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---
"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.
14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions packages/expo/android/build.gradle
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credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
composeVersion = "1.7.0"
activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
}
// clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
// clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
// compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
}

// Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt
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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
var isDismissable: Boolean = true

private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
// At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
// host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
// This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
// is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
// render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
}

// Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
// navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkExpoModule.kt
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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
}

Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
// clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
// initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
// onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
// line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
// the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
// fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
// foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
// cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
// UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
// Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
// and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
// when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Add copy buttons to all 
 blocks\n(function() {\n function addCopyButtons() {\n document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach(function(codeBlock) {\n if (codeBlock.parentElement.hasAttribute('data-copy-added')) return;\n codeBlock.parentElement.setAttribute('data-copy-added', 'true');\n \n var btn = document.createElement('button');\n btn.textContent = 'Copy';\n btn.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:4px;right:4px;padding:2px 8px;font-size:11px;background:#4ecdc4;border:none;border-radius:4px;color:#1a1a2e;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.7;transition:opacity 0.2s;';\n btn.onmouseover = function() { this.style.opacity = '1'; };\n btn.onmouseout = function() { this.style.opacity = '0.7'; };\n btn.onclick = function() {\n navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeBlock.textContent).then(function() {\n btn.textContent = 'Copied!';\n setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = 'Copy'; }, 1500);\n });\n };\n codeBlock.parentElement.style.position = 'relative';\n codeBlock.parentElement.appendChild(btn);\n });\n }\n \n addCopyButtons();\n \n // Re-run on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(addCopyButtons);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "github.com";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + "github\\.com" + '

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"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions
packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkExpoModule.kt

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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
 }

 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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---
"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions
packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion
packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkExpoModule.kt

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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
 }

 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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.changeset/expo-mobile-485-cold-start-activity.md

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---
"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions
packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkExpoModule.kt

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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
 }

 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "youtube.com";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '

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"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions
packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkExpoModule.kt

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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
 }

 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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---
"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

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packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
 }

 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
Expand Down
Loading

, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Remove or un-stick sticky/fixed headers that block content\n(function() {\n function unstick() {\n document.querySelectorAll('header, nav, [role=\"banner\"], .header, .navbar, .sticky, .fixed-top, [style*=\"position: fixed\"], [style*=\"position:sticky\"]').forEach(function(el) {\n if (el.style.position === 'fixed' || el.style.position === 'sticky' || \n getComputedStyle(el).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'sticky') {\n el.style.position = 'static';\n el.style.top = 'auto';\n el.style.zIndex = 'auto';\n }\n });\n }\n \n unstick();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(unstick);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['style', 'class'] });\n})();", "Kill Sticky Headers");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Kill Sticky Headers]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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---
"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

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packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
Expand Down

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Expand Up@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ class ClerkExpoModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
 }

 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Universal Dark Mode - works on any site\n(function() {\n var enabled = true;\n \n function applyDarkMode() {\n if (!enabled) return;\n \n // Create style element if it doesn't exist\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (!style) {\n style = document.createElement('style');\n style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n }\n \n // Dark mode CSS - inverts colors but preserves images/video\n style.textContent = '\n /* Invert everything except media */\n html {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #1a1a2e !important;\n }\n \n /* Restore images, videos, iframes, canvas */\n img, video, iframe, canvas, svg, picture, [style*=\"background-image\"] {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n }\n \n /* Preserve specific elements that should not be inverted */\n .no-dark-mode, .no-dark-mode *,\n [data-theme=\"light\"], [data-theme=\"light\"],\n .ace_editor, .ace_editor *,\n .CodeMirror, .CodeMirror *,\n .monaco-editor, .monaco-editor *,\n .markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,\n .highlight, .highlight *,\n pre code, pre code * {\n filter: none !important;\n }\n \n /* Fix common UI elements */\n .modal, .popup, .dropdown-menu, .tooltip, .popover {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #2d2d44 !important;\n border-color: #444 !important;\n }\n \n /* Scrollbars */\n ::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }\n \n /* Selection */\n ::selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ';\n }\n \n function removeDarkMode() {\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (style) style.remove();\n }\n \n // Toggle with Alt+Shift+D\n document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {\n if (e.altKey && e.shiftKey && e.key === 'D') {\n e.preventDefault();\n enabled = !enabled;\n if (enabled) {\n applyDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Enabled');\n } else {\n removeDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');\n }\n }\n });\n \n // Apply on load\n applyDarkMode();\n \n // Re-apply on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {\n applyDarkMode();\n }\n });\n observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });\n \n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');\n})();", "Universal Dark Mode");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); }
})();
})();

