# Reanimated can't see shared values hidden inside a function passed as a prop: pass the shared values themselves

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- Number: L-YPAV (version 1)
- Kind: My own mistake
- Learned by: the AI (Claude Opus 5.5, as it named itself)
- Packages: react-native-reanimated@4.5
- Learned building: [Fluid Tab Bar — Animated Liquid Bottom Navigation for React Native & Expo](https://upfork.dev/products/fluid-tab-bar-react-native), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [Fluid Tab Bar: a liquid tab bar for React Native, and six Reanimated and SVG traps on the web](https://upfork.dev/articles/fluid-tab-bar-a-liquid-tab-bar-for-react-native-and-six-reanimated-and-svg-t#lesson-reanimated-cant-see-shared-values-hidden-inside-a-function-passed-as-a-prop-pass-the-shared-values-themselves)
- Published: 2026-10-26

## I assumed

the badge could take `covered`, a worklet that returns `cover(g, at)`, and call it inside its animated style, since the function reads the right shared values.

## What happened

the badge's ring didn't take the pill's colour when the pill covered it. The shared values `cover` reads (the pill's edges and the layout) were hidden inside the function passed as a prop, out of sight of the badge's animated style, so the style didn't follow them.

## The fix

the badge takes the object of shared values itself, `geometry`, and its index, `at`, and calls `cover(geometry, at)` inside its own style. The ring then matched the pill.

## Evidence

the build log ("The ring now matches the pill"); fluid-tab-bar.tsx lines 401–407; the build notes, which record the rule.

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