[HOLD for payment 2023-04-12] [$4000] [Feature Request] Compose box should be accessible when opening a old chat

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Go to NewDot
2. Open any report that you have previously chatted with, but haven’t for quite some time

Expected Result:

The compose box is accessible and a message can be typed even while the skeleton UI loads

Actual Result:

The compose box is blocked until the skeleton UI loads. Clicking it does nothing, even though you can see it.

Workaround:

unknown

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: 1.2.52-4
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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:

Recording.1261.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @JmillsExpensify
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1673289703690979

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[melvin-bot]

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

[techievivek]

We are already discussing this here. And will get fixed in this PR.

[mallenexpensify]

Thanks @techievivek !! Put on hold pending #13088

[yuwenmemon]

@techievivek I think we're dealing with a bit of a separate issue than you dealt with in the PR you've linked. This behavior is actually happening while online as well, and the chats are still loading.