Remove additional letters

android/app/src/main/java/com/expensify/chat/MainApplication.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
           // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
           packages.add(new BootSplashPackage());
           packages.add(new ExpensifyAppPackage());
+          packages.add(new RNTextInputResetPackage());
 
           return packages;
         }

android/app/src/main/java/com/expensify/chat/RNTextInputResetModule.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.expensify.chat;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIBlock;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.NativeViewHierarchyManager;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+public class RNTextInputResetModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
+
+    private final ReactApplicationContext reactContext;
+
+    public RNTextInputResetModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
+        super(reactContext);
+        this.reactContext = reactContext;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return "RNTextInputReset";
+    }
+
+    // Props to https://github.com/MattFoley for this temporary hack
+    // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/12462#issuecomment-298812731
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void resetKeyboardInput(final int reactTagToReset) {
+        UIManagerModule uiManager = getReactApplicationContext().getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class);
+        uiManager.addUIBlock(new UIBlock() {
+            @Override
+            public void execute(NativeViewHierarchyManager nativeViewHierarchyManager) {
+                InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getReactApplicationContext().getBaseContext().getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
+                if (imm != null) {
+                    View viewToReset = nativeViewHierarchyManager.resolveView(reactTagToReset);
+                    imm.restartInput(viewToReset);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}

android/app/src/main/java/com/expensify/chat/RNTextInputResetPackage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.expensify.chat;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule;
+
+public class RNTextInputResetPackage implements ReactPackage {
+    @Override
+    public List<NativeModule> createNativeModules(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
+        return Arrays.<NativeModule>asList(new RNTextInputResetModule(reactContext));
+    }
+
+    // Deprecated from RN 0.47
+    public List<Class<? extends JavaScriptModule>> createJSModules() {
+        return Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ViewManager> createViewManagers(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
+        return Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+}

src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import {View, TouchableOpacity, InteractionManager, LayoutAnimation} from 'react-native';
+import {View, TouchableOpacity, InteractionManager, LayoutAnimation, NativeModules, findNodeHandle} from 'react-native';
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import lodashGet from 'lodash/get';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ const defaultProps = {
     ...withCurrentUserPersonalDetailsDefaultProps,
 };
 
+const {RNTextInputReset} = NativeModules;
 /**
  * Return the max available index for arrow manager.
  * @param {Number} numRows
@@ -591,6 +592,12 @@ class ReportActionCompose extends React.Component {
         const commentAfterColonWithEmojiNameRemoved = this.state.value.slice(this.state.selection.end).replace(CONST.REGEX.EMOJI_REPLACER, CONST.SPACE);
 
         this.updateComment(`${commentBeforeColon}${emojiCode} ${commentAfterColonWithEmojiNameRemoved}`, true);
+        // In some Android phones keyboard, the text to search for the emoji is not cleared
+        // will be added after the user starts typing again on the keyboard. This package is
+        // a workaround to reset the keyboard natively.
+        if (RNTextInputReset) {
+            RNTextInputReset.resetKeyboardInput(findNodeHandle(this.textInput));
+        }
         this.setState((prevState) => ({
             selection: {
                 start: prevState.colonIndex + emojiCode.length + CONST.SPACE_LENGTH,