fix(map): scope Google Maps clustering to the viewport above 1000 nodes

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Why

Fixes #4544 (google flavor only - see scope note below).

NonHierarchicalDistanceBasedAlgorithm, the default the Clustering composable uses via maps-compose-utils, always clusters over the entire node set rather than what's actually on screen. At high zoom over a geographically spread-out mesh, the on-screen clustering radius shrinks to nearly nothing, so the algorithm hands back almost every node as its own individual unclustered result even when almost none of them are visible - choking rendering exactly as reported in the issue.

What changed

• NodeClusterMarkers.kt now switches to NonHierarchicalViewBasedAlgorithm (already a maps-compose-utils dependency, no new library) once the node count exceeds 1000, scoping clustering to the current viewport instead of the whole dataset. Below 1000 nodes, it stays on the default algorithm.
• The threshold isn't arbitrary: NonHierarchicalViewBasedAlgorithm's own KDoc describes itself as being for "large numbers of items (>1000 markers)", so this matches the library author's own intent rather than a number we invented.
• The default algorithm is kept below the threshold deliberately, not just left alone incidentally: it pans more smoothly (see trade-off below), and clustering the whole node set is cheap at typical mesh sizes, so most users get the nicer experience unchanged and only pay the view-based algorithm's cost where its fix is actually needed.
• Google flavor only. fdroid's map renders through osmdroid's RadiusMarkerClusterer on a completely separate path (FdroidMapOverlayRenderer.kt), so this PR doesn't affect or claim to fix that side.

Trade-offs

NonHierarchicalViewBasedAlgorithm's viewport bounds have no margin, and it only reclusters on camera-idle (recomputing every drag frame would defeat the point of a viewport-scoped algorithm). Above the threshold, this means panning can pop markers in abruptly once the gesture stops, rather than sliding them in smoothly.

I tried padding the viewport dimensions handed to the algorithm (2x screen width/height) as a mitigation, hoping it would pre-include a ring of off-screen markers. Tested on a physical device (Samsung Galaxy S24+) and it made no measurable difference to the pop-in at any drag distance, so I dropped it rather than keep unproven complexity in the code. This is a real, accepted trade-off of viewport-scoped clustering, not something this PR claims to eliminate - it's documented in the code comment so nobody re-attempts the same padding idea without knowing it didn't work.

Test plan

• Benchmark (posted on the issue before this PR): NonHierarchicalDistanceBasedAlgorithm vs NonHierarchicalViewBasedAlgorithm with 2,000 synthetic scattered nodes. Both land around 2.5-3ms either way - the real win isn't speed, it's resultCount going from 2000 individually-rendered markers to 0 when zoomed into an empty area, i.e. markers that never have to be rendered at all.
• Hardware, below-threshold path (Samsung Galaxy S24+, google debug build, real mesh, ~28 nodes, well under the threshold): confirmed the map renders correctly and node markers display and pan exactly as before this change - the default algorithm path is unconditionally exercised at this scale, so this is a direct regression check, not an inference.
• Hardware, above-threshold trade-off: confirmed the pop-in-while-panning trade-off is real by temporarily forcing the view-based algorithm on the same real mesh, and confirmed the viewport-padding mitigation attempt didn't help (see above). I did not have a real >1000-node mesh available to test the above-threshold path's steady-state behavior end-to-end on hardware; that path is covered by the JVM benchmark and by direct reasoning about the library's documented behavior instead.
• Local baseline green: spotlessApply spotlessCheck detekt for both google and fdroid flavors, compileGoogleDebugKotlin, compileFdroidDebugKotlin.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 noreply@anthropic.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Performance Improvements
  • Improved map marker clustering for areas with many nodes.
  • Enhanced responsiveness when viewing maps with more than 1,000 nodes.
  • Clustering now adapts more effectively to screen size changes, providing clearer marker groupings across different displays.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

NodeClusterMarkers now selects a clustering algorithm based on node count. It uses distance-based clustering for up to 1,000 nodes and view-based clustering above that threshold. View-based clustering updates its dimensions when the screen configuration changes.

Changes

Map clustering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Adaptive clustering algorithm selection androidApp/src/google/kotlin/org/meshtastic/app/map/component/NodeClusterMarkers.kt	Adds a 1,000-node threshold. The component uses NonHierarchicalViewBasedAlgorithm for larger node sets and a screen-adapted NonHierarchicalDistanceBasedAlgorithm for smaller sets. It updates the view-based algorithm with the current screen dimensions.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to da8e2

Viewport-based clustering may use stale dimensions after the map is resized, causing markers to be clustered or displayed incorrectly until another clustering trigger occurs. The PR should address this before merge or obtain explicit owner acceptance.

Possibly related PRs

• meshtastic/Meshtastic-Android#6605: Both changes modify Google Maps clustering behavior for large node sets.

Suggested reviewers: jamesarich

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 7 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Regression Coverage For Changed Behavior	❓ Inconclusive	Investigation is still in progress; no verdict submitted yet.	Need inspect dependency APIs and existing Google map test setup before deciding coverage gaps.

✅ Passed checks (7 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change addresses issue #4544 by limiting clustering to the viewport for large Google Maps node sets.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to Google Maps clustering behavior and align with the linked issue objectives.
Sibling Call Sites And Presence Semantics	✅ Passed	The only changed file is NodeClusterMarkers.kt. The patch adds clustering logic and a 1000-node threshold, but changes no nullable field, presence check, zero-guard, or physical-value default.
Tests Prove The Path, Not The End State	✅ Passed	The PR changes only NodeClusterMarkers.kt; the diff adds no test files or test declarations, so this test-path check is inapplicable.
Moved Code Diffed Against Its Original	✅ Passed	The HEAD^ diff adds 36 lines to the existing NodeClusterMarkers.kt and has no deletions, renames, or extracted declarations; the moved-code check is not applicable.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: limiting Google Maps clustering to the viewport for meshes above 1,000 nodes.

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- Around line 105-107: Update the needsViewBasedAlgorithm branch in
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skip clustering when both are unchanged to avoid recomposition-triggered
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