feat(frame): read AUTO straighten from the photo, not the accelerometer

EXIF Orientation only knows 0/90/180/270, so a library still carries no
record of how the camera was held. The sensor had nothing to offer.

AUTO now measures the dominant line in the picture itself:
src/utils/horizon.ts runs a shear-projection search (coarse 1 deg over
-45..45, then a 0.5 deg refine) on a <=256px thumbnail, bails when no
line's score beats 3x the median, and returns the tilt in degrees.
App applies photoStraighten = -tilt, so preview and export share one
number exactly as the slider did.

Removes expo-sensors wiring, the horizonRoll state, effectiveStraighten
and the bubble-level overlay (autoRoll prop) from App/AdjustmentPanel/
Viewfinder. expo-sensors stays in package.json.

App.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import * as FileSystem from 'expo-file-system/legacy';
 import * as MediaLibrary from 'expo-media-library';
 import * as MediaLibraryLegacy from 'expo-media-library/legacy';
 import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics';
-import { Accelerometer } from 'expo-sensors';
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
 
 import TopBar from './src/components/TopBar';
@@ -72,35 +71,6 @@ export default function App() {
   // export alike, the straighten angle applied on top of the turn.
   const [photoRotation, setPhotoRotation] = useState<0 | 90 | 180 | 270>(0);
   const [photoStraighten, setPhotoStraighten] = useState(0);
-  // FRAME-tab AUTO: level the photo to the horizon. The accelerometer feeds the
-  // very same straighten angle the hand slider does (as an offset on top of
-  // it), so preview and export share one number. Library only — a live camera
-  // frame has no horizon to bake in.
-  const [autoHorizon, setAutoHorizon] = useState(false);
-  const [horizonRoll, setHorizonRoll] = useState(0);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!autoHorizon || mode !== 'library') return;
-    Accelerometer.setUpdateInterval(100);
-    const sub = Accelerometer.addListener(({ x, y }) => {
-      // atan2(x, y) is the lean about the screen normal: 0 upright in portrait.
-      // Skip a near-flat hold — x/y are noise there and no horizon is readable.
-      // Whole degrees only: a 12 MP re-rotation per sensor tick would burn the
-      // battery for a sub-pixel move.
-      if (Math.hypot(x, y) < 0.2) return;
-      const deg = (Math.atan2(x, y) * 180) / Math.PI;
-      // Past 45 the phone is not being held to shoot: the level line and the
-      // angle both stop meaning anything, so keep the last good reading.
-      if (Math.abs(deg) > 45) return;
-      setHorizonRoll(Math.round(deg));
-    });
-    return () => sub.remove();
-  }, [autoHorizon, mode]);
-  // Lean the phone and everything painted on its screen leans with it, so the
-  // photo gains exactly the lean the STRAIGHTEN slider would have to undo: the
-  // measured roll is added, never negated. An emulator tilt of +10° puts the
-  // export 10° clockwise of the untilted one.
-  const effectiveStraighten =
-    photoStraighten + (autoHorizon && mode === 'library' ? horizonRoll : 0);
   useEffect(() => {
     const show = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow', (e) => setKeyboardHeight(e.endCoordinates.height));
     const hide = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', () => setKeyboardHeight(0));
@@ -223,9 +193,6 @@ export default function App() {
   const [openParamKey, setOpenParamKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
   // FRAME → WATERMARK sub-panel is open (the rail's WATERMARK tab is gone).
   const [wmPanelOpen, setWmPanelOpen] = useState(false);
-  // FRAME -> ROTATE strip is open: gates the bubble-level line on the image.
-  const [rotatePanelOpen, setRotatePanelOpen] = useState(false);
-  
   const [libraryImageUri, setLibraryImageUri] = useState<string | null>(null);
   // Session photo history (camera captures + library exports). The camera
   // thumbnail/preview button shows the newest entry; the swipe viewer walks the
@@ -571,8 +538,6 @@ export default function App() {
     setWmRotation(0);
     setPhotoRotation(0);
     setPhotoStraighten(0);
-    setAutoHorizon(false);
-    setHorizonRoll(0);
     setWallLandscape(false);
     setCropRatio('none');
     setCropRect(DEFAULT_CROP_RECT);
@@ -593,7 +558,6 @@ export default function App() {
     wmRotation !== 0 ||
     photoRotation !== 0 ||
     photoStraighten !== 0 ||
-    autoHorizon ||
     wallLandscape ||
     cropRatio !== 'none' ||
     differs(cropRect, DEFAULT_CROP_RECT);
@@ -825,6 +789,18 @@ export default function App() {
     setFavoriteId(id, on).catch((e) => console.warn('Failed to save favorite:', e));
   };
 
