Changing <Model /> source prop causes app crash on Expo react-native application

[tdkwan]

I've been having difficulty using react-native expo and react-native-filament to display 3d models in succession within the same display component<ModelViewer>.

When changing the source prop of a <Model /> component from react-native-filament, React Native throws the following warning and eventually crashes on subsequent model loads:

Warning: Error: Regular javascript function '' cannot be shared. 
Try decorating the function with the 'worklet' keyword to allow the javascript function to be used as a worklet.

This occurs when re-rendering my ModelViewer component which wraps FilamentScene, FilamentView, and Model to display a different .glb file.

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Environment

Library	Version
react-native	0.79.6
expo	53.0.23
react-native-filament	1.8.0
react-native-reanimated	3.17.4
Device	iOS Simulator (M4 IPad Pro)

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a ModelViewer component that loads a .glb asset using react-native-filament.
2. Change the modelPath prop at runtime to a different .glb file.
3. Observe that the app throws a Regular javascript function '' cannot be shared error during the update cycle.

// ModelViewer.tsx
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import { FilamentView, Model } from "react-native-filament";

interface ModelViewerProps {
  modelPath: string;
  key?: string;
}

export default function ModelViewer({ modelPath, key }: ModelViewerProps) {
  const [actualModelPath, setActualModelPath] = useState<string>("");
  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
  const [hasError, setHasError] = useState(false);

  useEffect(() => {
    setActualModelPath(modelPath);
    setIsLoading(false);
  }, [modelPath]);

  if (isLoading || hasError) return null;

  return (
    <FilamentScene key={key}>
      <FilamentView key={key} style={styles.filamentView}>
        <DefaultLight />
        <Model 
          key={key}
          translate={[0, 0, -5]} 
          source={{uri: actualModelPath}} 
        />
        <Camera />
      </FilamentView>
    </FilamentScene>
  );
}

Then render it in a parent component and update the prop:

// Parent.tsx
import {Asset} from 'expo-asset'
const [selectedModel, setSelectedModel] = Asset.fromModule('../assets/model/watch.glb').uri;

return (
  <>
    <Button title="Switch" onPress={() => setSelectedModel(Asset.fromModule('../assets/model/rhino.glb').uri} />
    <ModelViewer modelPath={selectedModel} />
  </>
);

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Fix Attempts

• Adding to .glb to the metro.config.js
• I thought this might be an issue related to how I was loading my .glb assets, and the speed at which I was accessing them, so I modified my code to use different file system libraries.
  • expo-asset
    • I moved my assets into /assets/models/*.glb and tried to load them using Assets.fromModule(require('../assets/models/rhino.glb')).uri
  • react-native-fs
    • I served my assets from a local server and downloaded them to the device's Documents/ folder and downloaded them at runtime.
  • expo-file-system
    • (Same as above)
• Reducing the file of the .glb files. This worked partially. However, I found that though the 'worklet' issue wouldn't appear, there would be a file read error saying something like: unexpected character ‘’ error
• Wrapping the Model in a 'worklet' function
• Downgrading my dependencies as per NSException crash

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Minimal Reproduction Repo

You can reproduce it by cloning this example repo and switching between two .glb files using a state toggle.

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[kristof-kovacs]

+1 here, as this also happens on re-rendering of the same asset. For example if I render a glb asset and then use a pan gesture handler to implement a rotation that would spin the asset with the user's finger drag, it crashes with the same "Regular javascript function '' cannot be shared error message"

To me it seems re-rendering is the culprit to both of these cases