[HOLD for payment 2021-12-27] Display individual and group chats with draft message and no previous message in LHN

[MonilBhavsar]

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Coming from this issue

Action Performed:

1. Start a fresh chat from New chat or New Group Chat from + menu
2. Draft a message
3. Leave the chat / switch the chat

Expected Result:

1. That chat should appear in LHN with draft icon

Actual Result:

1. Chat doesn't appear in LHN, but has draft saved

Workaround:

Start a new chat by clicking +

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• iOS
• Android
• Desktop App
• Mobile Web

Version Number:
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @parasharrajat
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1638800736247800

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[MelvinBot]

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

[MonilBhavsar]

As discussed here, we would also remove the chat from LHN if user deletes the draft message

[parasharrajat]

@MonilBhavsar Should I be assigned as reported by for this as I pointed this in #6490 (comment) ?

[Christinadobrzyn]

Hum, I might be missing something but I can't replicate this. @parasharrajat @MonilBhavsar - can you check?

This is what I did:

• Start a fresh chat from New chat or New Group Chat from + menu
• Draft a message
• Leave the chat / switch the chat
• The drafted chat is sticking to the new group

[MonilBhavsar]

@Christinadobrzyn, can you please confirm which version you're running on?

[parasharrajat]

@Christinadobrzyn @MonilBhavsar. This works in focus mode it does not in Normal mode.

[parasharrajat]

Proposal

To fix this

App/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.js

Lines 677 to 706 in de5d2ba

	function getSidebarOptions(
	reports,
	personalDetails,
	activeReportID,
	priorityMode,
	betas,
	) {
	let sideBarOptions = {
	prioritizePinnedReports: true,
	prioritizeIOUDebts: true,
	prioritizeReportsWithDraftComments: true,
	};
	if (priorityMode === CONST.PRIORITY_MODE.GSD) {
	sideBarOptions = {
	hideReadReports: true,
	sortByAlphaAsc: true,
	showReportsWithDrafts: true,
	};
	}
	return getOptions(reports, personalDetails, activeReportID, {
	betas,
	includeRecentReports: true,
	includeMultipleParticipantReports: true,
	maxRecentReportsToShow: 0, // Unlimited
	sortByLastMessageTimestamp: true,
	showChatPreviewLine: true,
	...sideBarOptions,
	});
	}

We need to set the showReportsWithDrafts: true for both modes. Which is setting this true in getOptions call.