[HOLD for payment 2025-09-12] [$250] Request money component is jumpy when entering the digits

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Open a DM
2. Tap + in the compose box > Request money
3. Enter the amount

Expected Result:

No jumpy behavior when entering the digits

Actual Result:

Request money component is jumpy

Workaround:

Can the user still use Expensify without this being fixed? Have you informed them of the workaround?

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: 1.3.22
Reproducible in staging?: needs reproduction
Reproducible in production?: needs reproduction
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

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Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @mountiny
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C9YU7BX5M/p1685628667713269

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @zanyrenney

[melvin-bot]

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

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[hannojg]

Hey, I was bringing up that issue originally. It seems that not every device is able to reproduce the issue. However, I tested it with 5 different phones in our office, among it high end phones like the newest iPhones and the issue is reproducible on all of them 🤔 (so the issue is on android and iOS).
The thing is, its hard to see while using that there is a jumpiness, but I think you can definitely feel that its not smooth. That's why I did a screen recording and when you step through the recording frame by frame you will see states where the input is not adjusting its size fast enough (see attached video).

(In addition I'd like to work on that issue once QA can confirm its reproducible).

[hannojg]

Also on Web it's not jumping, but you can see, if you look very closely, that the number shows with one frame delay.

This is due to the fact that we first put the text inside a Text view, measure it, and then change the size of the input.

I think it makes sense to rework the autoGrow functionality, so it isn't delayed by a frame (and on mobile doesn't jump).

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[mountiny]

@hannojg Let us know what the next steps on this one would be