[HOLD for payment 2024-06-20] [HOLD for payment 2024-06-18] [HOLD for payment 2024-06-06] [HOLD #37374][$1000] Text in some languages gets cut off at the bottom in composer on ios

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Action Performed:

1. Go to a report
2. Paste this text in the composer: "समुद्री उल्लू"

Expected Result

The text should not be cut off

Actual Result

The bottom of the text is cut off

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: 1.3.3.1
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos:

RPReplay_Final1682015045.MP4

Issue reported by: @esh-g
Slack conversation:
https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1682015564506459
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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @miljakljajic

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

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Reassigning

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

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[conorpendergrast]

Thanks! Reproduced on iOS app

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Current assignee @conorpendergrast is eligible for the External assigner, not assigning anyone new.

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

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Triggered auto assignment to @cead22 (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.

[esh-g]

Proposal

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

Composer cuts off some text in other languages at the bottom.

What is the root cause of that problem?

We are using the style textAlignVertical: 'center' to center text in the composer.

App/src/styles/styles.js

Line 1512 in d19326e

textAlignVertical: 'center',

But this style is only available on android and doesn't work on iOS.

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

The recommended alternative to textAlignVertical for iOS is just to add padding to the bottom for the TextInput
So, we need to add a padding of 2px at the bottom of the Composer which

Before

After

This can either be only on iOS platform or even on the styles.js file itself because it doesn't add much change to the appearance on other platforms as well. This might not look clean but is unfortunately the only way to manage vertical centring of text on iOS.

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

Another common workaround for this is to wrap the TextInput with a fixed height View which would look like this:

<View style={{height:200, width:200, justifyContent:"center", alignItems:"center"}}>
   <TextInput 
     multiline={true} 
     numberOfLines={10} 
     placeholder="Something useful" />
</View>

This is also a valid approach. Let me know if I should further elaborate on this 😇

[Pujan92]

I think there is an issue with the iOS textinput lineHeight facebook/react-native#28012

For default lineHeight also the text gets overlap/cut in iOS, adding screenshot of snack. Padding seems to be hack as it shows that cut text on the padding area.

[fedirjh]

@esh-g Your RCA analysis does not appear accurate to me. Your solution is a workaround, it doesn’t address the root cause.

[fedirjh]

I agree with @Pujan92, this issue should be fixed upstream.

[fabOnReact]

I reopened facebook/react-native#28012

[fabOnReact]

Update 5 June 2024

I reviewed and tested the regressions and none of them are related to my PR Expensify/react-native-live-markdown#350.

• upgrade react-native-live-markdown to 0.1.76 #42454 (comment) The regression on iOS is not caused by my changes.
• Chat - For quote, live markdown is not shown #42755 My changes are iOS only
• [$250] Android-Room-After creating room, entering @ not showing contact suggestions #42766 My changes are iOS only

[miljakljajic]

@fabOnReact @fedirjh I had to send you both new contracts, the old one expired. If you can accept them today and then message me in slack I'll get it paid before the end of the day!

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[fabOnReact]

Update 10 June 2024

• react-native-live-markdown was updated with PR [CP Staging] Bump react-native-live-markdown to 0.1.82 #43255
• The issue is fixed in Expensify (tests included here)
• issuecomment-2156650468 and issuecomment-2155526850 are not related to PR 350, but the revert of PR 377 and bumped react-native-live-markdown from 0.82 to 0.83

[miljakljajic]

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The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.4.81-11 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] Bump react-native-live-markdown to 0.1.82 #43255

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[melvin-bot]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.4.82-4 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• [CP Staging] Bump react-native-live-markdown to 0.1.82 #43255

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2024-06-20. 🎊

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[miljakljajic]

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[fedirjh]

@miljakljajic I wasn't yet paid for this one, can I decline Upwork offer and request payment in newDot?

[fedirjh]

@miljakljajic friendly bump. I have accepted upwork offer and am still awaiting the payment.

[miljakljajic]

Sorry for missing this @fedirjh - its all paid now