[$250] Hybrid App - Spacing above keyboard and status bar overlap on deeplinking to user with no chat

[izarutskaya]

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Version Number: v9.0.71-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: No, reproducible on hybrid only
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: https://expensify.testrail.io/index.php?/tests/view/5300573
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/A
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Launch Hybrid app
2. Background the app
3. Interact with link of an user the account has never chatted with, eg https://staging.new.expensify.com/a/18755827
4. Tap on message

Expected Result:

Header of the DM should be displayed below device status bar and regular spacing above keyboard should be visible

Actual Result:

There is huge spacing above keyboard, Say hello! message overlap status bar, and the header is not visible.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @paultsimura

[melvin-bot]

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

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @mallenexpensify (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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3. Fix the issue yourself.

[izarutskaya]

Added 2 DeployBlocker and DeployBlockerCash becouse it's different behavior
when stg server off and Production

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