Bravenews android fixes74

[alexsafe]

Resolves brave/brave-browser#20899
Resolves brave/brave-browser#20900
Resolves brave/brave-browser#20850
Resolves brave/brave-browser#20901
Resolves brave/brave-browser#19854

Submitter Checklist:

• I confirm that no security/privacy review is needed, or that I have requested one
• There is a ticket for my issue
• Used Github auto-closing keywords in the PR description above
• Wrote a good PR/commit description
• Squashed any review feedback or "fixup" commits before merge, so that history is a record of what happened in the repo, not your PR
• Added appropriate labels (QA/Yes or QA/No; release-notes/include or release-notes/exclude; OS/...) to the associated issue
• Checked the PR locally: npm run test -- brave_browser_tests, npm run test -- brave_unit_tests, npm run lint, npm run gn_check, npm run tslint
• Ran git rebase master (if needed)

Reviewer Checklist:

• A security review is not needed, or a link to one is included in the PR description
• New files have MPL-2.0 license header
• Adequate test coverage exists to prevent regressions
• Major classes, functions and non-trivial code blocks are well-commented
• Changes in component dependencies are properly reflected in gn
• Code follows the style guide
• Test plan is specified in PR before merging

After-merge Checklist:

• The associated issue milestone is set to the smallest version that the
  changes has landed on
• All relevant documentation has been updated, for instance:
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Proxy-redirected-URLs
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Fingerprinting-Protections
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave%E2%80%99s-Use-of-Referral-Codes
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Custom-Headers
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Web-Compatibility-Exceptions-in-Brave
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/QA-Guide
  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/P3A

Test Plan:

[SergeyZhukovsky]

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[srirambv]

Verification passed on Oppo Reno 5 with Android 12 and/or Samsung Tab A with Android 10 running 1.37.55 x64 nightly build

brave/brave-browser#20899 - Passed

• Verified able to open widget menu after scrolling back up from news feed
• Verified menu is opened on all the widgets

20899.mp4

brave/brave-browser#20900 - Passed

• Verified reload on brave news feed jumps back to NTP view

20900.-.Android.Tab.mp4

brave/brave-browser#20850 - Passed

• Verified opening and closing new tabs via tab tray doesn't cause any crash
• Verified for both tab group enabled and disbaled
• Encountered #21167

brave/brave-browser#20901 - Passed

• Verified removing all widgets doesn't cause the feed to scroll up like before
• Verified re-adding the widgets doesn't cause any UI issues with news feed

20901.mp4

brave/brave-browser#19854 - Failed

• Swipe on widgets still causes News feed to scroll up. Only when you swipe slowly on the widget does it scroll through the widget. Followup issue is already logged for it #21166