[HOLD Expensify/react-native-fast-image#6] [$1000] Attachment preview keeps loading forever when cycle between image and pdf

[kavimuru]

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Action Performed:

1. Login with any account
2. Go to any chat room
3. Send image as an attachment
4. Send pdf as an attachment
5. Click pdf to show preview
6. Click left and right arrows multiple times to see image and pdf

Expected Result:

Previews should show correctly

Actual Result:

previews keep loading forever and sometimes image shows briefly and disappears (glitch)

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: 1.2.86-1
Reproducible in staging?: y
Reproducible in production?: y
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:

bug.mp4

az_recorder_20230316_120442.1.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @situchan
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1678644450224539

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @stephanieelliott (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

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[stephanieelliott]

It sounds like this is similar to #15922? However the endless spinner and image flickering seem to be unique to Android so will treat this as separate.

[MelvinBot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01e756be997448cf18

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @lschurr (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.