Split - Inconsistency in currency symbol in confirmation page and split details page

[izarutskaya]

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Version Number: 1.4.71-0 Reproducible in staging?: Y Reproducible in production?: N Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856 Issue reported by: Applause-Internal team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to FAB > Split expense.
3. Select MYR - RM as currency (required for next step)>
4. Enter amount and select a few users.
5. On confirmation page, note that the currency is RM.
6. Split the expense.
7. In group chat, click on the split preview.

Expected Result:

The currency in confirmation page and split details page should be consistent.

Actual Result:

The currency in confirmation page (Step 5) is RM, while it shows MYR in split details page (Step 7). RM is the correct currency symbol, but it is not used anywhere else across the app. This issue also happens with a few currency like SGD - S$ and THB.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• [x] Android: Native
• [x] Android: mWeb Chrome
• [x] iOS: Native
• [x] iOS: mWeb Safari
• [x] MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• [x] MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/115492554/045a6fd4-28c4-4534-a628-c4db6b6ad0b9

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[izarutskaya]

@mallenexpensify I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[izarutskaya]

We think this issue might be related to the #vip-split.

[melvin-bot[bot]]

Triggered auto assignment to @grgia (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[izarutskaya]

Production

https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/115492554/f320ae24-9646-4c49-9f6d-9548eb209ac5

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Triggered auto assignment to @Beamanator (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[nkdengineer]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

The currency in confirmation page (Step 5) is RM, while it shows MYR in split details page (Step 7). RM is the correct currency symbol, but it is not used anywhere else across the app. This issue also happens with a few currency like SGD - S$ and THB.

What is the root cause of that problem?

In the create flow, we use currencySymbol which is the correct currency symbol of currency code to display

https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/e0b6a06d2f34f35cda96ccc4d05252ede111c732/src/components/MoneyRequestConfirmationList.tsx#L486

But in split bill detail page, we use iouCurrencyCode. That is an inconsistent

https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/e0b6a06d2f34f35cda96ccc4d05252ede111c732/src/components/MoneyRequestConfirmationList.tsx#L481

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should use iouCurrencyCode as prefixCharacter here instead of currencySymbol

https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/e0b6a06d2f34f35cda96ccc4d05252ede111c732/src/components/MoneyRequestConfirmationList.tsx#L497

Or we can use currencySymbol to display the amount text here

https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/e0b6a06d2f34f35cda96ccc4d05252ede111c732/src/components/MoneyRequestConfirmationList.tsx#L481

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

NA

[cristipaval]

This seems to be a super minor issue. Demoting and assigning @youssef-lr as the original author.

[youssef-lr]

This is intentional so we can use a smaller symbol in the amount inputs. We'd like to display $ and € for example in the inputs vs USD & EUR. I think we can close.