Chat - Attachment picker is briefly displayed after taking picture to upload in chat

[isagoico]

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Expected Result:

Upload Attachment screen displayed

Actual Result:

Attachment picker screen displayed for a moment before Upload attachment screen

Action Performed:

1. Launch the app and login
2. Initiate a chat > Tap +
3. Tap Add Attachment > Take photo
4. Take a photo and tap use photo

Workaround:

No need, visual issue.

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

Web
iOS ✔️
Android ✔️
Desktop App
Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.0.31-0

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

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Video

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/161920

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @sonialiap (AutoAssignerTriage), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4749 for more details.

[roryabraham]

I believe this might be a duplicate. @kidroca I think you were commenting about this here, right? Do you know if this is a duplicate issue / if this is already being worked on?

[kidroca]

@roryabraham
No, this is not a duplicate

At the time of the PR, when a modal was closing the compose input would be auto focused which would interfere with the gallery/camera and dismiss it. The only way to prevent this was to keep the popup modal open

https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify.cash/blob/99b44b3dcbc8efe99e7ea7a0fe833382f025a0aa/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.js#L220-L225

Now since compose autofocus no longer happen automatically on mobile devices this can be updated so that the 2nd modal, the attachment picker, closes while you take a picture or select something from gallery/documents

I can apply a proposal if you're interested

[roryabraham]

@kidroca, thanks for the explanation! We don't have an upwork job for this yet, but when we have it posted I'll ping you and make sure you're first in line 🙂

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @stephanieelliott (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @deetergp (Exported), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.