Hang,freeze whith special characters in subreddit name

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Assessment

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

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in the find location screen using a subreddit name containing characters such as a space or ampersand, then press "Go to subreddit" on version 1.23.1. Trace the navigation path from that action and verify that the app no longer hangs when handling these names.

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Description

Type anything with characters such as " & in the "find location" screen. If the user (accidentally) presses "Go to subreddit", the app hangs.

1.23.1

Dominant language
Java
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