 400,
    borderRadius: 12,
    backgroundColor: '#e6e6ef',
    alignItems: 'center',
    paddingTop: 16,
  },
  fillerText: {
    color: '#001a72',
  },
});

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved responder handling for tap gestures used with virtual and intercepting gesture detectors inside scroll views.
  • Scroll views can now claim the responder for eligible taps, while virtual pan gestures and intercepting native gestures retain their expected behavior.
  • Detectors without a gesture configuration no longer participate in responder handling.
  • Disabled gestures are excluded from responder handling, preventing them from incorrectly affecting scroll-view interactions.

The change connects V3 virtual and intercepting detectors to JS responder handling. It adds Native gesture filtering, composes responder callbacks with child handlers, and tests tap, pan, and Native gesture behavior inside handled-keyboard ScrollViews.

Changes: Responder handoff

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Responder policy packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/useJSResponderHandler.ts	useJSResponderHandler accepts an optional gesture and an allowNative option. It evaluates gesture enablement and Native gesture support during responder handling.
Detector responder wiring packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/VirtualDetector.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/InterceptingGestureDetector.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/Wrap.tsx	Virtual and intercepting detectors pass responder callbacks to native views. Wrap invokes the detector callback before the child callback.
ScrollView responder coverage packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/__tests__/api_v3.test.tsx	Tests cover tap, pan, and Native gestures inside a keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" ScrollView. The detector lookup now supports multiple native detector views.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant VirtualDetector
  participant useJSResponderHandler
  participant Wrap
  participant ChildView
  VirtualDetector->>useJSResponderHandler: evaluate gesture and allowNative
  useJSResponderHandler-->>VirtualDetector: return responder callback
  VirtualDetector->>Wrap: pass onStartShouldSetResponder
  Wrap->>ChildView: invoke detector callback, then child callback

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The responder handoff for handled-keyboard ScrollViews is covered for the tested gesture cases, and no concrete merge-blocking risk was identified.

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The behavior change is well-scoped, matches the PR’s stated intent (including the intercepting-native exclusion), and is covered by new targeted v3 tests.

Pull request overview

This PR fixes ScrollView keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" interoperability by ensuring RNGH “handled tap” marking happens not only for NativeDetector, but also for VirtualGestureDetector and InterceptingGestureDetector (with a guard to avoid marking native gestures for intercepting scrollers like ScrollView/FlatList).

Changes:

• Extend useJSResponderHandler with an allowNative flag and allow an undefined gesture input.
• Plumb JS responder marking into VirtualDetector (via Wrap cloning the child and deferring to any existing child responder handler).
• Plumb JS responder marking into InterceptingGestureDetector host view, while disabling “Native gesture counts as handled” there.
• Add v3 API tests covering Virtual/Intercepting detectors’ responder marking behavior in keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" mode.

File summaries

File	Description
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/useJSResponderHandler.ts	Adds allowNative support + gesture?: handling for responder-event marking decisions.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/Wrap.tsx	Passes responder marking through the cloned child while preserving any existing child handler.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/VirtualDetector.tsx	Wires useJSResponderHandler into VirtualDetector and forwards it to Wrap.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/InterceptingGestureDetector.tsx	Wires responder marking onto the intercepting detector host view with allowNative=false.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/tests/api_v3.test.tsx	Adds regression tests for responder marking for Virtual/Intercepting detectors and native-gesture exclusion.

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In `@packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/useJSResponderHandler.ts`:
- Around line 129-130: Update the gesture filtering logic in
useJSResponderHandler so enablement and support are evaluated together on the
same leaf gesture. Replace the separate isGestureEnabled and isSupportedGesture
checks with one recursive predicate that traverses composed gestures and returns
true only when an individual leaf is both enabled and supported, preserving the
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