[$1000] Settings - When workspace, Preferences, Security are clicked in settings, there is no stacking over animation from left side

[lanitochka17]

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Action Performed:

On Android:

1. Navigate to settings
2. Click Workspaces, Preferences, Security page

On the desktop/Chrome:

1. Navigate to settings
2. Click Workspaces

Expected Result:

Workspace list page should open with animation from leftside :arrow_left

Actual Result:

When workspace is clicked in settings,there is no stacking over animation from left side

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: 1.3.70-5

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: Yes

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: @ishpaul777

Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1694787860024659

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Proposal

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

No animation after switching to Workspace

What is the root cause of that problem?

Due to the large number of heavy animations (Lottie initialization), the animation may be interrupted

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

In order to avoid interruption of the animation, we can start the animation header later

We can use requestAnimationFrame,setTimeout, or InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions

For example:

    const ref = useRef(null);
    useEffect(() => {
        setTimeout(() => ref.current?.play(), 300); 
        OR InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => ref.current?.play());
    }, []);

Or we can use transitionEnd event

useEffect(() => {
  const unsubscribe = navigation.addListener('transitionEnd', () => {
        ref.current?.play();
  });

  return unsubscribe;
}, [navigation]);

and pass ref for Lottie component instead autoplay

App/src/components/IllustratedHeaderPageLayout.js

Lines 76 to 81 in c77814f

	<Lottie
	source={illustration}
	style={styles.w100}
	autoPlay
	loop
	/>

And since for the Lottie, we have a separate component
https://github.com/Expensify/App/blob/main/src/components/Lottie/Lottie.tsx
We can add this useEffect with ref.current?.play() when autoplay is true to the component itself
To avoid similar problems in other places

And at the moment we are working on updating react-native-lottie, after which react-native-web-lottie(now the patch for this library prevents us from using the ref) will be removed in other PR and ref will be available for use on all platforms

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

Plus instead map for rendering item list we can use FlatList

                <FlatList
                    data={workspaces}
                    renderItem={({item, index}) => getMenuItem(item, index)}
                />

App/src/pages/workspace/WorkspacesListPage.js

Line 208 in c77814f

_.map(workspaces, (item, index) => getMenuItem(item, index))

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