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fix(charts): scale native Victory charts from measured bubble width - #95250

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Explanation of Change

Admins room VirtualCFO summary charts on native mobile were scaled using a window-width estimate (windowWidth - 92px) instead of the actual chat bubble width. On iPhone this over-shrank charts (~44% scale), making them hard to read.

Native VictoryChartContainer now re-exports VictoryChartContainerResponsive, matching web: an outer onLayout wrapper measures available width and applies uniform scale via VictoryChartContainerFixed.

Companion Web-Expensify PR fixes chart aspect ratio in email notifications for the same issue.

Fixed Issues

For #95222

PROPOSAL:

Tests

  1. Run npm run test -- tests/unit/computeChartScaleTest.ts tests/unit/VictoryChartContainerNativeTest.ts and confirm all tests pass.
  2. Open a workspace #admins room on iOS native with a VirtualCFO monthly spend summary message containing charts.
  3. Confirm charts fill the chat bubble width without horizontal overflow and appear larger/more legible than before.
  4. Repeat on Android native.
  5. Rotate the device and confirm charts maintain aspect ratio without distortion.
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

N/A — chart sizing is layout-only; offline messages render the same as online.

QA Steps

  1. Open a workspace #admins room that has a VirtualCFO monthly spend analysis message with bar, horizontal bar, and pie charts.
  2. On iOS native, confirm each chart scales to the message bubble width without stretching or clipping.
  3. On Android native, confirm the same behavior.
  4. On mWeb (narrow viewport), confirm charts remain proportional when resizing the browser window.
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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  • I linked the correct issue in the ### Fixed Issues section above
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  • I included screenshots or videos for tests on all platforms
  • I ran the tests on all platforms & verified they passed on:
    • Android: Native
    • Android: mWeb Chrome
    • iOS: Native
    • iOS: mWeb Safari
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Android: Native
Android: mWeb Chrome
iOS: Native
iOS: mWeb Safari
MacOS: Chrome / Safari

roryabraham and others added 2 commits July 2, 2026 19:13
Re-export VictoryChartContainerResponsive on native so charts use
onLayout instead of a window-width padding estimate.

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Companion Web-Expensify PR for email chart aspect ratio: https://github.com/Expensify/Web-Expensify/pull/54217

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@MelvinBot is this PR effectively a dupe of #93245?

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No — not a dupe. They fix different issues and different problems, even though both touch VictoryChartContainer/index.native.tsx.

  • [No QA] fix: polar chart label spacing, text clarity #93245 ("polar chart label spacing, text clarity", issue #92958, merged): tweaked visual details of the existing native renderer — pie slice label radius factors, a polar height ratio, and pie label components/golden images. It kept the windowWidth - 92px estimate for scaling.
  • This PR (#95250) ("scale native charts from measured bubble width", issue #95222): replaces that windowWidth - 92px estimate entirely by re-exporting VictoryChartContainerResponsive (the onLayout-measured container already used on web). It fixes charts being over-shrunk (~44% scale) and hard to read on iPhone.
Why they're distinct

#93245 edited the body of the old window-width-based VictoryChartContainer in place — it modified scale's inputs' neighbors (polar height, borderRadius) but not the scaling mechanism itself. #95250 deletes that whole implementation and points native at the shared responsive container, so scale comes from a measured bubble width instead of a hardcoded window-width estimate.

One real overlap to be aware of: #95250 removes the POLAR_CONTAINER_HEIGHT_RATIO logic that #93245 added to index.native.tsx. That behavior needs to still live in VictoryChartContainerResponsive/VictoryChartContainerFixed (the PR description says it matches web and touches VictoryChartContainerFixed), so it's worth confirming polar height handling isn't regressed. The pie-label changes from #93245 (in VictoryChartPie*.tsx) are untouched by this PR and remain in effect.

So #95250 supersedes the scaling approach #93245 was built on, but it isn't a duplicate of it — it targets a separate legibility bug.

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