+  // FRAME-tab AUTO: the photo is levelled from its OWN pixels, not from the
+  // phone. A library still carries no record of how the camera was held when
+  // it was shot (EXIF Orientation only knows 0/90/180/270), so the sensor had
+  // nothing to offer; the dominant line in the picture is the only horizon
+  // there is. A one-shot: it replaces whatever the slider or a previous AUTO
+  // left, and does nothing at all when the picture has no line worth trusting.
+  const handleAutoStraighten = useCallback(() => {
+    const tilt = viewfinderRef.current?.detectHorizon?.() ?? null;
+    if (tilt == null) return;
+    setPhotoStraighten(-tilt);
+  }, []);
+
   const handlePickImage = async () => {
     if (isProcessing) return;
 
@@ -859,12 +835,10 @@ export default function App() {
     if (!result.canceled && result.assets && result.assets.length > 0) {
       const asset = result.assets[0];
       setLibraryImageUri(asset.uri);
-      // A new photo starts level: the previous photo's turn, fine straighten
+      // A new photo starts level: the previous photo's turn and fine
-      // and AUTO horizon must not carry over.
+      // straighten must not carry over.
       setPhotoRotation(0);
       setPhotoStraighten(0);
-      setAutoHorizon(false);
-      setHorizonRoll(0);
       setMode('library');
       // Picking from the camera is the other half of that switch (the camera
       // button is the way back), so the camera's edits must not land on the
@@ -1126,7 +1100,7 @@ export default function App() {
             // save the same crop the preview showed (null = centered 1x).
             frameWindowZoom: viewfinderRef.current?.getFrameWindowZoom?.() ?? null,
             photoRotation,
-            photoStraighten: effectiveStraighten,
+            photoStraighten,
           }
         );
 
@@ -1304,12 +1278,7 @@ export default function App() {
           libraryImageUri={libraryImageUri}
           availableHeight={deckTop}
           photoRotation={photoRotation}
-          photoStraighten={effectiveStraighten}
+          photoStraighten={photoStraighten}
-          autoRoll={
-            autoHorizon && mode === 'library' && openTab === 'frame' && rotatePanelOpen
-              ? horizonRoll
-              : null
-          }
           cameraPermissionGranted={cameraPermissionGranted}
           onRequestCameraPermission={requestCameraPermission}
           photoOutput={photoOutput}
@@ -1390,8 +1359,7 @@ export default function App() {
               photoStraighten={photoStraighten}
               onPickRotation={setPhotoRotation}
               onStraighten={setPhotoStraighten}
-              autoHorizon={autoHorizon}
+              onAutoStraighten={handleAutoStraighten}
-              onAutoHorizon={setAutoHorizon}
               wallLandscape={wallLandscape}
               onToggleWallLandscape={() => setWallLandscape((v) => !v)}
               useGeotag={useGeotag}
@@ -1420,7 +1388,6 @@ export default function App() {
               wmRotation={wmRotation}
               onRotateWm={() => setWmRotation((r) => (r + 90) % 360)}
               onWmPanelChange={setWmPanelOpen}
-              onRotatePanelChange={setRotatePanelOpen}
             />
           </View>
         )}

