Refactor app state listener to improve synchronization

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.2.1 (September 22, 2025)
+ - Updated the application state listener to sync feature flag definitions when the app returns to the foreground and has exceeded the SDK’s feature refresh interval.
+
 1.2.0 (June 25, 2025)
  - Added support for rule-based segments. These segments determine membership at runtime by evaluating their configured rules against the user attributes provided to the SDK.
  - Added support for feature flag prerequisites. This allows customers to define dependency conditions between flags, which are evaluated before any allowlists or targeting rules.

src/platform/RNSignalListener.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const EVENT_NAME = 'for AppState change events.';
 export class RNSignalListener implements ISignalListener {
   private _lastTransition: Transition | undefined;
   private _appStateSubscription: NativeEventSubscription | undefined;
+  private _lastBgTimestamp: number | undefined;
 
   constructor(private syncManager: ISyncManager, private settings: ISettings & { flushDataOnBackground?: boolean }) {}
 
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ export class RNSignalListener implements ISignalListener {
     return transition;
   }
 
+  private _mustSyncAll() {
+    return this.settings.sync.enabled && this._lastBgTimestamp && this._lastBgTimestamp < Date.now() - this.settings.scheduler.featuresRefreshRate;
+  }
+
   private _handleAppStateChange = (nextAppState: AppStateStatus) => {
     const action = this._getTransition(nextAppState);
 
@@ -51,10 +56,17 @@ export class RNSignalListener implements ISignalListener {
         // In 2, PushManager is resumed in case it was paused and the SDK is running in push mode.
         // If running in polling mode, either pushManager is not defined (e.g., streamingEnabled is false)
         // or calling pushManager.start has no effect because it was disabled (PUSH_NONRETRYABLE_ERROR).
-        if (this.syncManager.pushManager) this.syncManager.pushManager.start();
+        if (this.syncManager.pushManager) {
+          this.syncManager.pushManager.start();
+
+          // Sync all if singleSync is disabled and background time exceeds features refresh rate
+          // For streaming, this compensates the re-connection delay, and for polling, it compensates the suspension of scheduled tasks during background.
+          if (this._mustSyncAll()) this.syncManager.pollingManager!.syncAll();
+        }
 
         break;
       case TO_BACKGROUND:
+        this._lastBgTimestamp = Date.now();
         this.settings.log.debug(
           `App transition to background${this.syncManager.pushManager ? '. Pausing streaming' : ''}${
             this.settings.flushDataOnBackground ? '. Flushing events and impressions' : ''
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ export class RNSignalListener implements ISignalListener {
         // Here, PushManager is paused in case the SDK is running in push mode, to close streaming connection for Android.
         // In iOS it is not strictly required, since connections are automatically closed/resumed by the OS.
         // The remaining SyncManager components (PollingManager and Submitter) don't need to be stopped, even if running in
-        // polling mode, because sync tasks are "delayed" during background, since JS timers callbacks are executed only
+        // polling mode, because sync tasks are suspended during background, since JS timers callbacks are executed only
         // when the app is in foreground (https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/12981#issuecomment-652745831).
         // Other features like Fetch, AsyncStorage, AppState and NetInfo listeners, can be used in background.
         if (this.syncManager.pushManager) this.syncManager.pushManager.stop();

src/platform/__tests__/RNSignalListener.spec.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ jest.doMock('react-native/Libraries/AppState/AppState', () => AppStateMock);
 const syncManagerMockWithPushManager = {
   flush: jest.fn(),
   pushManager: { start: jest.fn(), stop: jest.fn() },
+  pollingManager: { syncAll: jest.fn() },
 };
 const settingsMock = {
   log: { debug: jest.fn() },
   flushDataOnBackground: true,
+  scheduler: { featuresRefreshRate: 100 },
+  sync: { enabled: true },
 };
 
 describe('RNSignalListener', () => {
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ describe('RNSignalListener', () => {
     syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pushManager.start.mockClear();
   });
 
-  test('starting in foreground', () => {
+  test('starting in foreground', async () => {
     // @ts-expect-error. SyncManager mock partially implemented
     const signalListener = new RNSignalListener(syncManagerMockWithPushManager, settingsMock);
 
@@ -41,9 +44,14 @@ describe('RNSignalListener', () => {
     expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pushManager.stop).toBeCalledTimes(1);
     expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pushManager.stop).toBeCalledTimes(1);
 
+    // Wait for features refresh rate to validate that syncAll is called when resuming foreground
+    expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pollingManager!.syncAll).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, settingsMock.scheduler.featuresRefreshRate));
+
     // Going to foreground should be handled
     AppStateMock._emitChangeEvent('inactive');
     expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pushManager.start).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pollingManager!.syncAll).toBeCalledTimes(1);
 
     // Handling another foreground event, have no effect
     AppStateMock._emitChangeEvent('active');
@@ -56,9 +64,14 @@ describe('RNSignalListener', () => {
     expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.flush).toBeCalledTimes(2);
     expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pushManager.stop).toBeCalledTimes(2);
 
+    // Validate that syncAll is not called if singleSync is enabled
+    settingsMock.sync.enabled = false;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, settingsMock.scheduler.featuresRefreshRate));
+
     // Going to foreground should be handled again
     AppStateMock._emitChangeEvent('active');
     expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pushManager.start).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(syncManagerMockWithPushManager.pollingManager!.syncAll).toBeCalledTimes(1);
 
     // Stopping RNSignalListener
     signalListener.stop(); // @ts-ignore access private property