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[Exposed Dropdown Menu] Tapping creates flickering ripple effect
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Description
**Description:** If you tap on an Exposed Dropdown Menu, it'll create a ripple effect for half a second before abruptly disappearing. There is no animation when it appears or disappears. Holding down on the Exposed Dropdown Menu will create a functional ripple effect.
Here's a screenshot of the broken ripple effect:

When I took this screenshot, I was tapping the center of the text box, so the ripple was also appearing at an incorrect position.
**Expected behavior:** It has a normal ripple effect.
**Source code:** The `Exposed Dropdown Menu Demo` in the Material Components Catalog.
**Minimal sample app repro:** The Material Components Catalog.
**Android API version:** API 33
**Material Library version:** 1.11.0-alpha02
**Device:** Galaxy S21
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Research direction
Start by running the Exposed Dropdown Menu Demo in the Material Components Catalog and reproduce the tap behavior on API 33. Trace the demo's dropdown and ripple handling to determine why the ripple appears at the wrong position and disappears abruptly; done means tapping produces a normal ripple effect with the expected animation and placement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100