iOS - Composer - No copy paste option in edit mode

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0..42-0 Reproducible in staging?: Y Reproducible in production?: N Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+zm27@applause.expensifail.com Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Launch New Expensify app.
2. Go to DM.
3. Long tap on any message.
4. Tap Edit comment.
5. Tap on the composer to bring up context menu.

Expected Result:

There will be copy paste option in edit mode.

Actual Result:

There is no copy paste option in edit mode.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3f15d162-7310-4d2a-9a77-85b3361f0ab7

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Triggered auto assignment to @anmurali (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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[hungvu193]

Regression from: https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/32711

[layacat]

Proposal

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

iOS - Composer - No copy paste option in edit mode

What is the root cause of that problem?

We recently introduce the logic of hiding context menu for Composer text input with contextMenuHidden in https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/32711

We already implemented it for the main composer however we forgot to implement onTouchStart for the composer of ReportActionItemMessageEdit which makes the showSoftInputOnFocus is always undefined and because of that the condition inside native composer is never called:

    useEffect(() => {
        if (!showSoftInputOnFocus || !isKeyboardShown) {
            return;
        }
        setContextMenuHidden(false);
    }, [showSoftInputOnFocus, isKeyboardShown]);

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

Just implement the logic of onTouchStart for the composer of ReportActionItemMessageEdit too:

     onTouchStart={() => {
                        if (showSoftInputOnFocus) {
                            return;
                        }
                        if (Browser.isMobileSafari()) {
                            setTimeout(() => {
                                setShowSoftInputOnFocus(true);
                            }, CONST.ANIMATED_TRANSITION);
                            return;
                        }
                        setShowSoftInputOnFocus(true);
                    }}

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[jasperhuangg]

Retest request is here for easy access

[m-natarajan]

Issue fixed

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b1750cd6-339e-47f2-9be2-0d8f8b0ae523