src/components/AdjustmentPanel.tsx

@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ interface AdjustmentPanelProps {
   photoStraighten: number;
   onPickRotation: (deg: 0 | 90 | 180 | 270) => void;
   onStraighten: (deg: number) => void;
-  autoHorizon: boolean;
+  // FRAME-tab AUTO: ask App to read the tilt of the photo itself and set the
-  onAutoHorizon: (on: boolean) => void;
+  // STRAIGHTEN angle that cancels it. A one-shot, not a mode.
+  onAutoStraighten: () => void;
   // FRAME tab (WALL FRAME only): hang the artwork landscape instead of the
   // default portrait rotation.
   wallLandscape: boolean;
@@ -122,9 +123,6 @@ interface AdjustmentPanelProps {
   // FRAME → WATERMARK sub-panel is open: App needs this to arm the mark's
   // drag/pinch layer on the image (the old `activeTab === 'watermark'`).
   onWmPanelChange: (open: boolean) => void;
-  // The ROTATE strip (or its STRAIGHTEN row) is open: App needs this to keep
-  // the image's bubble-level line on screen only while that strip is up.
-  onRotatePanelChange: (open: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 interface ChipDef {
@@ -225,8 +223,7 @@ export default function AdjustmentPanel({
   photoStraighten,
   onPickRotation,
   onStraighten,
-  autoHorizon,
+  onAutoStraighten,
-  onAutoHorizon,
   wallLandscape,
   onToggleWallLandscape,
   onToggleGeotag,
@@ -241,7 +238,6 @@ export default function AdjustmentPanel({
   wmRotation,
   onRotateWm,
   onWmPanelChange,
-  onRotatePanelChange,
 }: AdjustmentPanelProps) {
   // Double-tap on the mark in the viewfinder bumps wmEditNonce -> focus the
   // input again so the text can be retyped after the keyboard was dismissed.
@@ -277,12 +273,6 @@ export default function AdjustmentPanel({
   useEffect(() => {
     onWmPanelChange(openGroup === 'wm');
   }, [openGroup]);
-  // The bubble-level line on the image belongs to the ROTATE strip: it shows
-  // while that strip (or its STRAIGHTEN row) is open and leaves with the next
-  // chip, so it never lingers over the photo after the user moved on.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    onRotatePanelChange(openGroup === 'rotate' || openParam === 'straighten');
-  }, [openGroup, openParam]);
   // CROP is a plain-frame tool: the moment the selected frame drops it the chip
   // unmounts, so the ratio strip must close with it (no orphan CROP row).
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -593,12 +583,12 @@ export default function AdjustmentPanel({
       ],
       onPick: (v) => onUpdateCropRatio(v as CropRatio),
     },
-    // ROTATE: the quarter turns, the fine STRAIGHTEN slider and AUTO horizon in
+    // ROTATE: the quarter turns, the fine STRAIGHTEN slider and the AUTO read
-    // one strip. Its RESET undoes this parameter only (turn + angle + auto).
+    // in one strip. Its RESET undoes this parameter only (turn + angle).
     rotate: {
       label: 'ROTATE', off: '0',
       // 'straighten' while its slider row is open, so that chip highlights.
-      value: openParam === 'straighten' ? 'straighten' : autoHorizon ? 'auto' : String(photoRotation),
+      value: openParam === 'straighten' ? 'straighten' : String(photoRotation),
       options: [
         { v: 'reset', d: 'RESET' },
         { v: 'auto', d: 'AUTO' },
@@ -612,15 +602,13 @@ export default function AdjustmentPanel({
         if (v === 'reset') {
           onPickRotation(0);
           onStraighten(0);
-          onAutoHorizon(false);
         } else if (v === 'straighten') {
           toggleParam('straighten');
         } else if (v === 'auto') {
-          // AUTO is "snap to the sensor horizon": the manual angle is dropped
+          // AUTO reads the photo and REPLACES the fine angle with the one
-          // first, so enabling it with a hand-set offset really levels the
+          // that levels its dominant line, so pressing it twice is the same
-          // photo (re-tapping with it on still switches it back off).
+          // as pressing it once.
-          if (!autoHorizon) onStraighten(0);
+          onAutoStraighten();
-          onAutoHorizon(!autoHorizon);
         } else {
           onPickRotation(Number(v) as 0 | 90 | 180 | 270);
         }
@@ -671,19 +659,17 @@ export default function AdjustmentPanel({
     label: wbTempLabel(),
   });
 