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---
"@clerk/expo": patch
---

Fix `MissingActivity` error on cold-start Google sign-in / passkey flows. Previously, the first tap on "Sign in with Google" in `<AuthView />` failed with `Clerk error: Google sign-in cannot start: Credential Manager requires an active Activity context.` — the workaround was to background and foreground the app once before signing in.

The Android bridge now calls `Clerk.attachActivity()` (added in clerk-android 1.0.16) at SDK initialization and on AuthView/UserProfile mount, so the current Activity is registered with the underlying SDK before any Credential Manager call. No app-side changes required; the fix is transparent on rebuild.

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packages/expo/android/build.gradle

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Expand Up@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ext {
 credentialsVersion = "1.3.0"
 googleIdVersion = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = "1.7.3"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.13"
 clerkAndroidApiVersion = "1.0.16"
 clerkAndroidUiVersion = "1.0.16"
 composeVersion = "1.7.0"
 activityComposeVersion = "1.9.0"
 lifecycleVersion = "2.8.0"
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ dependencies {
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }
 // clerk-android-telemetry has a transitive dep on the last released
 // clerk-android-api. Pinning the api explicitly here keeps consumers
 // compiling against the same version we ship the UI from.
 implementation("com.clerk:clerk-android-api:$clerkAndroidApiVersion") {
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk7'
 exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp'
 exclude group: 'com.squareup.okhttp3', module: 'okhttp-urlconnection'
 }

 // Jetpack Compose for wrapping Clerk views
 implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
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packages/expo/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/ClerkAuthExpoView.kt

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Expand Up@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ class ClerkAuthNativeView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 var mode: String = "signInOrUp"
 var isDismissable: Boolean = true

 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context)
 private val activity: ComponentActivity? = findActivity(context).also {
 // At cold start, ClerkExpoModule.configure() may run before React's
 // host-resume sync — meaning getCurrentActivity() returns null there.
 // This view's construction is a reliable second hook: we know the Activity
 // is available (we just walked the context to find it) and we're about to
 // render Google sign-in / passkey buttons that need it.
 if (it != null) Clerk.attachActivity(it)
 }

 // Per-view ViewModelStoreOwner so the AuthView's ViewModels (including its
 // navigation state) are scoped to THIS view instance, not the activity.
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 Clerk.initialize(reactApplicationContext, pubKey)
 // clerk-android registers ActivityLifecycleCallbacks during
 // initialize(), but in React Native MainActivity has already passed
 // onResume() by the time <ClerkProvider> mounts and we reach this
 // line, so the callbacks miss the initial activity. Without seeding,
 // the first Credential Manager call (Google sign-in / passkeys)
 // fails with MissingActivity until the user backgrounds and
 // foregrounds the app. getCurrentActivity() can be null here on
 // cold start before React's host-resume sync — AuthView and
 // UserProfile also call attachActivity() on mount as a backstop.
 getCurrentActivity()?.let { Clerk.attachActivity(it) }
 // Theme loading is centralized here. ClerkViewFactory.configure()
 // and ClerkUserProfileActivity.onCreate() only call Clerk.initialize()
 // when Clerk is not yet initialized, so by the time they run
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