react-native-chess-kit 0.1.0

package/src/board-drag-ghost.tsx

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+import React from 'react';
+import Animated, {
+  useAnimatedStyle,
+  type SharedValue,
+} from 'react-native-reanimated';
+
+type BoardDragGhostProps = {
+  squareSize: number;
+  isDragging: SharedValue<boolean>;
+  dragX: SharedValue<number>;
+  dragY: SharedValue<number>;
+  dragPieceCode: SharedValue<string | null>;
+  /** Render the piece image for a given piece code */
+  renderPiece: (code: string, size: number) => React.ReactElement;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Floating piece that follows the user's finger during drag.
+ *
+ * Only ONE instance exists — not one per piece. It reads drag position
+ * from shared values on the UI thread, so zero JS bridge calls and
+ * zero re-renders while dragging.
+ */
+export const BoardDragGhost = React.memo(function BoardDragGhost({
+  squareSize,
+  isDragging,
+  dragX,
+  dragY,
+  dragPieceCode,
+  renderPiece,
+}: BoardDragGhostProps) {
+  const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
+    if (!isDragging.value || !dragPieceCode.value) {
+      return { opacity: 0, transform: [{ translateX: 0 }, { translateY: 0 }] };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      opacity: 1,
+      // Center the piece on the finger, slightly above for visibility
+      transform: [
+        { translateX: dragX.value - squareSize / 2 },
+        { translateY: dragY.value - squareSize },
+        { scale: 1.1 },
+      ],
+    };
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <Animated.View
+      style={[
+        {
+          position: 'absolute',
+          width: squareSize,
+          height: squareSize,
+          zIndex: 100,
+        },
+        animatedStyle,
+      ]}
+      pointerEvents="none"
+    >
+      <DragGhostContent
+        renderPiece={renderPiece}
+        squareSize={squareSize}
+        dragPieceCode={dragPieceCode}
+      />
+    </Animated.View>
+  );
+});
+
+/**
+ * Inner content that renders the actual piece image.
+ * Separate component so the Animated.View wrapper doesn't need
+ * to re-render when the piece code changes — it uses shared value.
+ */
+const DragGhostContent = React.memo(function DragGhostContent({
+  renderPiece,
+  squareSize,
+  dragPieceCode,
+}: {
+  renderPiece: (code: string, size: number) => React.ReactElement;
+  squareSize: number;
+  dragPieceCode: SharedValue<string | null>;
+}) {
+  // We render all 12 possible piece types and show/hide based on dragPieceCode.
+  // This avoids re-mounting the Image component during drag.
+  // Only the opacity changes — pure worklet animation.
+  const codes = PIECE_CODES;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {codes.map((code) => (
+        <GhostPieceSlot
+          key={code}
+          code={code}
+          squareSize={squareSize}
+          dragPieceCode={dragPieceCode}
+          renderPiece={renderPiece}
+        />
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+});
+
+const GhostPieceSlot = React.memo(function GhostPieceSlot({
+  code,
+  squareSize,
+  dragPieceCode,
+  renderPiece,
+}: {
+  code: string;
+  squareSize: number;
+  dragPieceCode: SharedValue<string | null>;
+  renderPiece: (code: string, size: number) => React.ReactElement;
+}) {
+  const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    opacity: dragPieceCode.value === code ? 1 : 0,
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <Animated.View
+      style={[
+        { position: 'absolute', width: squareSize, height: squareSize },
+        animatedStyle,
+      ]}
+    >
+      {renderPiece(code, squareSize)}
+    </Animated.View>
+  );
+});
+
+// All 12 piece codes — pre-computed to avoid allocation
+const PIECE_CODES = ['wp', 'wn', 'wb', 'wr', 'wq', 'wk', 'bp', 'bn', 'bb', 'br', 'bq', 'bk'];