-  // ROTATE's chip names every part of the angle it applies: the turn (dropped
+  // ROTATE's chip names every part of the angle it applies: the turn and the
-  // when it is 0 and AUTO is doing the work), the horizon mode, the fine angle.
+  // fine angle AUTO (or the slider) left on it.
   const rotateChip = (): ChipDef => {
     const parts = [
-      photoRotation !== 0 || !autoHorizon ? `ROTATE ${photoRotation}` : 'ROTATE',
+      `ROTATE ${photoRotation}`,
-      autoHorizon ? 'AUTO' : null,
       photoStraighten ? `${photoStraighten > 0 ? '+' : ''}${photoStraighten}°` : null,
     ];
     return {
       ...groupChip('rotate'),
       label: parts.filter(Boolean).join(' · '),
-      amberValue:
+      amberValue: openGroup !== 'rotate' && (photoRotation !== 0 || photoStraighten !== 0),
-        openGroup !== 'rotate' && (photoRotation !== 0 || photoStraighten !== 0 || autoHorizon),
     };
   };
 

src/components/Viewfinder.tsx

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { TONE_SKSL, getToneUniforms, toneUniformArray } from '../utils/toneShade
 import { CINEMA_SKSL, getCinemaUniforms, cinemaOffFlat } from '../utils/cinemaShader';
 import { polaroidLayout, wallframeLayout, WALLFRAME_PNG_W, WALLFRAME_PNG_H } from '../utils/frameUtils';
 import { applyPhotoRotation } from '../utils/skiaImage';
+import { detectTilt } from '../utils/horizon';
 
 interface ViewfinderProps {
   mode: 'camera' | 'library';
@@ -54,9 +55,6 @@ interface ViewfinderProps {
   // on top of that turn.
   photoRotation?: 0 | 90 | 180 | 270;
   photoStraighten?: number;
-  // FRAME-tab AUTO: the device's lean in degrees, null while AUTO is off. Only
-  // drives the level line — the photo arrives already counter-rotated.
-  autoRoll?: number | null;
   // WATERMARK tab: double-tap ON the mark re-opens the text editor (App bumps
   // a nonce so the panel puts the caret back in its input).
   onWmEdit?: () => void;
@@ -164,6 +162,14 @@ export interface ViewfinderHandle {
    * fixed-ratio crop is active.
    */
   getCropRatioRect(): CropRect | null;
+  /**
+   * FRAME-tab AUTO straighten: tilt, in degrees, of the dominant near-
+   * horizontal line in the library photo — the horizon it was shot with.
+   * Null when the picture holds no line worth trusting, so App can leave the
+   * fine angle alone. Read from the quarter-turned source WITHOUT the current
+   * straighten, so pressing AUTO twice answers the same both times.
+   */
+  detectHorizon(): number | null;
 }
 
