[HOLD on #21219] [$2000] Assign Task- The header "from" field shows "Fro..." instead of " From username/email id"

[lanitochka17]

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Action Performed:

1. Launch app
2. Tap Fab plus button
3. Tap assign task
4. Enter any title and description
5. Tap next
6. Tap "assignee" to assign task to yourself
7. Tap Share somewhere to select email id in this specific format
   Eg- [email protected]
   [email protected]
   Use a email id+ 4 letter word specifically like "five", " Life" to reproduce bug.
8. Tap confirm task
9. In task conversation page, note header "from" field

Expected Result:

In task conversation page, the header "from" field must show user name/ email id of contact which is selected for " Share somewhere "

Actual Result:

In task conversation page, the header "from" field shows "Fro..." instead of " From username/email id"

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.52.1

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: Yes

If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug6159239_after_plus_4letter_email_use.mp4

Bug6159239_2nd_4_letter_id.mp4

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Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

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Triggered auto assignment to @garrettmknight (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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[pradeepmdk]

Proposal

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

Assign Task- The header "from" field shows "Fro..." instead of " From username/email id"

What is the root cause of that problem?

In React Native, the Text component does not automatically take the full available space within its parent container by default. This behavior is different from web-based HTML elements, where elements such as <div> automatically take the full width of their parent container.

The reason why the Text component doesn't take full space is because of its inherent behavior as a text-rendering component. The width of the Text component is determined by the size of its content, and it will wrap to the next line if the content exceeds the available width. The default width of a Text component is essentially based on the width required to display its content without overflowing.
android textbreakstrategy explanation here and here

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

If we want the Text component to take full space or expand to fill the available width of its parent container, we need to explicitly specify a width style for the Text component or use flexbox properties to control its dimensions.

 1) using flexbox `flex:1`

App/src/components/ParentNavigationSubtitle.js

Line 48 in 8d84c23

style={[styles.optionAlternateText]}

need add flex1
parent also need flex1

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.js

Line 196 in 8d84c23

pressableStyles={[styles.alignSelfStart, styles.mw100]}

updated correct #24339 (comment)

2. when styles.alignSelfStart its will not take full space. so that in android its not take up the full space.
   the problem is android only so we can create a platform based style file like this under styles/HeaderViewStyle
   index.js
   index.android.js

index.js we can add styles.alignSelfStart and styles.mw100
in index.android.js we don't need that so we can declare an empty style on that. or in android apply styles.alignSelfStart and styles.w100 so that it will take full space.

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.js

Lines 193 to 197 in 1139e7c

	<ParentNavigationSubtitle
	parentNavigationSubtitleData={parentNavigationSubtitleData}
	parentReportID={props.report.parentReportID}
	pressableStyles={[styles.alignSelfStart, styles.mw100]}
	/>

in Pressable style

pressableStyles={headerViewStyle.pressableStyles}

headerViewStyle import basic of platform-based so in android pressableStyles return empty style sheet.

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~013e6bf0d4c8e7ce65

[melvin-bot]

Current assignee @garrettmknight is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @abdulrahuman5196 (External)

[gzqyl]

Proposal

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

Assign Task- The header "from" field shows "Fro..." instead of " From username/email id"

What is the root cause of that problem?

the root cause I had finally found, it is the issue on Android when layout the text content, if there's space in strings, then it will auto break to the new line when wrap, wrap means it has more than one line, and we setmaxlines = 1, then it will wrap, and will break at the space position, that's why we see it ellipsis at From..., as after "From" there's a space char.

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

replace the space char with unicode will solve this issue, and it will have no regression issues on other platforms as the layout does not change, and we just "escaped space char with unicode", I tested it, it works on mobile both, and web desktop.
For safely without any other issue on Android when there's some special chars make it unexpected break to new line, we could escape the string with unicode '\u200D'.
use unicode '\u00A0' no-break space replace the space char we need to have, ie, 'From ' to be 'From\u00A0', tell the os not to beak, we add '\u200D' before special chars, tell the os it will join, while not break to a new line.
The key to solve this issue is that we use the unicode features, to keep the display text same and let the os know how to do.
after we replace the white space ' ' with unicode '\u00A0', on Android, there maybe still some issue for some special chars, so we could map the string to chars, then check the char, if it is a white space, we use '\u00A0' replace it, if it is out of '/[a-zA-Z\d]/' test, we think it maybe a special char, then we add '\u200D' before it, for the normal text '/[a-zA-Z\d]/' just keep it as it is.

