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fix(mobile): sideways scroll in bubbles and keyboard-open send follow on Android - #4010

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Part of #3955. Fixes two Android chat issues reported from a Release build on a physical phone. Two other reported issues turned out to be the test phone's settings, not code (details below).

1. Code blocks and tables couldn't scroll sideways inside a bubble

Swipe-to-reply's Gesture.Pan claimed every horizontal drag on a bubble, so a wide fenced code block or Markdown table couldn't scroll.

  • ReplySwipe builds its pan once (useMemo, with onReply held in a ref) and hands its bubble a blocker through ReplySwipeBlocker context. The blocker wraps a scroller in Gesture.Native().blocksExternalGesture(pan).
  • New HorizontalScroll primitive: a horizontal ScrollView that uses the blocker when it's inside a reply-swipe bubble, and is plain otherwise. The code block (markdown-text.tsx) and MarkdownTable use it.
  • Result: a drag that starts on a code block or table scrolls it; a left swipe anywhere else on the bubble still replies.
  • Not covered: tables, code and math inside enriched-markdown's own native view, which is used only for content MarkdownText can't render; those native HorizontalScrollViews aren't wrapped.
  • DESIGN.md (swipe left to reply) states the rule.

2. A message sent with the keyboard open rested half behind the composer

  • Seen on device with logging: on send, the inverted FlatList's content got slightly shorter (one row is replaced by a shorter one as the new message lands), and keeping the visible row in place shifted the scroll offset about 42dp off the newest message. Native LatestAnchorView only glides on content growth, and JS hands following to the native view once settled, so nothing brought the list back. Closing and reopening the keyboard re-pinned it, which is why it looked keyboard-related.
  • Fix: while following with the native anchor, any content height change schedules one catch-up (NATIVE_GLIDE_MS, 450ms). If the list is still following, not being dragged, the keyboard isn't moving, and it's off the newest message, it scrolls the rest of the way (animated).
  • Two regression tests in follow-latest-gestures.test.tsx cover growth and shrink.

Not code: animations were off on the test phone

The other two reports were "the send fly-in and the smooth follow to the bottom are gone" and "the Chats swipe-right Host drawer no longer follows the finger". The QA phone's window/transition/animator scales were 0 (left that way for performance captures), and the app deliberately treats that as Reduce Motion: no fly, instant follow, and the drawer skips finger tracking. At 1×, the fly-in, the smooth follow and a finger-tracking drawer all work on the same build. The phone is back at 1×.

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  • Physical Android phone, Release baseline arm (default flags: FlatList, native latest anchor), animations at 1×:
    • PERF3957-221 (wide table): a leftward drag scrolls the table to its hidden fourth column and starts no reply; a left swipe on a plain bubble still starts a reply.
    • Two sends in a row with the keyboard open: each new message rests fully above the composer.
  • New tests: horizontal-scroll.test.tsx, plus the two follow tests. The follow, viewport, streaming, conversation and Markdown suites pass, as do both typechecks, pnpm lint, pnpm format:check and pnpm changelog:check. The full mobile suite fails only account-hosts and pairing-certificate, which expect English and fail under this machine's Chinese locale.
  • Not checked on device: auto-follow for an incoming Bot reply at the bottom (the isolated QA Host's replay Bot didn't reply during these runs).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed Android chat scrolling so wide code blocks and tables can scroll horizontally without triggering swipe-to-reply.
    • Improved scroll positioning after sending a message with the keyboard open, keeping the message visible above the composer.

DoodleBears and others added 4 commits November 11, 2026 21:37
…y-swipe bubble

The swipe-to-reply pan claimed every horizontal drag on a bubble, so wide code
blocks and Markdown tables could not scroll. ReplySwipe now hands its bubble a
blocker that wraps each horizontal scroller in a native gesture blocking the
pan: a drag that starts on a scroller scrolls it, a left swipe elsewhere still
replies.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…e stops short

With the keyboard open, a send could leave the new message half behind the
composer: the native LatestAnchor glide stops for good when something else
moves the scroll mid-glide. After content grows while following, the list now
checks once the glide should be done and scrolls the rest of the way, unless
the Human is dragging or the keyboard is moving.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ontent

A send can leave the list's content slightly shorter while keeping the visible
row in place shifts the scroll off the newest message. Neither the native glide
nor the catch-up reacted to a shrink, so the new message rested half behind the
composer. The catch-up now runs on any content height change while following.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The mobile chat changes add a delayed catch-up scroll for native follow-latest and connect horizontal markdown scrolling to swipe-to-reply gesture blocking. Tables and code blocks use the new HorizontalScroll primitive.