 const noiseEffect = Skia.RuntimeEffect.Make(`
@@ -237,7 +243,6 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
     wmEditing = false,
     photoRotation = 0,
     photoStraighten = 0,
-    autoRoll = null,
     wmRotation = 0,
     wallLandscape = false,
   }: ViewfinderProps,
@@ -338,6 +343,10 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
     () => applyPhotoRotation(loadedImage, photoRotation, photoStraighten),
     [loadedImage, photoRotation, photoStraighten]
   );
+  // Mirror of the two inputs of the above, for detectHorizon: the imperative
+  // handle is captured once (deps [ref]) and must read the LIVE source.
+  const horizonSrcRef = useRef({ image: loadedImage, quarter: photoRotation });
+  horizonSrcRef.current = { image: loadedImage, quarter: photoRotation };
   // Wall-frame PNG artwork (project root). Loaded lazily so other frames pay
   // no asset cost; source switches to '' when unselected (useImage → null).
   const wallImage = useImage(selectedFrame === 'wallframe' ? require('../../wallframe.png') : '');
@@ -580,6 +589,12 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
       getCropRatioRect() {
         return cropRatioRectRef.current;
       },
+      // AUTO straighten: the angle the picture asks for. Computed on demand
+      // (one <=256px thumbnail, tens of ms) — never on a slider drag.
+      detectHorizon() {
+        const src = horizonSrcRef.current;
+        return detectTilt(applyPhotoRotation(src.image, src.quarter, 0));
+      },
     }),
     [ref]
   );
@@ -2257,24 +2272,6 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
   const cinemaOn = cinemaEffect != null && !!cinemaParams;
   const useShaderPass = !!imageFitRect && ((toneEffect != null && toneOn) || cinemaOn);
 
-  // FRAME-tab AUTO: a bubble level that follows the device's own lean. The photo
-  // under it is already counter-rotated by the same angle, so this line is the
-  // only place the raw tilt is visible. Amber once within a degree of level.
-  const levelOverlay = autoRoll == null ? null : (
-    <View pointerEvents="none" className="absolute inset-0 items-center justify-center">
-      <View style={{ width: '55%', transform: [{ rotate: `${autoRoll}deg` }] }}>
-        <View style={{ height: 4, backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)' }} />
-        <View
-          style={{
-            height: 2,
-            marginTop: -3,
-            backgroundColor: Math.abs(autoRoll) <= 1 ? '#f59e0b' : '#ffffff',
-          }}
-        />
-      </View>
-    </View>
-  );
-
   // RETRO INSTANT (library): the whole picture is contain-fitted into the
   // card's photo window — nothing is masked or cropped, and the card is
   // centered on the black background like a physical print. The window keeps
@@ -2350,7 +2347,6 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
           onResponderMove={onLibTouchMove}
           onResponderRelease={onLibTouchEnd}
         />
-        {levelOverlay}
       </View>
     );
   }
@@ -2427,7 +2423,6 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
           onResponderMove={onLibTouchMove}
           onResponderRelease={onLibTouchEnd}
         />
-        {levelOverlay}
       </View>
     );
   }
@@ -2570,7 +2565,6 @@ const Viewfinder = forwardRef<ViewfinderHandle, ViewfinderProps>(function Viewfi
             onResponderMove={onLibTouchMove}
             onResponderRelease={onLibTouchEnd}
           />
-          {levelOverlay}
         </>
       ) : (
         <View className="items-center justify-center p-6">