package/src/board-legal-dots.tsx

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+import React from 'react';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+
+import type { ChessColor, LegalMoveTarget } from './types';
+import { squareToXY } from './use-board-pieces';
+
+type BoardLegalDotsProps = {
+  legalMoves: LegalMoveTarget[];
+  squareSize: number;
+  orientation: ChessColor;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Legal move indicator dots, rendered only when a piece is selected.
+ *
+ * Dots are CONDITIONALLY rendered (only for actual legal move squares,
+ * typically 5-15) instead of always mounting 64 invisible dot views.
+ */
+export const BoardLegalDots = React.memo(function BoardLegalDots({
+  legalMoves,
+  squareSize,
+  orientation,
+}: BoardLegalDotsProps) {
+  if (legalMoves.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const dotSize = squareSize * 0.28;
+  const ringSize = squareSize * 0.85;
+  const borderWidth = squareSize * 0.08;
+
+  return (
+    <View
+      style={{ position: 'absolute', width: squareSize * 8, height: squareSize * 8 }}
+      pointerEvents="none"
+    >
+      {legalMoves.map((move) => {
+        const { x, y } = squareToXY(move.square, squareSize, orientation);
+
+        if (move.isCapture) {
+          return (
+            <View
+              key={move.square}
+              style={{
+                position: 'absolute',
+                left: x + (squareSize - ringSize) / 2,
+                top: y + (squareSize - ringSize) / 2,
+                width: ringSize,
+                height: ringSize,
+                borderRadius: ringSize / 2,
+                borderWidth,
+                borderColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
+              }}
+            />
+          );
+        }
+
+        return (
+          <View
+            key={move.square}
+            style={{
+              position: 'absolute',
+              left: x + (squareSize - dotSize) / 2,
+              top: y + (squareSize - dotSize) / 2,
+              width: dotSize,
+              height: dotSize,
+              borderRadius: dotSize / 2,
+              backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)',
+            }}
+          />
+        );
+      })}
+    </View>
+  );
+});

package/src/board-piece.tsx

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+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import Animated, {
+  useAnimatedStyle,
+  useSharedValue,
+  withTiming,
+  type SharedValue,
+} from 'react-native-reanimated';
+
+type BoardPieceProps = {
+  /** Target pixel position (top-left of destination square) */
+  targetX: number;
+  targetY: number;
+  /** Square size in pixels */
+  squareSize: number;
+  /** Move animation duration in ms */
+  moveDuration: number;
+  /** The piece visual (rendered by parent via renderPiece) */
+  children: React.ReactElement;
+  /** Gesture state: is this piece currently being dragged? */
+  activeSquare: SharedValue<string | null>;
+  isDragging: SharedValue<boolean>;
+  /** This piece's current square */
+  square: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A single animated chess piece.
+ *
+ * Animates ONLY `transform` and `opacity` — Reanimated's fast path on Android.
+ * No layout properties (top/left/width/height) are animated, avoiding costly
+ * layout recalculations on low-end devices.
+ *
+ * During drag:
+ * - Original piece hides (opacity: 0) — the drag ghost shows instead
+ * - No position changes on the original piece during drag
+ *
+ * After a move:
+ * - Snaps to new position via withTiming on translateX/translateY
+ * - Duration controlled by user's animation speed setting
+ */
+export const BoardPieceView = React.memo(
+  function BoardPieceView({
+    targetX,
+    targetY,
+    squareSize,
+    moveDuration,
+    children,
+    activeSquare,
+    isDragging,
+    square,
+  }: BoardPieceProps) {
+    // Shared values for smooth animated position — written from JS, read on UI thread
+    const currentX = useSharedValue(targetX);
+    const currentY = useSharedValue(targetY);
+
+    // When target position changes (piece moved), animate to the new square.
+    // useEffect is the correct pattern for reacting to JS prop changes —
+    // useDerivedValue is meant for shared-value-to-shared-value derivation.
+    useEffect(() => {
+      currentX.value = moveDuration > 0
+        ? withTiming(targetX, { duration: moveDuration })
+        : targetX;
+      currentY.value = moveDuration > 0
+        ? withTiming(targetY, { duration: moveDuration })
+        : targetY;
+    }, [targetX, targetY, moveDuration, currentX, currentY]);
+
+    const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
+      const isBeingDragged = isDragging.value && activeSquare.value === square;
+
+      return {
+        transform: [
+          { translateX: currentX.value },
+          { translateY: currentY.value },
+        ],
+        // Hide original piece during drag — drag ghost renders on top
+        opacity: isBeingDragged ? 0 : 1,
+      };
+    });
+
+    return (
+      <Animated.View
+        style={[
+          {
+            position: 'absolute',
+            width: squareSize,
+            height: squareSize,
+          },
+          animatedStyle,
+        ]}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </Animated.View>
+    );
+  },
+  // Custom comparator: only re-render when position or square changes
+  (prev, next) =>
+    prev.targetX === next.targetX &&
+    prev.targetY === next.targetY &&
+    prev.square === next.square &&
+    prev.squareSize === next.squareSize &&
+    prev.moveDuration === next.moveDuration &&
+    prev.children === next.children,
+);

