[HOLD for payment 2023-04-10] [HOLD for payment 2023-03-31] [$1000] Display name with white spaces are not removed

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Open the app
2. Navigate to Settings > Profile
3. Click on Display Name
4. In the First Name field enter a string separated by a bunch of spaces (eg : Daraksha Test.)
5. Save

Expected Result:

The whitespaces between 2 words should be displayed on Web

Actual Result:

On Web the extra spaces are removed. On Android and iOS apps the extra spaces remain.

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

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

• Web
• Desktop

Version Number: 1.2.76-3
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:

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @daraksha-dk
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1677157852205049
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[MelvinBot]

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

[MelvinBot]

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[sonialiap]

Reproducible

1. Open the NewDot app
2. Navigate to Settings > Profile
3. Click on Display Name
4. In the First Name field enter a string separated by a bunch of spaces (eg : Sonia Test.)

Outcome:

On Android the spaces will show
On Web the spaces are removed

Android:

iOS:

Web NewDot and OldDot:

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @alex-mechler (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[alex-mechler]

Since this doesn't happen for web / olddot, its something on the front end. Marking as external

[MelvinBot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0127e10cabcbea08ee

https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~016b9d862d161980f9

2023-05-09 https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01665b3ccb31fd7e4f