src/utils/horizon.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { Skia, FilterMode, MipmapMode, type SkImage } from '@shopify/react-native-skia';
+
+// FRAME-tab AUTO straighten: the angle, in degrees, of the horizon in the photo.
+// Null when the picture has no line worth trusting (a portrait, a flat wall), so
+// AUTO leaves the fine angle alone instead of inventing one.
+//
+// Deskew by projection profile, not a gradient-orientation histogram: for every
+// candidate angle the edge map is sheared and projected onto the rows, and the
+// angle whose projection is the sharpest single line wins. The histogram looks
+// cheaper, but a real edge is a staircase one pixel tall — a 7 degree line only
+// steps every 8 px — so its gradients point at 0 and 45 degrees instead of at
+// the line, and every small tilt reads as zero. Shearing cancels a staircase
+// instead of averaging it away.
+//
+// ponytail: 1 degree coarse pass, 0.5 degree refine around the winner. The
+// STRAIGHTEN slider is a 0.5 degree grid, so finer is invisible. Add a third
+// pass if a residual tilt ever shows up.
+export function detectTilt(image: SkImage | null, maxAngle = 45): number | null {
+  if (!image) return null;
+  let iw = image.width();
+  let ih = image.height();
+  if (!(iw > 8 && ih > 8)) return null;
+
+  // Scan a thumbnail, never the 12 MP original: the profile only needs the
+  // gross shape of the lines, and this runs on the JS thread. Halve instead of
+  // resampling in one go — a one-shot 3x bilinear step samples 4 taps spread
+  // over 3 source pixels and leaves exactly the staircase the search undoes.
+  let cur = image;
+  while (Math.max(iw, ih) > 256) {
+    const w = Math.max(8, Math.round(iw / 2));
+    const h = Math.max(8, Math.round(ih / 2));
+    const surface = Skia.Surface.Make(w, h);
+    if (!surface) break;
+    surface
+      .getCanvas()
+      .drawImageRectOptions(
+        cur,
+        Skia.XYWHRect(0, 0, iw, ih),
+        Skia.XYWHRect(0, 0, w, h),
+        FilterMode.Linear,
+        MipmapMode.Linear
+      );
+    const next = surface.makeImageSnapshot();
+    if (!next) break;
+    cur = next;
+    iw = w;
+    ih = h;
+  }
+
+  const raw = cur.readPixels();
+  if (!raw) return null;
+  // Bytes for the 8-bit raster surfaces this app builds; the float branch is
+  // there because readPixels() reports whatever the image holds.
+  const unit = raw instanceof Float32Array ? 255 : 1;
+  const w = iw;
+  const h = ih;
+
+  const gray = new Float32Array(w * h);
+  for (let i = 0; i < w * h; i++) {
+    gray[i] = (0.299 * raw[i * 4] + 0.587 * raw[i * 4 + 1] + 0.114 * raw[i * 4 + 2]) * unit;
+  }
+
+  // The edge map, kept as a list: the angle search touches every edge once per
+  // candidate, so skipping the flat pixels is most of the saving.
+  const px = new Float64Array(w * h);
+  const py = new Float64Array(w * h);
+  const pw = new Float64Array(w * h);
+  let n = 0;
+  for (let y = 1; y < h - 1; y++) {
+    for (let x = 1; x < w - 1; x++) {
+      const i = y * w + x;
+      const dx = gray[i + 1] - gray[i - 1];
+      const dy = gray[i + w] - gray[i - w];
+      const mag = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+      if (mag < 20) continue; // flat patch: no line edge here
+      px[n] = x - w / 2;
+      py[n] = y;
+      pw[n] = mag;
+      n++;
+    }
+  }
+  if (n < 32) return null; // too few edges to call anything a horizon
+
+  // Score an angle by how sharply the sheared edge map projects onto the rows:
+  // a line sheared to its own angle lands in one bin, any other angle smears it
+  // over |delta| * w / 57 bins wide and the squared-sum collapses.
+  const limit = Math.ceil((w / 2) * Math.tan((maxAngle * Math.PI) / 180)) + 2;
+  const size = h + 2 * limit;
+  const acc = new Float64Array(size);
+  const score = (deg: number) => {
+    acc.fill(0);
+    const t = Math.tan((deg * Math.PI) / 180);
+    for (let k = 0; k < n; k++) acc[Math.round(py[k] - px[k] * t) + limit] += pw[k];
+    let ss = 0;
+    let tot = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+      ss += acc[i] * acc[i];
+      tot += acc[i];
+    }
+    return tot > 0 ? ss / (tot * tot) : 0;
+  };
+
+  const coarse: number[] = [];
+  let best = 0;
+  let bestScore = -1;
+  for (let deg = -maxAngle; deg <= maxAngle; deg++) {
+    const s = score(deg);
+    coarse.push(s);
+    if (s > bestScore) {
+      bestScore = s;
+      best = deg;
+    }
+  }
+  // A picture with no line scores about the same at every angle; only a real
+  // one stands clear of the middle of the field.
+  coarse.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  if (bestScore < 3 * coarse[coarse.length >> 1]) return null;
+
+  let angle = best;
+  for (let deg = best - 1; deg <= best + 1; deg += 0.5) {
+    const s = score(deg);
+    if (s > bestScore) {
+      bestScore = s;
+      angle = deg;
+    }
+  }
+  return angle;
+}