Changes: Android chat scrolling and gestures

Layer / File(s) Summary
Native follow-latest catch-up
apps/mobile/src/ui/chat/follow-latest.ts, apps/mobile/test/follow-latest-gestures.test.tsx
When a settled list is following natively and its content height changes, the hook schedules a catch-up scroll after 450 ms. It scrolls only if following is still active, dragging and keyboard movement are inactive, and the measured distance from latest exceeds 1. Tests cover content growth and shrink cases.
Horizontal scrolling and reply-gesture blocking
apps/mobile/src/ui/chat/reply-swipe-context.ts, apps/mobile/src/ui/chat/reply-swipe.tsx, apps/mobile/src/ui/primitives/horizontal-scroll.tsx, apps/mobile/src/ui/markdown-table.tsx, apps/mobile/src/ui/markdown-text.tsx, apps/mobile/test/reply-swipe.test.tsx, apps/mobile/test/horizontal-scroll.test.tsx, apps/mobile/DESIGN.md, changes/3955-android-chat-scroll-gestures.md
When reply swipe is enabled, ReplySwipe provides a native gesture blocker. HorizontalScroll wraps its scroller with that blocker when provided. Markdown tables and code blocks use HorizontalScroll. Tests cover blocker behavior; the changelog records Android scroll gesture fixes. The design declaration has no semantic change.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReplySwipe
  participant ReplySwipeBlocker
  participant HorizontalScroll
  participant ScrollView
  participant NativeGesture
  ReplySwipe->>ReplySwipeBlocker: Provides blocker when enabled
  HorizontalScroll->>ReplySwipeBlocker: Reads blocker
  HorizontalScroll->>ScrollView: Renders horizontal scroller
  HorizontalScroll->>NativeGesture: Uses blocker around scroller
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Possibly related issues

  • Issue 1805: The delayed catch-up scroll addresses follow-to-bottom behavior after content-height changes.
  • Issue 3920: The delayed catch-up scroll addresses delayed newest-message repositioning while the keyboard remains open.
  • Issue 3599: The horizontal scroller blocker prevents its touch interaction from triggering the enclosing reply gesture.
  • Issue 3857: The changes affect newest-message following after layout changes and horizontal gestures inside message content.
  • Issue 3962: Markdown tables and code blocks now scroll horizontally while using reply-gesture blocking.
  • Issue 3955: The changes cover follow-latest catch-up and horizontal scrolling with reply-gesture blocking.
  • Issue 3961: Code blocks now use the horizontal-scrolling primitive, but the changes do not implement the broader native Markdown renderer.

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Suggested reviewers: claude

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 48bc0

This change lets code blocks and tables scroll sideways in Android chat bubbles without triggering swipe-to-reply, and makes sends with the keyboard open settle above the composer. No remaining merge-blocking risk was found.

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apps/mobile/test/horizontal-scroll.test.tsx: 1

11-16: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test the actual reply-pan blocking relationship.

This test supplies a replacement Blocker. It still passes if ReplySwipe stops calling blocksExternalGesture(pan) or stops providing its blocker.

Add an integration test with the actual ReplySwipe and HorizontalScroll. Record the mocked Gesture.Native() relationship and assert that it blocks the enclosing pan. Also check that disabled reply swipes leave the scroller unwrapped. Keep this separate from native gesture acceptance.

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Review comment at @apps/mobile/test/horizontal-scroll.test.tsx around lines 11 - 16:
Update the horizontal-scroll test to render the actual ReplySwipe and HorizontalScroll components instead of supplying a replacement Blocker. Record the mocked Gesture.Native relationship and assert that ReplySwipe blocks the enclosing pan; also verify that disabled reply swipes leave HorizontalScroll unwrapped, separately from native gesture acceptance.

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/test/horizontal-scroll.test.tsx:
- Around line 11-16: Update the horizontal-scroll test to render the actual
ReplySwipe and HorizontalScroll components instead of supplying a replacement
Blocker. Record the mocked Gesture.Native relationship and assert that
ReplySwipe blocks the enclosing pan; also verify that disabled reply swipes
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

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review focus, state the `plan tests` mode and any relevant `scripts/ci-plan.mjs`
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runnable review path. For this React Native change, document iOS and Android
default/intermediate/maximum font sizes, light/dark modes, native interactions,
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