Hybrid Android - Chat - White area appears behind keyboard as keyboard is pulling up

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Version Number: 9.0.64-3
Reproducible in staging?: N
Reproducible in production?: N
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Y
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

Precondition:

• App is in dark mode.

1. Launch hybrid app.
2. Go to New Expensify.
3. Open any chat.
4. Close keyboard.
5. Focus on the composer to open keyboard.

Expected Result:

No white area will appear behind keyboard as keyboard is pulling up.

Actual Result:

White area appears behind keyboard as keyboard is pulling up.

This issue is not reproducible on standalone ND.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6670536_1732103051198.1732102898219_Screen_Recording_20241120_194105.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @flodnv (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @puneetlath (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[melvin-bot]

💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source

[github-actions]

👋 Friendly reminder that deploy blockers are time-sensitive ⏱ issues! Check out the open `StagingDeployCash` deploy checklist to see the list of PRs included in this release, then work quickly to do one of the following:

1. Identify the pull request that introduced this issue and revert it.
2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[flodnv]

Not a blocker, discussing here how to assign this out: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1732121421843529?thread_ts=1732104870.709269&cid=C01GTK53T8Q

[flodnv]

Asked for help here: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C04878MDF34/p1732218948047719

Unassigning as my plate is full

[melvin-bot]

@puneetlath Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!

[puneetlath]

Bumped the Slack thread.

[jnowakow]

I'm from SoftwareMansion and I'll work on this one

[jnowakow]

I've tried to reproduce it from newest main. On simulator I'm not able to reproduce it. I'll try on physical device

[jnowakow]

I'm not able to reproduce it on physical device as well

[melvin-bot]

@puneetlath, @jnowakow Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

[melvin-bot]

@puneetlath @jnowakow this issue was created 2 weeks ago. Are we close to a solution? Let's make sure we're treating this as a top priority. Don't hesitate to create a thread in #expensify-open-source to align faster in real time. Thanks!

[puneetlath]

Ok great. Let's close this then.