[HOLD for payment 2025-01-07] [$250] Android - Live mark down is not rendered when Description field is opened after saving it

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Version Number: 9.0.72-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: N
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Y
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #53367
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): applausetester+kh16110001@applause.expensifail.com
Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Action Performed:

1. Launch ND or hybrid app.
2. Go to FAB > Submit expense > Manual
3. Enter amount > Next
4. Select a recipient
5. Tap Description
6. Enter text with mark down and save
7. Tap Description again

Expected Result:

The description field will show live mark down for the content with mark down

Actual Result:

Live mark down is not rendered when Description field is opened after saving it
The same issue also happens in Private notes, room description and workspace description

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Bug6685420_1733421229321.1733421098511_Screen_Recording_20241206_015121_Expensify.mp4

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Current Issue Owner: @zanyrenney

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Triggered auto assignment to @arosiclair (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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2. Find someone who can quickly fix the issue.
3. Fix the issue yourself.

[arosiclair]

I reproduced on Android v9.0.72-0. Looks like iOS is unaffected.

[arosiclair]

None of the PRs in the checklist seem to be the issue.

I reproduced in dev with the latest on main, but I also reproduced with the last version, v9.0.71.2 checked out. I'm getting the sense that this never worked as expected. I already updated my staging app from the Play Store so I'm having trouble finding a way to revert it to the last version to confirm.

[arosiclair]

Looks like markdown doesn't render at all in the Description field on v9.0.70-9. This looks like a new feature and not a regression. Removing the blocker label