[$125] Chat - Emoji Picker White space and skin tone selector misalignment

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Version Number: V9.1.10-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught on HybridApp, is this reproducible on New Expensify Standalone?: Yes, reproducible on both
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): slottwo1+zz@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Redminote 10s android 13
App Component: Chat Report View

Action Performed:

1. Launch app in mWeb and android
2. Open a chat
3. Keep cursor on compose box and make sure keypad is open
4. Tap emoji picker

Expected Result:

When the emoji picker is opened, there should be no white space visible in the keypad area.

The skin tone selector should appear directly in its designated position without briefly appearing above or behind the navigation bar.

The behavior should be consistent across mWeb and Android.

Actual Result:

In MWeb, when the emoji picker is opened, a brief white space appears in the keypad area, and the skin tone selector initially itself appears above the navigation bar.

In Android, when the emoji picker is opened, the size of the white space differs from mWeb, and the skin tone selector briefly appears behind the device navigation bar before settling in its correct position.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

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

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6763755_1741337750397.Screenrecorder-2025-03-07-14-14-35-836.mp4

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @s77rt

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[samranahm]

Proposal

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

What is the root cause of that problem?

App/src/components/EmojiPicker/EmojiSkinToneList.tsx

Line 62 in d414689

<Text style={[styles.emojiSkinToneTitle]}>{translate('emojiPicker.skinTonePickerLabel')}</Text>

Font padding is getting applied here that lead to display us white space

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

App/src/components/EmojiPicker/EmojiSkinToneList.tsx

Line 62 in d414689

<Text style={[styles.emojiSkinToneTitle]}>{translate('emojiPicker.skinTonePickerLabel')}</Text>

here we should add {includeFontPadding: false}

to do so update it to

<Text style={[styles.emojiSkinToneTitle, {includeFontPadding: false}]}>
    {translate('emojiPicker.skinTonePickerLabel')}
</Text>

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

N/A

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