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fix(mobile): the search X clears the query on iPhone#29527

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Problem

On iPhone with iOS 27, tapping the X beside the search field closes search, but the query stays (#29489):

  • Threads: the list stays filtered, and reopening search shows the old text.
  • Settings: the field is empty, but the list stays filtered.

Change

This bumps the react-native-screens tarball to include pingdotgg/react-native-screens#8. No app code changes.

On iOS 27, UIKit's X closes and empties the integrated search field, but the native search bar only reports onBlur. The app's existing onCancelButtonPress → cancelSearch path never runs. Logged on an iOS 27.2 simulator against main, tapping X sends:

1Threads: onBlur "zzz" → restoreSearch setText "zzz" (×2)
2Settings: onBlur "pro"

No onCancelButtonPress and no empty onChangeText. The fork change reports that dismissal as a cancel, so cancelSearch clears the query on both screens.

  • Tarball: react-native-screens-5.0.0-t3.48-0964b85f.tgz, built with scripts/pack-t3.mjs from fork commit 0964b85f. The commit hash is in the file name, following deps/README.md.
  • Base: it's packed on PixPMusic/react-native-screens@6ce484b, the same base as the current t3.48 tarball, so that tarball's three Android sheet fixes stay. The fork PR targets pingdotgg's t3/main. RNSSearchBar is identical on both bases. Until #8 merges, commit 0964b85f lives on GLDRoger/react-native-screens.

Scope and approval

Fixes #29489. This is a small fix for a bug that reproduces on every search on Threads and Settings. It doesn't overlap #28281, which brings a submitted Settings query back after switching tabs; that keeps a query, and this clears it on X.

Verification

iOS 27.2 simulator (iPhone 18 Pro): before is main at 8657eecb28; after is this branch.

BeforeAfter
Threads: search zzz, tap X
Settings: search pro, tap X

After the fix, reopening search shows an empty field on both screens. These still work as before:

  • the in-field clear button, which already sent an empty onChangeText;
  • the keyboard's Search key, which keeps the query and its filter;
  • opening a matching thread and going back, which keeps the query (#24748).

iOS 26.5 simulator: the X already worked there. The same checks passed with this tarball, together with an app-side change I've since removed because iOS 27 didn't need it. I haven't re-run 26.5 with the tarball alone.

Native tests: 8 XCTest cases for the fork change fail without it and pass with it. Details are on pingdotgg/react-native-screens#8.

vp run check:changed: passes.

Not checked: a physical iPhone, iPad and the Duo, and Android (no Android code changed).

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Verdict: Approved at 673e6ba

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The change makes the iPhone search X clear the filter and prevents ordinary renders from restoring stale text. Its effects are confined to search state, with native dismissal guards and reported simulator checks covering query preservation across navigation.

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Walkthrough

The iOS workspace toolbar now schedules native search restoration through an effect event. The changes also update the react-native-screens tarball, add a toolbar test, and include that test in the React test configuration.

Changes: iOS workspace search restoration

Layer / File(s)Summary
Schedule and verify search restoration
apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceToolbar.ios.test.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/workspace-tabs-state.ts, apps/mobile/package.json, apps/mobile/vite.config.ts		Restoration uses an effect event and is scheduled when the tab is active and search is visible. The test checks that query edits and an expand action do not update or activate native search, and that regaining focus restores the retained query and active state without calling focus. The dependency tarball, state comment, and test file list are also updated.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

  • Issue 28247: The restoration effect now reruns on selected-tab and visibility changes, overlapping with the reported Settings query restoration after tab changes.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, pixpmusic

Merge Risk: External image Minimal · up to 673e6

The search fix is mergeable; maintaining the native regression tests is a follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4
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Title checkPassedThe title "fix(mobile): the search X clears the query on iPhone" matches the main change. The PR makes the iOS 27 search X dismissal act as a cancel, which clears the query on Threads and Settings. Th…
Linked Issues checkPassedThe PR addresses the active direct issue #29489. The dependency update selects the react-native-screens fork tarball that reports integrated-search dismissal as cancel. The existing cancelSearch p…
Out of Scope Changes checkPassedThe reviewed changes stay within issue #29489. The dependency update supplies the required native dismissal behavior. The WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx change prevents stale query restoration. The test a…
Description checkPassedThe description follows the repository template: it has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections, and it links issue #29489. The Problem section states the expected and actual be…
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Explanation

The title "fix(mobile): the search X clears the query on iPhone" matches the main change. The PR makes the iOS 27 search X dismissal act as a cancel, which clears the query on Threads and Settings. The title follows conventional commit format and names the platform and the affected control. It does not list files or use vague terms.

