wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android
@-mentions Fail to Load On First Download in Comments
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[Type] Bug
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- Kotlin
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Description
Expected behavior
When typing an @-character in a comment, the mentions pop-up should always load.
Actual behavior
The first time the @ character is typed and the @-mentions are downloaded for the first time, the mentions UI does not load. This is only an issue in comments, not in the Gutenberg editor.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Open the reader
- Tap the comment button on a post to begin typing a comment (this needs to be for a site where you've never entered an @-mention before because it appears to only happen the first time)
- Type an "@" character
- Note that nothing happens
- Add a space character
- Note that the mentions immediately open
- Type some more text
- Type another @ character
- Note that the mentions immediately open
Tested on Physical Pixel 1, Android 10, WPAndroid 14.0 and 15.5-beta-1
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the first-use @-mention flow in an Android comment, then trace the mentions download and UI update triggered by the first @ character. Done means the mentions pop-up appears on that first character, before a space is entered, while later mentions continue to work as described.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100