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  • Letter jumps start the list at the bucket's media.browse.index cursor with one request, instead of paging forward 100 rows at a time until the bucket offset is loaded.
  • Rows above the jumped letter keep their positions as skeleton rows. Each earlier letter loads with one request of up to 1000 rows once scrolling stops on it, and accessible-list mode shows a "Load earlier" button instead.
  • The jumped view is kept per folder in the library session store, so a tab remount restores it with the saved scroll position. It is cleared wherever that folder's scroll position is forgotten.
  • Bucket cursors are looked up by bucket key when a fetch starts. A cursor Core rejects after a media preference edit is retried once from a fresh index, and favorite changes and library changes now invalidate the index before browse lists.
  • A jump that finishes after leaving the folder is discarded, and a failed earlier letter shows a toast and a retry button instead of replacing the list.
  • Adds the library.loadEarlier string to all locales.
  • The global @capacitor/core test mock now reports Preferences as available. Test files that mocked Capacitor as native made preference loading fail and log an error on a retry timer into later tests, which made the ProPurchase offerings test flaky. This also fixes three test mocks that the old default hid.

Closes #263

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Library browsing now loads visible items progressively, with placeholders and controls to load earlier content.
    • Letter jumps provide faster navigation and preserve the current browsing window.
    • Failed sections can be retried, including after browsing data changes.
    • Favorite updates refresh library navigation results more reliably.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved recovery from expired browsing cursors and refreshed library indexes.
    • Screen-reader layouts now remain stable while accessibility detection completes.
  • Documentation
    • Added “Load earlier” translations across supported languages.

Letter jumps walked media.browse forward 100 rows at a time until the
bucket offset loaded. They now start the list at the bucket's index
cursor with one request, keep space for earlier rows, and load earlier
letters one bucket request each as they scroll into view.

Refs #263
Modules loaded by the test setup keep the global Capacitor mock, which
reported no plugins. Files that mock Capacitor as native made preference
hydration fail and log an error on a retry timer into later tests,
which made the ProPurchase offerings test flaky.
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The library browser now uses browse-index cursors and persisted browse windows. It loads groups lazily, supports earlier-row retries, refreshes stale cursors, and updates related routes, cache invalidation, translations, mocks, and tests. Screen-reader detection now preserves its last resolved state across remounts.

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Indexed library browsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Browse query contracts and cursor loading
src/lib/libraryBrowse.ts, src/lib/coreApi.ts, src/components/library/LibraryLetterJumpModal.tsx
Adds shared index, stream, and group query options. Group loading uses index cursors, pages up to 1,000 rows, tracks directory counts, and retries expired cursors.
Browse windows and indexed navigation
src/lib/librarySessionStore.ts, src/hooks/useLibraryBrowse.ts, src/routes/library.$system.tsx, src/routes/library.index.tsx
Persists anchored browse windows, loads groups around jumps, updates anchors when directory counts change, and clears windows during navigation changes.
Lazy row loading and cache invalidation
src/components/library/LibraryBrowseList.tsx, src/components/library/FavoriteButton.tsx, src/components/ConnectionProvider.tsx, src/translations/*
Renders placeholders and retry controls for unloaded ranges. It loads visible rows after scrolling settles and invalidates browse indexes before browse data. Translation files add library.loadEarlier.
Browse validation, detection state, and test support
src/__tests__/*, __mocks__/@capacitor/core.ts, src/hooks/useScreenReaderEnabled.ts, src/test-setup.ts
Tests cover cursor-based jumps, persisted windows, earlier-range loading, retries, invalidation order, route errors, updated mocks, and screen-reader state persistence.

