iOS - Search - Search page cannot be dismissed by swiping to the right

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 9.0.51-2
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: N/A
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: N/A
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Launch hybrid app (or standalone ND app)
2. Tap on the search icon on the top right
3. Swipe to the right to dismiss the search page (iOS swiping style)

Expected Result:

The search page can be dismissed by swiping to the right (the old Find page can be dismissed by swiping to the left)

Actual Result:

The search page cannot be dismissed by swiping to the right

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

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

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Bug6641265_1729531612859.1729531201791_20241022_011757.mp4

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @anmurali (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.

[lanitochka17]

@anmurali 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

[QichenZhu]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Swiping to the right doesn't dismiss the search modal on iOS.

What is the root cause of that problem?

Swiping is disabled on purpose in the line below.

App/src/components/Search/SearchRouter/SearchRouterModal.tsx

Line 14 in 4f0ca94

const modalType = shouldUseNarrowLayout ? CONST.MODAL.MODAL_TYPE.CENTERED_UNSWIPEABLE : CONST.MODAL.MODAL_TYPE.POPOVER;

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Simply setting the type to CONST.MODAL.MODAL_TYPE.CENTERED would make the modal swipable, but it might not be the right solution.

We need to understand why swiping was disabled first, maybe with the help of the original committer @SzymczakJ, and resolve their concerns.

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[SzymczakJ]

Yes, I've set modal type to CENTRED_UNSWIPABLE on purpose because SelectionList behaved really strange(go on and test it yourself) on CENTRED modal. I didn't realise that it will break the swipe right pattern on iOS though.
Unfortunately I don't have a straightforward solution for this, I guess we will have to fix SelectionList behaviour on CENTRED_UNSWIPABLE modals.
I could take a look at it, after finishing this PR #51237, so it can take me like 1-2 days.

[melvin-bot]

@anmurali Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!