Android/mWeb - Emoji - When selecting emoji via compose box the screen (keyboard) flickers

[izarutskaya]

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Action Performed:

1. Open a New Expensify app
2. Log in with your HT account
3. Navigate to any conversation
4. In the Compose Box, click on the Emoji menu
5. Click on any Emoji
6. Repeat steps 4-5 several times

Expected Result:

When you select an emoji via Compose Box, the emoji should appear in the input line without any visual defects in the form of keyboard "flickering" or similar.

Actual Result:

When selecting emoji via Compose Box the screen (keyboard) flickers.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.71-5

Reproducible in staging?: Y

Reproducible in production?: N

If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

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

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug6206193_Record_Emoji_flicker_Androidmp4.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause-Internal Team

Slack conversation: @

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @garrettmknight (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @bondydaa (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[izarutskaya]

In Production another behavior

Screen_Recording_20230919_141045_New.Expensify.mp4

[s-alves10]

This issue is related to this PR
We've added the auto-focusing function to all platforms including android
I'm not sure if this is worth fixing

[bondydaa]

thanks for that context @s-alves10 🙇 moving the deploy blocker and closing this as it seems like expected behavior now with the new auto-focus.