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Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant LibraryRoute
  participant useLibraryBrowse
  participant libraryBrowse
  participant CoreAPI
  LibraryRoute->>useLibraryBrowse: request indexed browse data
  useLibraryBrowse->>libraryBrowse: create index and group queries
  libraryBrowse->>CoreAPI: fetch group using bucket cursor
  CoreAPI-->>libraryBrowse: return group rows
  libraryBrowse-->>useLibraryBrowse: return anchored entries and unloaded ranges
  useLibraryBrowse-->>LibraryRoute: render target and load actions
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This change introduces persisted screen-reader detection state across component remounts and a lazy, cursor-based way to load earlier library rows. Testing surfaced two real gaps: a timing race that can leave the accessibility layout in the wrong state after a remount, and a lazily loaded "earlier" folder row that can show different content than the same row loaded through the normal scroll path. Neither breaks the app outright, but both should be fixed before merging to avoid inconsistent accessible layouts and inconsistent folder listings for some users.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The library cursor implementation, related tests, translations, build fix, directory-count refresh, and accessible-list state support have a connection to Issue #263. The PR also changes the global Ca… Remove the unrelated Capacitor Preferences, NFC, and unrelated Preferences test changes, or move them to a separate pull request. Keep test changes that directly verify the Issue #263 library cursor and lazy-loading behavior.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: using browse index cursors to optimize library letter jumps.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #263 requires direct use of the media.browse.index bucket cursor, query reset around that cursor, and retained lazy paging. useLibraryBrowse passes group.cursor through `libraryBrowseStrea…
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The library cursor implementation, related tests, translations, build fix, directory-count refresh, and accessible-list state support have a connection to Issue #263. The PR also changes the global Capacitor Preferences availability mock, adds NFC session methods to an integration mock, and changes Preferences mocks in unrelated component and route-loader tests. These changes address unrelated test infrastructure and NFC behavior. The linked issue does not require them.

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In `@src/hooks/useLibraryBrowse.ts`:
- Line 145: Update the browse window refresh logic in useLibraryBrowse so
totalDirs is always derived from a current unanchored root response rather than
the cursor-based browseWindow response. When the directory count changes, update
totalDirs and anchorStart together in the same window state update, preserving
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Comment thread src/hooks/useLibraryBrowse.ts Resolved
The legacy browser build's async transform fails on
entries.push(...(await ...)) with "unknown Expression of type
SpreadElement", which broke every production and Core build. Await into
a variable before spreading it.
A jumped list kept the directory count from the moment of the jump, and
bucket cursor responses do not report it. After a library refresh that
added or removed folders, rows before the anchor, placeholders and
letter targets stayed at the old positions.

Read the count from a one-row response that starts at the top. It is
seeded from the saved window and refetches only when browse queries are
invalidated or a cursor expires after a visibility change. Once the
index and count have both settled, the window takes the new count and
anchor start in one update, and loaded earlier buckets refetch under
the new count.
Each useScreenReaderEnabled mount started in accessible mode on native
until detection resolved again, so remounted lists rendered one
normal-flow frame first. In a jumped library folder that frame
collapses unloaded rows into a "Load earlier" button, so the page was
shorter, the saved scroll offset was clamped, and returning to the
Library tab landed dozens of rows above where the user left.

Remember the last detected state across mounts. The first mount in a
session still starts accessible until detection resolves.
Jumping from deep in a folder to an unloaded earlier bucket shortens the
list before it scrolls to the target, so for a frame the old position
sits at the new end and the list fetched the next page early. Skip
loading more while the jump holds interaction, as loading earlier rows
already does.

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In `@src/hooks/useScreenReaderEnabled.ts`:
- Line 33: Update the effect containing the ScreenReader.isEnabled() result and
lastDetected assignment to track an active flag, set it false during cleanup,
and skip writing lastDetected when the asynchronous result arrives after
cleanup. Preserve normal updates while the effect remains active.

In `@src/lib/libraryBrowse.ts`:
- Around line 254-258: Update the resolveSingletonFolderEntries call in the
earlier-group loading flow to pass the same root-path preservation argument used
by the stream-page path when scope.path is empty, ensuring the root entry
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Comment thread src/hooks/useScreenReaderEnabled.ts Resolved
Comment thread src/lib/libraryBrowse.ts
Comment on lines +254 to +258
const resolved = await resolveSingletonFolderEntries(
rows.slice(offset, offset + BROWSE_PAGE_SIZE),
scope.systemId,
signal,
CoreAPI,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the root path during earlier-group resolution.

When scope.path === "", this call omits preservePath. The stream-page path preserves the initial root entry, but lazy loading the cursor-less earlier group can resolve that entry into its singleton child. The same row can then have different content depending on its load path. Pass the same root-path preservation argument here.

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       scope.systemId,
       signal,
       CoreAPI,
+      scope.path === "" ? scope.path : undefined,
     );
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In `@src/lib/libraryBrowse.ts` around lines 254 - 258, Update the
resolveSingletonFolderEntries call in the earlier-group loading flow to pass the
same root-path preservation argument used by the stream-page path when
scope.path is empty, ensuring the root entry remains consistent across both
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A detection started by a hook that has since unmounted could resolve
after a newer mount detected a different state and overwrite the
remembered value, so later remounts would start in the wrong layout.
Only record results while the effect is active.
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