package/src/board-pieces.tsx

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+import React from 'react';
+import type { SharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+
+import type { ChessColor, BoardPiece } from './types';
+import { BoardPieceView } from './board-piece';
+import { squareToXY } from './use-board-pieces';
+
+type BoardPiecesProps = {
+  pieces: BoardPiece[];
+  squareSize: number;
+  orientation: ChessColor;
+  moveDuration: number;
+  renderPiece: (code: string, size: number) => React.ReactElement;
+  activeSquare: SharedValue<string | null>;
+  isDragging: SharedValue<boolean>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Renders all pieces on the board.
+ *
+ * Each piece gets a stable key (from useBoardPieces) so React doesn't
+ * unmount/remount pieces that moved — it updates their position props
+ * and the BoardPieceView animates the transition.
+ */
+export const BoardPiecesLayer = React.memo(function BoardPiecesLayer({
+  pieces,
+  squareSize,
+  orientation,
+  moveDuration,
+  renderPiece,
+  activeSquare,
+  isDragging,
+}: BoardPiecesProps) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      {pieces.map((piece) => {
+        const { x, y } = squareToXY(piece.square, squareSize, orientation);
+
+        return (
+          <BoardPieceView
+            key={piece.id}
+            targetX={x}
+            targetY={y}
+            squareSize={squareSize}
+            moveDuration={moveDuration}
+            activeSquare={activeSquare}
+            isDragging={isDragging}
+            square={piece.square}
+          >
+            {renderPiece(piece.code, squareSize)}
+          </BoardPieceView>
+        );
+      })}
+    </>
+  );
+});

