LemmyNet / LemmyNet/jerboa

@community(@instances) that are non exising not correctly handled

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4 - medium/high priority bug
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

Jerboa Version
Latest from main

Describe the bug
Clicking on a community that doesnt exist still tries to open a view for that community but then gives an error text and the scroll is than frozen, not sure what it is even displaying. It should either not redirect to that community and say community doesnt exist. or like a templatish thing with default image that community name and some text that says this community doesnt exist yet.

To Reproduce
Click on a @community that doesnt exist yet.

Video of the problem

https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/assets/67873169/5472e30f-1349-4403-9955-448d5b5d3d49

Unrelated (i think) this community actually exists, https://lemmy.ca/c/trippinthroughtime

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue by opening a nonexistent @community in Jerboa and trace the community navigation and view handling from that interaction. Done means the app either avoids redirecting or shows a clear nonexistent-community state without an error or frozen scrolling.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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