[Awaiting Miro Payment] [$1000] Timezone select page does not navigate back to timezone initial page after user changes timezone to automatic from another device

[m-natarajan]

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Action Performed:

1. Login the same account on 2 devices
2. From device A, go to the timezone details page and turn off automatic timezone selection
3. From device B, go to the timezone select page.
4. From device A, turn on automatic timezone selection.
5. Notice in device B, user remains on the timezone select page, and if they come back to timezone details page, they cant go back to the select page because their timezone is automatic

Expected Result:

User should be redirected back to timezone details page if they update their timezone to automatic

Actual Result:

User is not redirected back to timezone details page if they update their timezone to automatic

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: 1.3.53-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

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Issue reported by: @huzaifa-99
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[m-natarajan]

Proposal by @huzaifa-99

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

We want the user to navigate back to the initial timezone page from the select page, if they change their timezone to automatic from another device.

What is the root cause of that problem?

We are not navigating the user back to initial timezone page when they change their timezone to automatic from another device.

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

We are already listening to the props.currentUserPersonalDetails in TimezoneSelectPage so we just need to navigate back to timezone initial page from the timezone select page whenever

1. User updates their timezone to automatic from another device
2. User loads the timezone select page URL /settings/profile/timezone/select
   something like this pseudocode here and here

if(timezone.automatic) {
    Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.SETTINGS_TIMEZONE);
    return
}

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[huzaifa-99]

Proposal

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

We want the user to navigate back to the initial timezone page from the select page, if they change their timezone to automatic from another device.

What is the root cause of that problem?

We are not navigating the user back to initial timezone page when they change their timezone to automatic from another device.

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

We are already listening to the props.currentUserPersonalDetails in TimezoneSelectPage so we just need to navigate back to timezone initial page from the timezone select page whenever

1. User updates their timezone to automatic from another device
2. User loads the timezone select page URL /settings/profile/timezone/select

something like this pseudocode here and here

if(timezone.automatic) { 
    Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.SETTINGS_TIMEZONE);
    return
}

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[ahmedGaber93]

Proposal

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

Timezone select page does not navigate back to timezone initial page after user changes timezone to automatic from another device

What is the root cause of that problem?

User can open select timezone page by link normally without any handling to hide this when the timezone is automatic.

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

We need to wrap page content with FullPageNotFoundView

<ScreenWrapper includeSafeAreaPaddingBottom={false}>
  <FullPageNotFoundView shouldShow={this.timezone.automatic}> 
     ...
  </FullPageNotFoundView>
</ScreenWrapper>

We can also display specific message in FullPageNotFoundView like you can't select timezone

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

N/A

[bernhardoj]

Proposal

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

User can access the timezone selection page and even select a new timezone even though the user has already turned on the automatic timezone.

What is the root cause of that problem?

This issue was previously fixed here #14340 where we decided to disable the list when the automatic timezone is turned on. However, this stops working after :

1. The list is migrated from OptionsSelector to SelectionListRadio
   The timezone is disabled if the automatic timezone is on here:
   

   App/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js

   Line 79 in a03a21d

   sections={[{data: timezoneOptions, indexOffset: 0, isDisabled: timezone.current.automatic}]}

OptionsSelector uses OptionsList which renders OptionRow as its item and it will have a condition to disable the OptionRow. We can basically disable it by disabling the whole list (props.isDisabled), each section (section.isDisabled), or each item (item.isDisabled)

App/src/components/OptionsList/BaseOptionsList.js

Lines 162 to 174 in a03a21d

	renderItem({item, index, section}) {
	const isDisabled = this.props.isDisabled || section.isDisabled || !!item.isDisabled;
	return (
	<OptionRow
	option={item}
	showTitleTooltip={this.props.showTitleTooltip}
	hoverStyle={this.props.optionHoveredStyle}
	optionIsFocused={!this.props.disableFocusOptions && !isDisabled && this.props.focusedIndex === index + section.indexOffset}
	onSelectRow={this.props.onSelectRow}
	isSelected={Boolean(_.find(this.props.selectedOptions, (option) => option.accountID === item.accountID))}
	showSelectedState={this.props.canSelectMultipleOptions}
	boldStyle={this.props.boldStyle}
	isDisabled={isDisabled}

However, the SelectionListRadio don't have a condition to disable its item (RadioListItem).

App/src/components/SelectionListRadio/BaseSelectionListRadio.js

Lines 160 to 170 in a03a21d

	const renderItem = ({item, index, section}) => {
	const isFocused = focusedIndex === index + lodashGet(section, 'indexOffset', 0);
	return (
	<RadioListItem
	item={item}
	isFocused={isFocused}
	onSelectRow={props.onSelectRow}
	/>
	);
	};

2. and the page is migrated to the function component.
   Notice that the timezone is a ref and it never updates when we change it (turn on/off the automatic timezone) from other devices/browser tabs.
   

   App/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js

   Line 79 in a03a21d

   sections={[{data: timezoneOptions, indexOffset: 0, isDisabled: timezone.current.automatic}]}

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

1. Disable the item if it's disabled

const renderItem = ({item, index, section}) => {
    const isDisabled = section.isDisabled;
    const isFocused = !isDisabled && ...;

    return <RadioListItem isDisabled={isDisabled} .../>;
};

and disable the pressable of the item.

App/src/components/SelectionListRadio/RadioListItem.js

Lines 29 to 33 in a03a21d

	function RadioListItem(props) {
	return (
	<PressableWithFeedback
	onPress={() => props.onSelectRow(props.item)}
	accessibilityLabel={props.item.text}

I only use section.isDisabled for the disabled condition because only the timezone list that uses SelectionListRadio and the disabled state is on the section object.

2. Don't use ref for the timezone object
   

   App/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js

   Line 38 in a03a21d

   const timezone = useRef(getUserTimezone(props.currentUserPersonalDetails));

just like what we did in the timezone initial page

App/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneInitialPage.js

Line 29 in a03a21d

const timezone = lodashGet(props.currentUserPersonalDetails, 'timezone', CONST.DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE);

[trjExpensify]

I don't think anyone is going to really run into the scenario in the OP in practice. That said, if I'm following it correctly and there's a regression insofar as being able to load the list of timezones from a URL and a fix here resolves that as well, let's go ahead.

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