package/src/board.tsx

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+import React, { forwardRef, useState, useCallback, useImperativeHandle, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+import { GestureDetector } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+
+import type { BoardRef, BoardProps, LegalMoveTarget } from './types';
+import { useBoardPieces } from './use-board-pieces';
+import { useBoardState } from './use-board-state';
+import { useBoardGesture } from './use-board-gesture';
+import { BoardBackground } from './board-background';
+import { BoardCoordinates } from './board-coordinates';
+import { BoardLegalDots } from './board-legal-dots';
+import { BoardPiecesLayer } from './board-pieces';
+import { BoardDragGhost } from './board-drag-ghost';
+
+/**
+ * High-performance custom chess board built on Reanimated + Gesture Handler.
+ *
+ * Architecture:
+ * - 1 gesture handler (vs 32 in typical implementations)
+ * - ~40 components mounted (vs ~281)
+ * - ~75 native views (vs ~470)
+ * - 0 React Context providers
+ * - 0 re-renders during drag (pure worklet — only 2 shared value writes per frame)
+ *
+ * Follows chess.com/lichess pattern: single gesture receiver on the board,
+ * coordinate math to determine touched piece, shared values for drag state.
+ */
+export const Board = forwardRef<BoardRef, BoardProps>(function Board(
+  {
+    fen,
+    orientation,
+    boardSize,
+    gestureEnabled,
+    player,
+    onMove,
+    colors,
+    moveDuration,
+    withLetters,
+    withNumbers,
+    renderPiece,
+    showLegalMoves,
+    moveMethod,
+  },
+  ref,
+) {
+  const squareSize = boardSize / 8;
+
+  // --- Piece data from FEN ---
+  const pieces = useBoardPieces(fen);
+
+  // --- Chess.js for legal move validation ---
+  const boardState = useBoardState(fen);
+
+  // Sync internal chess.js when parent changes FEN (puzzle reset, opponent move, etc.)
+  // Must be in useEffect — side effects during render violate React's rules
+  // and can fire multiple times in concurrent mode.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    boardState.loadFen(fen);
+  }, [fen, boardState]);
+
+  // --- Selection state (triggers legal dots display) ---
+  const [selectedSquare, setSelectedSquare] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [legalMoves, setLegalMoves] = useState<LegalMoveTarget[]>([]);
+
+  // Default piece renderer (no-op if parent provides renderPiece)
+  const defaultRenderPiece = useCallback(
+    (code: string, size: number) => (
+      <View style={{ width: size, height: size, backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.3)' }} />
+    ),
+    [],
+  );
+  const pieceRenderer = renderPiece ?? defaultRenderPiece;
+
+  // --- Gesture callbacks ---
+  const handlePieceSelected = useCallback(
+    (square: string) => {
+      setSelectedSquare(square);
+      if (showLegalMoves) {
+        setLegalMoves(boardState.getLegalMoves(square));
+      }
+    },
+    [showLegalMoves, boardState],
+  );
+
+  const handleSelectionCleared = useCallback(() => {
+    setSelectedSquare(null);
+    setLegalMoves([]);
+  }, []);
+
+  const handlePieceMoved = useCallback(
+    (from: string, to: string) => {
+      // Clear selection and legal dots
+      setSelectedSquare(null);
+      setLegalMoves([]);
+
+      // Notify parent — parent decides whether to accept/reject
+      onMove?.({ from, to });
+    },
+    [onMove],
+  );
+
+  // --- Single centralized gesture ---
+  const { gesture, gestureState } = useBoardGesture({
+    squareSize,
+    orientation,
+    gestureEnabled,
+    player,
+    moveMethod,
+    pieces,
+    callbacks: {
+      onPieceSelected: handlePieceSelected,
+      onPieceMoved: handlePieceMoved,
+      onSelectionCleared: handleSelectionCleared,
+    },
+    selectedSquare,
+    legalMoves,
+  });
+
+  // --- Imperative ref for parent (move, highlight, reset, undo) ---
+  useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
+    move: (move) => {
+      // Pre-apply to internal chess.js so subsequent getLegalMoves calls
+      // reflect the new position. The parent will also update the FEN prop,
+      // which triggers useBoardPieces -> piece position animates via shared values.
+      boardState.applyMove(move.from, move.to);
+    },
+
+    highlight: (_square, _color) => {
+      // Highlights are handled by overlay layers in the consuming app,
+      // not internally — this is a no-op stub for API compatibility.
+      // Use the Board's overlay API or render your own highlight layer.
+    },
+
+    clearHighlights: () => {
+      // Same as highlight — handled by overlay layer
+    },
+
+    resetBoard: (newFen) => {
+      boardState.loadFen(newFen);
+      setSelectedSquare(null);
+      setLegalMoves([]);
+    },
+
+    undo: () => {
+      boardState.undoMove();
+      setSelectedSquare(null);
+      setLegalMoves([]);
+    },
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <GestureDetector gesture={gesture}>
+      <View style={{ width: boardSize, height: boardSize }}>
+        {/* Layer 1: Board background (64 colored squares) */}
+        <BoardBackground
+          boardSize={boardSize}
+          lightColor={colors.light}
+          darkColor={colors.dark}
+        />
+
+        {/* Layer 2: Coordinate labels (a-h, 1-8) */}
+        <BoardCoordinates
+          boardSize={boardSize}
+          orientation={orientation}
+          lightColor={colors.light}
+          darkColor={colors.dark}
+          withLetters={withLetters}
+          withNumbers={withNumbers}
+        />
+
+        {/* Layer 3: Legal move dots (only when a piece is selected) */}
+        {showLegalMoves && (
+          <BoardLegalDots
+            legalMoves={legalMoves}
+            squareSize={squareSize}
+            orientation={orientation}
+          />
+        )}
+
+        {/* Layer 4: Pieces */}
+        <BoardPiecesLayer
+          pieces={pieces}
+          squareSize={squareSize}
+          orientation={orientation}
+          moveDuration={moveDuration}
+          renderPiece={pieceRenderer}
+          activeSquare={gestureState.activeSquare}
+          isDragging={gestureState.isDragging}
+        />
+
+        {/* Layer 5: Drag ghost (single floating piece) */}
+        <BoardDragGhost
+          squareSize={squareSize}
+          isDragging={gestureState.isDragging}
+          dragX={gestureState.dragX}
+          dragY={gestureState.dragY}
+          dragPieceCode={gestureState.dragPieceCode}
+          renderPiece={pieceRenderer}
+        />
+      </View>
+    </GestureDetector>
+  );
+});

package/src/index.ts

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+// react-native-chess-kit
+// High-performance chess board for React Native
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Main component
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export { Board } from './board';
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Types
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export type {
+  // Core chess types
+  ChessColor,
+  MoveMethod,
+
+  // Board component API
+  BoardRef,
+  BoardProps,
+  BoardColors,
+
+  // Piece data (useful for custom piece renderers)
+  BoardPiece,
+  ParsedPiece,
+
+  // Gesture state (useful for advanced overlays)
+  GestureState,
+
+  // Legal move dots (useful if building custom dot rendering)
+  LegalMoveTarget,
+} from './types';
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Utility functions (useful for overlay positioning)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export { squareToXY, xyToSquare } from './use-board-pieces';