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Description

Adoption step 0 of rfcs#58 ("interop and runtime helpers"). The interop helpers move into builtin modules, and today's globals become a compat layer built from them.

Module	Exports
ns:interop	nothing yet, frozen and empty. Android has none of the native-memory members iOS exports here; rfcs#56's initializer will land here.
ns:interop/android	long, byte, short, char, float, double, newArray (the function Array.create has always been)
ns:runtime (new member)	escapeException

Compat. js/interop-globals.js is an internal builtin that requires ns:runtime and ns:interop/android and installs:

• globalThis.interop = { escapeException };
• the six cast globals;
• Array.create.

Each global holds the module's own function object, with the same writable, enumerable and configurable attributes as before. It runs eagerly, at the point where interop used to be installed, for both the main isolate and workers, because @nativescript/core reads these at module top level. The ns: files never refer to it.

Native changes:

• The casts, Array.create and escapeException are now built by binding factories in NsBuiltinModules.cpp, rather than set on the global template or the global itself.
• ArrayHelper's JNI class/method lookup runs once per process (std::call_once). It used to be redone per isolate, with unsynchronized writes to static fields.

Typings. This repo doesn't ship .d.ts for its ns: modules yet, so none are added here. The iOS runtime ships them in types/, and Android doing the same is a follow-up.

Does your commit message include the wording below to reference a specific issue in this repo?

No issue; this implements part of rfcs#58.

Related Pull Requests

• iOS: feat(runtime): ns:interop builtin modules, global interop as compat ios#527
• RFC: RFC: `ns:native` — native APIs as modules, one namespace per platform, every language behind it rfcs#58

Does your pull request have unit tests?

Yes. tests/testNsInterop.js (16 specs) and tests/nsInteropWorker.js cover:

• export lists and frozen exports;
• that every global is the module's export, and that the globals' property attributes are unchanged;
• Java overload resolution through the module casts;
• newArray by type name and by class;
• bad arguments;
• static and dynamic ESM import;
• a worker getting its own instances.

testNsRuntime.js now expects escapeException.

Full suite, after rebasing on main (e15d21a): 1510 passed, 0 failed, 7 skipped, on an API 35 arm64 emulator.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added the ns:interop module and Android-specific ns:interop/android helpers for Java primitive casts and array creation.
  • Exposed escapeException through ns:runtime and kept legacy interop globals available for existing apps.
  • Added worker support for the Android interop APIs.

• Documentation

  • Documented interop modules, their platform availability, exports, and legacy global aliases.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for interop imports, helper behavior, legacy globals, and worker environments.

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Walkthrough

The runtime adds ns:interop and Android-specific ns:interop/android modules. It exposes native cast, array-creation, and exception-escaping functions through these modules, then installs legacy globals from their exports. Documentation and app tests cover the module APIs and global aliases.

Changes: Interop module and global integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Interop module bindings test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/NsBuiltinModules.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/NumericCasts.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ArrayHelper.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Interop.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/CallbackHandlers.*, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/ns-interop*.js, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/ns-runtime.js, docs/ns-builtin-modules.md	The runtime registers the interop modules and provides Android cast and array functions, plus escapeException through ns:runtime. The documentation describes the module exports and Android exception behavior.
Legacy global setup test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/interop-globals.js, test-app/runtime/CMakeLists.txt, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/README.md, docs/ns-builtin-modules.md	Runtime setup loads the internal globals builtin. It assigns interop.escapeException, the Android cast functions, and Array.create from module exports. The builtin list and documentation describe this setup.
Interop tests test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/mainpage.js, test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/testNsInteropImport.mjs, test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/*	The app tests check module and global exports, cast behavior, array creation, static and dynamic imports, worker-local interop, and the ns:runtime export set.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Runtime
  participant BuiltinLoader
  participant InteropGlobals as interop-globals.js
  participant NsRuntime as ns:runtime
  participant NsAndroid as ns:interop/android
  participant GlobalThis
  Runtime->>BuiltinLoader: Load internal/interop-globals exports
  BuiltinLoader->>InteropGlobals: Evaluate builtin
  InteropGlobals->>NsRuntime: Read escapeException export
  InteropGlobals->>NsAndroid: Read Android helper exports
  InteropGlobals->>GlobalThis: Assign legacy global properties

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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to da341

This change moves the Android interop natives into builtin modules and keeps the legacy globals as aliases. The supplied context shows no concrete merge-blocking risk, and the author reports passing tests.

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Files selected for processing: 22

• docs/ns-builtin-modules.md
• test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/mainpage.js
• test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/testNsInteropImport.mjs
• test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/nsInteropWorker.js
• test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testNsInterop.js
• test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testNsRuntime.js
• test-app/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ArrayHelper.cpp
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ArrayHelper.h
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/CallbackHandlers.cpp
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/CallbackHandlers.h
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Interop.cpp
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Interop.h
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/NsBuiltinModules.cpp
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/NumericCasts.cpp
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/NumericCasts.h
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/README.md
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/interop-globals.js
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/ns-interop-android.js
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/ns-interop.js
• test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/ns-runtime.js

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