[$250] mWeb/safari - Invoice - App shows confirmation page when swiping right after sending invoice

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Version Number: 1.4.72-0
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to FAB > Send invoice.
3. Enter amount and select a user.
4. Create the invoice.
5. In invoice chat, swipe the page to the right (iOS style).

Expected Result:

Invoice confirmation page will not appear when swiping right.

Actual Result:

Invoice confirmation page appears briefly when swiping right.

Workaround:

n/a

Platforms:

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

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Add any screenshot/video evidence

Bug6475968_1715262585623.RPReplay_Final1715262285.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @jjcoffee

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @CortneyOfstad (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.

[kbecciv]

We think that this bug might be related to #wave-collect - Release 1

[kbecciv]

@CortneyOfstad FYI I haven't added the External label as I wasn't 100% sure about this issue. Please take a look and add the label if you agree it's a bug and can be handled by external contributors.

[VickyStash]

Hi, I'm Viktoryia from Callstack - expert contributor group - and I would like to work on this issue.
cc @cristipaval

[cristipaval]

@davidcardoza, I added LOW priority on this one, please let me know if you think another one fits better

[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01aea40b16c5d0e563

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @Pujan92 (External)

[VickyStash]

I was able to reproduce the issue, but it looks like it doesn't relate specifically to Send Invoice flow, it's reproducible with Submit expense as well.

[VickyStash]

I'm still working on the proposal.
The problem seems to occurs because the navigation history that Safari manages does not sync up perfectly with the navigation controlled by React Navigation.
The navigation from Confirmation page to Report page is handled by replace method. But the iOS Safari swipe back gesture can still access the browser's history stack and shows the previous (confirmation) screen during the swipe.

[CortneyOfstad]

Thanks @VickyStash!

[cristipaval]

Not overdue, Melv

[VickyStash]

I haven't had a lot of time today for this ticket, but I created a simple app to test similar navigation scenario and it looks like I had the same problem. So the main guess for now that's it can be navigation lib problem rather than the app bug.

[Pujan92]

@CortneyOfstad To inform, I am OOO until 27th May. Either we can reassign to other C+ or else I will check post 27th May.

[melvin-bot]

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

[CortneyOfstad]

@jjcoffee most recent update from @VickyStash is here — any questions, just let us know!

[jjcoffee]

Okay looks like we're just waiting for @VickyStash to provide another update then?

[VickyStash]

@jjcoffee Yeah, I'm spending the time today on this one and hope to provide updates later 🔍

[VickyStash]

Updates:

I've noticed a slightly different behavior in how the navigation replace method in the Expensify app and the simple app I've prepared. The reason for this is that there is a patch to control some navigation methods in a custom way. The bug described in the issue relates specifically to this part:

App/patches/@react-navigation+native+6.1.12.patch

Lines 253 to 267 in e8ae3c5

	+ // and remove any entries from history which focued route no longer exists in state
	+ // That may happen if we replace a whole navigator.
	+ const staleHistoryDiff = getStaleHistoryDiff(history.items.slice(0, history.index + 1), state);
	+ if (staleHistoryDiff <= 0) {
	+ history.replace({
	+ path,
	+ state
	+ });
	+ } else {
	+ await history.go(-staleHistoryDiff);
	+ history.push({
	+ path,
	+ state
	+ });
	+ }

I've made a minor update, and it seems to fix the problem, but I want to do more testing to see if there are any side effects.

navigation_fix1.mp4

[CortneyOfstad]

Awesome — thanks @VickyStash!

[VickyStash]

Updates:

Unfortunately, even with my approach, I have found a problem that the user can then move forward to other screens using browser buttons.

Simulator.Screen.Recording.-.iPhone.14.-.2024-05-23.at.18.51.56.mp4

I'm still looking for a safe way to update the browser history to make both - swipes and browser navigation works as expected.

[melvin-bot]

@CortneyOfstad @cristipaval @VickyStash @jjcoffee this issue was created 2 weeks ago. Are we close to approving a proposal? If not, what's blocking us from getting this issue assigned? Don't hesitate to create a thread in #expensify-open-source to align faster in real time. Thanks!

[jjcoffee]

Chill Melv, this is under investigation 😄

[melvin-bot]

@CortneyOfstad, @cristipaval, @VickyStash, @jjcoffee Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[VickyStash]

Unfortunately, I still haven't found a safe way to eliminate this problem.

Hey @adamgrzybowski, it looks like you were working on handling browser history during complex navigation flows. Maybe you have any thoughts about it?

Context:
When the app dismisses a modal and navigates to the Report screen the replace method is called.
You've updated useLinking logic so the browser history handles the navigation in alignment with the app and user navigated to the right place using browser back/forward buttons.
But in the mweb safari if a user uses a swipe gesture to go back he sees previous screen during the swipe, but navigates to another right place.

[CortneyOfstad]

Thanks @VickyStash!

[VickyStash]

Me and @adamgrzybowski had a discussion yesterday, and unfortunately it looks like there is no safe way to get rid of the described issue without side effects.
Overall, it looks like it's more of an internal Safari feature to show a cached view of the previous route on swipe, and there are not many things we can do about it.
cc @jjcoffee

[jjcoffee]

@VickyStash Thanks for looking into it! Just for completeness could you outline what the side effects are if you implement a fix for the issue?

[VickyStash]

@jjcoffee Any attempts to resolve the issue affected the browser history, leading to wrong navigation using the browser back/forward buttons on all of the web platforms.

[jjcoffee]

Okay sounds like we should close this then, unless others disagree? @CortneyOfstad @cristipaval

[CortneyOfstad]

Sounds good and thank you @VickyStash for your incredibly thorough investigation on this! Closing!