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[Due for payment 2026-10-21] Android - Expense - Category list is hidden behind the keyboard when search field is focused #103129
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Version Number: 9.5.3-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: N/A - new feature, doesn't exist in prod
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: #102665
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): jsoidjndoiniodnsjojd@gmail.com
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Bug source: Exploratory - Significant User Experience Deterioration
Device used: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE / Android 16
App Component: Money Requests
Action Performed:
Precondition:
- Enable anchoredFieldDropdowns
- Launch Expensify app.
- Open FAB > Create expense > Manual.
- Tap Category.
- Tap search field.
Expected Result:
Category list will move above the keyboard.
Actual Result:
Category list is hidden behind the keyboard when search field is focused.
Workaround:
Unknown
Platforms:
- Android: App
- Android: mWeb Chrome
- iOS: App
- iOS: mWeb Safari
- iOS: mWeb Chrome
- Windows: Chrome
- MacOS: Chrome Safari
Screenshots/Videos
Bug7278347_1791245182235.Screen_Recording_20261006_080411_Expensify.mp4
Applause Internal Information
Exported by: Mita Rachim
Bug ID: 7278347
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Current Issue Owner: @ikevin127Metadata
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applause-bot commentedon Oct 6, 2026
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melvin-bot commentedon Oct 6, 2026
You have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you recently merged this PR: #102665
github-actions commentedon Oct 6, 2026
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melvin-bot commentedon Oct 6, 2026
@puneetlath @ikevin127 you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you reviewed the offending PR: #102665
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 6, 2026
@DylanDylann you have been assigned to this deploy blocker because you authored the offending PR: #102665
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 6, 2026
💬 A slack conversation has been started in #expensify-open-source
MelvinBot commentedon Oct 6, 2026
🤖 Deploy Blocker Investigation
Causing PR: [CFI] Open the Category list in a container anchored to its row (
Expensify/App#102665). The bot assigned the right PR. Confidence: high.Root cause: On phones,
CategoryPickerModalopens as a sheet docked to the bottom of the screen. It never passesavoidKeyboard, so the keyboard covers the list when the search field gets focus (CategoryPickerModal.tsx:97-112).Recommendation: fix forward, don't revert. Pass
avoidKeyboardtoPopoverWithMeasuredContentinCategoryPickerModal. The other bottom sheets with search already do this. For example,PopoverMenuusesavoidKeyboard={isSearchEnabled}. The bug only appears with theanchoredFieldDropdownsbeta on, and production isn't affected. Demoting it from deploy blocker seems reasonable. Reverting would back out a 17-file feature over one missing prop.Investigation details
Why this PR
anchoredFieldDropdownsbeta and the newExpenseFieldDropdownandCategoryFieldDropdowncomponents. This flow didn't exist before it, which matches "N/A in production."CategoryPickerModalwas only used by the Search table's inline-edit cell. This PR is the first to show it as a bottom sheet on phones.How it breaks
ExpenseFieldDropdownopensCategoryFieldDropdown, which rendersCategoryPickerModalat a fixed height (POPOVER_DROPDOWN_MAX_HEIGHT, 416).PopoverWithMeasuredContentrenders aBOTTOM_DOCKEDmodal (PopoverWithMeasuredContent/index.tsx:36-47).ReanimatedModalwraps its content in aKeyboardAvoidingViewonly whenavoidKeyboardis true. The prop defaults tofalse(ReanimatedModal/index.tsx:36,:250).CategoryPickerModalauto-focuses the search input (shouldAutoFocusSearchInput) but doesn't passavoidKeyboard. The sheet stays at the bottom and the keyboard hides it.Things to check with the fix
avoidKeyboardthrough, so iOS likely has the same bug, even though only Android was reported.Caveats: I found this by reading the code and didn't reproduce it on a device. I didn't scan every other PR in the staging checklist. Since only this PR changed these files, another cause is unlikely.
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trjExpensify commentedon Oct 6, 2026
behind a beta, demoting.
melvin-bot commentedon Oct 13, 2026
@DylanDylann Uh oh! This issue is overdue by 2 days. Don't forget to update your issues!
[-]Android - Expense - Category list is hidden behind the keyboard when search field is focused[/-][+][Due for payment 2026-10-21] Android - Expense - Category list is hidden behind the keyboard when search field is focused[/+]melvin-bot commentedon Oct 14, 2026
@ikevin127 / @DylanDylann
The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 9.5.8-5 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:
If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2026-10-21. 🎊
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melvin-bot commentedon Oct 15, 2026
@ikevin127 Now this issue is 8 days overdue. Are you sure this should be a Daily? Feel free to change it!
ikevin127 commentedon Oct 16, 2026
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This one can be closed, no payment needed here as it was a regression coming from this main issue's PR.