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Explanation

The PR addresses the active direct issue #29489. The dependency update selects the react-native-screens fork tarball that reports integrated-search dismissal as cancel. The existing cancelSearch path can therefore clear the query and restore the unfiltered list. WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx changes search restoration so it does not write the stale query after unrelated renders. The added iOS test covers restoration after reappearance and prevents restoration after query edits or unrelated renders. The reported simulator checks cover Threads and Settings on iOS 27.2 and iOS 26.5.

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Explanation

The reviewed changes stay within issue #29489. The dependency update supplies the required native dismissal behavior. The WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx change prevents stale query restoration. The test and Vite test-project configuration support the changed behavior. The state comment documents the same iOS search behavior. No unrelated product behavior is identified.

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The description follows the repository template: it has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections, and it links issue #29489. The Problem section states the expected and actual behavior on Threads and Settings. The Change section explains the fork bump and gives the tarball, commit, and base. The Scope section names the issue and separates the change from #28281. The Verification section gives before and after screenshots for iOS 27.2 and the checks that still pass on iOS 26.5, and it lists what was not checked. The description does not say which model and harness did the work at the end of the template's Verification section. It also includes an 'AI generated' footer, which the template does not require. Those are minor gaps. The Scope and approval section relies on the author's judgment that this is a small fix for an obvious bug. It does not link a maintainer approval comment. That part is inconclusive, but the rest of the description is complete.

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Follow-up Comments

Nitpick Commit the native dismissal tests with the fork fix.

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Commit the native dismissal tests with the fork fix.

This PR bumps react-native-screens to the t3.48-0964b85f tarball, which carries the integrated-search dismissal fix. The eight XCTest cases for that fix are on test/ios-search-dismiss-suite, not in the fork change, because the fork has no iOS test target (PR #8). The JavaScript toolbar test in this repository does not run the UISearchControllerDelegate callbacks, so it cannot detect a regression in native cancel reporting.

The fix is reported to work, so this is a coverage gap, not a current defect. The repository guideline requires a failing test before logic and state fixes, and the author reports that these cases fail without the fix and pass with it. Add the cases to a maintained iOS test target in the fork, or run them in that fork's CI, and keep them in the same change as the fix. The bumped tarball then carries its own regression coverage.

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JJulius Marminge1d ago

Thanks for this, and for the careful tests on fork PR pingdotgg/react-native-screens#8. We're taking the fix forward in pingdotgg/t3code#30399 instead, which supersedes this PR. It credits your delegate work, and I'm leaving this one open for now.

What we found comparing both on simulators (iPhone, iOS 27.0 and 26.5):

  • On iOS 27.0 with this PR, the X still left Threads filtered (3/3) and Settings filtered (3/3). The X sent only a blur. On Threads, the app wrote the query back into the field before dismissal finished, so the empty-field check never fired. Settings stayed filtered even without that write-back. #30399 changes when the query is written back, which fixes this.
  • On iOS 26.5, this PR's and #30399's earlier native change both cleared a submitted query after keyboard Search → switching to Usage or PRs → back (5/5 each), while unmodified t3.48 kept it. On 26 a tab switch dismisses search with an empty field, and the dismissal check doesn't treat a tab switch as navigation. #30399 now synthesizes the cancel only on iOS 27 and later, since iOS 26 already sends one.

Full results are in #30399's description.

GGLDRoger18h ago
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Thanks, Julius! Glad the delegate work was useful, and thanks for the credit in #30399.

Good catch on the iOS 26 tab switch. My upstream PR, software-mansion/react-native-screens#5128, syncs the search text on dismissal and would have run into the same thing, so I've limited it to iOS 27 and later there too.

Feel free to close this one once #30399 lands.

I also want to say how much I enjoy T3 Code. You've solved so many of the hard parts that it's easy for someone like me to come in and make real changes. The practices in this codebase have helped me improve my own projects too. I'll keep an eye out for more I can help with.