Optional Solution

use View layout on Android with platform specific, but it is not the real root cause solved solution, I preferred the unicode solution, text content will display to user same as before, but the issue on Android will disappear. The unicode does the magic.

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[gzqyl]

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just find that @foxmail.com can not be added slack channel, so I use google mail as a replace.

[gzqyl]

I have already checked out branch, and will merge the latest main branch when I PR, hope this issue assign to me.

[pradeepmdk]

@gzqyl don't create PR until assign you

[pradeepmdk]

@gzqyl don't create PR until assign you

[gzqyl]

@pradeepmdk thanks for your reminding, I will not create PR, just save the solution at local branch, so that I can watch other issues, and when the issue assigned to me, I can quickly checkout the branch to fix the issue.

[abdulrahuman5196]

Reviewing now

[abdulrahuman5196]

On @pradeepmdk 's proposal here, I agree that flex might be the right path to go, but the solution is not working for me.

[abdulrahuman5196]

@gzqyl On your proposal here #24339 (comment), we would need to know what change you are expecting to make explained as per our contributing guidelines to review the proposal - https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/contributingGuides/CONTRIBUTING.md

[pradeepmdk]

@abdulrahuman5196 for me its working let's add my code here

App/src/components/ParentNavigationSubtitle.js

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.js

Result
before flex1

after flex1

[melvin-bot]

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[garrettmknight]

@abdulrahuman5196 can you review?

[garrettmknight]

Still holding on #21219

[garrettmknight]

Still holding on #21219

[garrettmknight]

Dropping to monthly in line with the issue we're holding on.

[garrettmknight]

Still holding

[garrettmknight]

Updating to Future in VIP-VSB along with other task issues. Still on hold for the linked issue.

[garrettmknight]

Still holding on #21219

[garrettmknight]

Still holding on #21219

[garrettmknight]

Still holding on #21219

[garrettmknight]

Still holding on #21219

[WikusKriek]

@garrettmknight @situchan
This issue is more than a year old, is it maybe worth trying one of the following?
Im not sure if #21219 is getting any closer to being resolved.

There are two good solutions to this problem:

One using TextLink

        <Text
            style={[styles.optionAlternateText]}
            accessibilityLabel={translate('threads.parentNavigationSummary', {reportName, workspaceName})}
            role={CONST.ROLE.LINK}
            numberOfLines={1}
            textBreakStrategy="highQuality"
        >
            {!!reportName && (
                <>
                    <Text style={[styles.optionAlternateText, styles.textLabelSupporting]}>{`${translate('threads.from')} `}</Text>
                    <TextLink
                        onPress={() => {
                            const parentAction = ReportActionsUtils.getReportAction(parentReportID, parentReportActionID ?? '-1');
                            const isVisibleAction = ReportActionsUtils.shouldReportActionBeVisible(parentAction, parentAction?.reportActionID ?? '-1');
                            // Pop the thread report screen before navigating to the chat report.
                            Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(parentReportID));
                            if (isVisibleAction && !isOffline) {
                                // Pop the chat report screen before navigating to the linked report action.
                                Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(parentReportID, parentReportActionID));
                            }
                        }}
                        style={[styles.optionAlternateText, styles.textLabelSupporting, styles.link]}
                    >
                        {reportName || (workspaceName ? `${translate('threads.in')} ${workspaceName}` : '')}
                    </TextLink>
                </>
            )}
        </Text>
    );
}

Here is the branch: https://github.com/WikusKriek/App/tree/24339-textlink
And the other using FlexRow and Flex1:

The below style needs styles.flex1

App/src/components/ParentNavigationSubtitle.tsx

Line 55 in 93dc1c9

style={[styles.optionAlternateText]}

And HeaderView needs styles.flexRow:

App/src/pages/home/HeaderView.tsx

Line 215 in 93dc1c9

pressableStyles={[styles.alignSelfStart, styles.mw100]}

Here is the branch: https://github.com/WikusKriek/App/tree/24339-flexRow

[garrettmknight]

Reviewing this, I actually think this issue is such a low priority consistency issue that we can probably close now and reopen only if it's reported as a bug by an actual user.