[$250] Chat - Adding emojis from search results on the picker in unresponsive

[IuliiaHerets]

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Version Number: 9.0.81-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Yes, repro on both
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: https://expensify.testrail.io/index.php?/tests/view/5421912
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): gatantm+1015@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Google Pixel 8, Android 14
App Component: Chat Report View

Action Performed:

1. Navigate to any chat
2. Tap on the emoji icon
3. Search for any letter with results e.g "a" or "te"
4. Tap on the search results

Expected Result:

User can add emojis from search results from the emoji picker

Actual Result:

None of the emoji results can be selected from the picker

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6708237_1736262509798.az_recorder_20250107_170744.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @brunovjk

[melvin-bot]

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

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Triggered auto assignment to @michaelkwardrop (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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[michaelkwardrop]

Started a chat about this here: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01SKUP7QR0/p1736271449077769

[michaelkwardrop]

Looks like I need updated permissions in BrowserStack in order to reproduce - I have requested!