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fix(mobile): folding the Duo keeps the thread's end or the reader's line in place#23149

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Folding or unfolding the iPhone Duo re-wraps every row of the thread feed, and LegendList re-measures them over several commits. A feed following the end pinned it once, then relied on maintainScrollAtEnd, which scrolls a frame or more after each re-measure, so earlier text showed in between. A reader's row kept its top while its text moved, and the feed restored the reader's line 200 ms after the rows settled, which was a visible hop. This layer builds on #22978, which first kept the feed's place across width changes.

LegendList now takes a sizeChangeAnchor: the scroll offset a size change should leave, read in the same pass that repositions the rows. It is applied through the scroll adjustment LegendList already uses for MVCP, so the native offset moves in the same commit as the new positions. The patch also:

  • commits the content height together with those positions, not ahead of them
  • lets a shrinking list run the pass too
  • skips the delayed end scroll while an anchor holds
  • adjusts only past the offset that shrinking content already pulls back to its end
  • still runs end maintenance after data-change passes, which don't apply the anchor, so a row added while a fold settles scrolls into view

On iOS the feed holds the end while following, and otherwise holds the reader's line at the same share of its row, from the first width step of a fold until 600 ms after the last. Android keeps its after-the-fact restore, because its list moves only while MVCP is on, and following turns MVCP off.

This layer also stops a thread re-render from turning following back on. The feed's reset effects listed its own handlers as dependencies, so any parent re-render that passed a new follow callback reset following and its scroll session. The resets now run as an effect event, keyed by the thread and the submitted message.

Verification

  • thread-feed-live-follow.test.ts covers the reset and anchoring rules.
  • Following the end, then reading mid-thread, through an unfold and a fold. This is the same flow as #22978's videos, at this PR's base fdfc6ea1c15 and head 5b5e9062d3e (restacked commits), on one development client built from the stack's tip on current main (fingerprint a6c8232e). Both sides run on it, because this layer's native inputs don't change (the LegendList patch is JS):

Before: unfolding shows earlier messages before the feed returns to its end

After: the feed holds its end and the reader's line

Known limitation

Unfolding still shows brief residue because UIKit re-wraps rows before LegendList repositions them. Measured at this layer:

  • Reading mid-thread: a user bubble draws over the reply above it for about 52 ms per width step.
  • Following the end: the last line sits 101 pt above the composer, instead of 32 pt, for about 150 ms.

Removing that needs LegendList to position rows without a React commit, a larger change deferred for now.

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  • fix(mobile): folding the Duo keeps the thread's end or the reader's line in place5b5e906
  • fix(mobile): a thread re-render no longer turns following back ona701ab2
apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsxfileOutdated · 5b5e906Open thread
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https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/blob/5b5e9062d3ecec8c4a26f94cc1cb8b701bc45122/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx#L2488

A streaming render during the 160 ms no-momentum fallback cancels finishUserScroll, leaving userScrollSessionRef true and end-follow disabled; subsequent at-end scroll events cannot resume following until another gesture or send. clearUserScrollSettle is recreated on every render, so the effect cleanup at this line runs on each render; make this cleanup unmount-only or stabilize the callback.

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JJulius Marminge3d ago

This effect is unchanged from main; this PR only turned the reset effects into an effect event. ThreadFeed is compiled by React Compiler (mobile sets reactCompiler: true, and src/reactCompilerCoverage.test.ts checks ThreadFeed.tsx), which memoizes clearUserScrollSettle because it only touches refs. Its identity is stable, so the cleanup runs on unmount, not on each streaming render.

patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patchline 402Outdated · 5b5e906Open thread
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371399 return false;
372400 }
401++ // T3 patch: a caller anchor already placed this pass's offset; a later scroll would move it.
402++ if (state.props.sizeChangeAnchor && state.props.sizeChangeAnchor() !== void 0) {
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Appending a row while sizeChangeAnchor returns an end target leaves the list at the old end, so the new row remains below the viewport. prepareMVCP disables the anchor on dataChanged passes, but this guard still treats the callback’s target as applied and skips doMaintainScrollAtEnd; only skip maintenance when that pass actually restored the anchor, or apply the anchor on data changes too.

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JJulius Marminge3d ago

Fixed in 2b3f7fbf39e. prepareMVCP now records whether a pass is a data change, and doMaintainScrollAtEnd skips end maintenance only after size-change passes, the ones the anchor places. A row added while a fold settles now gets end maintenance, the same as outside the fold window.

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LegendList adds size-change anchoring and leading-inset handling across its runtimes. ThreadFeed uses a calculated anchor offset on iOS and updates reflow handling on other platforms. Tests cover position preservation during row narrowing and widening.

Changes: Thread feed reflow

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Native list anchor and inset handling
patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch		React Native list props and runtime logic add caller-selected size anchors, leading-inset-aware scrolling, MVCP adjustments, initial-scroll settling, and interaction tracking.
Alternate native runtime parity
patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch		The alternate React Native runtime mirrors inset-aware maintenance, size anchoring, animated size rendering, and drag and momentum state handling.
Web measurement and Reanimated sizing
patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch		The web runtime updates measurement and DOM reordering. Reanimated adds animated size components and suppresses position transitions during MVCP and active scrolling.
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apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-live-follow.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-live-follow.test.ts		ThreadFeed calculates proportional reflow offsets and configures sizeChangeAnchor on iOS. Tests check position preservation after narrowing and widening re-measurements.

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3 participant resolveThreadFeedReflowOffset
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6 resolveThreadFeedReflowOffset-->>ThreadFeed: computed scroll offset
7 ThreadFeed->>LegendList: sizeChangeAnchor callback

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684756 horizontal ? { height: "100%" } : {},
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Honor explicit iOS MVCP opt-outs.

ListComponent currently passes native maintainVisibleContentPosition for every iOS list. This overrides maintainVisibleContentPosition={false} in the pull-request screens. When rows above the viewport remeasure, native MVCP can shift the offset before the screens’ explicit scroll restoration runs. Gate the forced iOS prop on sizeChangeAnchor; ThreadFeed supplies that anchor on iOS.

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JJulius Marminge3d ago

The forced iOS maintainVisibleContentPosition predates this PR: main's patch already has it, with the reason in the comment above it. Re-enabling native MVCP mid-drag can compare a stale anchor with the 1e7 ScrollAdjust sentinel and scroll the whole list out of view. Screens that pass maintainVisibleContentPosition={false} still turn off the JS restoration. This PR only adds the size-change anchor on top.

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The forced native iOS MVCP prevents the stale-anchor/1e7 sentinel failure. maintainVisibleContentPosition={false} still disables JS restoration. Gating native MVCP on sizeChangeAnchor would remove that protection from other lists. No change is needed here.

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