[HOLD for Payment 2024-09-12][$250] Import categories - Nothing happens after dragging and dropping file into RHP

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.29-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+kh010901@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
2. Go to workspace settings > Categories.
3. Click 3-dot menu.
4. Click Import spreadsheet.
5. Drag and drop a file into the RHP.

Expected Result:

The file can be dragged and dropped into the RHP.

Actual Result:

Nothing happens after dragging and dropping file into RHP.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6592372_1725411668751.20240904_075359.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @JmillsExpensify

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[mkzie2]

Edited by proposal-police: This proposal was edited at 2024-09-04 09:42:02 UTC.

Proposal

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

Nothing happens after dragging and dropping file into RHP.

What is the root cause of that problem?

The drop event data here does not include the file's URI, later we would early return if it's missing URI:

App/src/components/ImportSpreadsheet.tsx

Lines 78 to 80 in a637a8a

	if (!file.uri) {
	return;
	}

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

We need to manually create it following the below implementation:

App/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ReportActionCompose.tsx

Lines 549 to 553 in 562d7b4

	const data = event.dataTransfer?.files[0];
	if (data) {
	data.uri = URL.createObjectURL(data);
	displayFileInModal(data);
	}

In here, create URI for the file object:

if (file) {
    file.uri = URL.createObjectURL(file);
    readFile(file);
}

[tuseefahmed786]

Edited by proposal-police: This proposal was edited at 2024-09-04 09:42:02 UTC.

Proposal

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

Nothing happens after dragging and dropping file into RHP.

What is the root cause of that problem?

The drop event data here does not include the file's URI, later we would early return if it's missing URI:

App/src/components/ImportSpreadsheet.tsx

Lines 78 to 80 in a637a8a

	if (!file.uri) {
	return;
	}

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

We need to manually create it following the below implementation:

App/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ReportActionCompose.tsx

Lines 549 to 553 in 562d7b4

	const data = event.dataTransfer?.files[0];
	if (data) {
	data.uri = URL.createObjectURL(data);
	displayFileInModal(data);
	}

In here, create URI for the file object:

if (file) {
    file.uri = URL.createObjectURL(file);
    readFile(file);
}

I was considering another method. I see that manually creating the URI with URL.createObjectURL is a workable solution. However, I wanted to make a point about potential memory management issues.

When using URL.createObjectURL, it's important to remember that these object URLs persist in memory until explicitly overridden. To prevent a possible memory leak, we should make sure that we call URL.revokeObjectURL() when the object URL is no longer needed.

Would it be helpful to add this cleanup step to our solution to manage memory usage more efficiently? I'd love to get feedback!

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