[HOLD for payment 2024-01-04] [$500] Android - Chat - Message gets displayed from right to left

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Version Number: 1.3.93-0
**Reproducible in staging?:**Y
**Reproducible in production?:**Y
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team
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Issue found when executing PR #30521

Action Performed:

1. Launch App
2. Open any chat and paste an RTL text in the compose box, for example " مثال "
3. Continue typing some content

Expected Result:

Verify that the content gets displayed from left to right

Actual Result:

The content gets displayed from right to left

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Bug6256757_1698673344303.30521_Android.mp4

Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

MacOS: Desktop

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

[Krishna2323]

Proposal

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

Android - Chat - Message gets displayed from right to left

What is the root cause of that problem?

This issue only happens on few android devices so the root cause is unclear.

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

We can set selection ({start: 0}) when inputText onblur. like this answer suggested or we can use I18nManager to solve this issue like:

import { I18nManager } from "react-native";

I18nManager.forceRTL(false);
I18nManager.allowRTL(false);

Result

[situchan]

cc: @HardikChoudhary24

[HardikChoudhary24]

For android it will be working like that it is mentioned in comment. Also this can be seen for other apps like linkedin where the web version is having the desired result and their android app is not showing it in LTR format

[allroundexperts]

Hm... @HardikChoudhary24 I see your comment, but I think this is still a bug. I guess we can keep this open and see if we can get a concrete fix in place?