Chat Name Field Vanishes on iPad

[privacytime101]

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• I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
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Bug description

On some stale app launches (opening the app after a previous fresh launch), the name for the active chat window is missing at the top. Attached a screenshot of what this looks like. Note that I have not experienced this on iPhone/iOS.

Steps to reproduce

• Restart iPad and open Signal, open a chat, then leave the app without force exiting.
• A while later, reopen the app. If Signal didn’t close in the background, you might see the chat with a missing chat name.

Actual result: Describe here what happens after you run the steps above (i.e. the buggy behaviour)

On some stale launches, the chat name is missing. This does not happen every time. A workaround to get it displayed again is to switch to another chat, and then switch back to the previously open one.

Expected result: Describe here what should happen after you run the steps above (i.e. what would be the correct behaviour)

The chat name is displayed at the top as expected.

Screenshots

Device info

Device: iPad (9th generation)

iOS version: 17.5.1

Signal version: 7.19.1 (208)

Link to debug log

Does not occur every time.

[BionicBison05]

This also happens on iOS when you simply change to landscape orientation and back to portrait.

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[MarlowBrown]

Hey there!

I am a contributor to Signal iOS! I recently took on the challenge of figuring out what was making this bug happen, and I'm happy to have found out what it was. I have attached some videos for you to look over. The first one is of the bug happening. It happens as fast as you go home and then reopen a stale instance.

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This second one is with the patch implemented!

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Here is the PR! :)

[BionicBison05]

@MarlowBrown Thank you for working on this! Can you confirm whether this also fixes the issue I'm having where it disappears when rotating an iPhone to landscape and back to portrait?

[MarlowBrown]

Yes @BionicBison05, this patch fixes the iPhone rotation bug :)

iPhoneRotation2.mov

iPhoneRotation.mov