wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS

The pull to refreh spinner goes away immediately while the app is still loading posts

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[Pri] Low [Type] Bug Posts + Pages
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Description

Expected behavior

The pull to refresh spinner continues to present on screen until new posts/pages are loaded.

Actual behavior

The pull to refresh spinner goes away immediately after user pulls to refresh.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Use an actual iOS device to reproduce this issue

  1. Go to Posts List -> Published. Wait until the page is loaded.
  2. Go to the device's Settings -> Developer -> Network Link Conditioner, choose "Very Bad Network".
  3. On your computer's browser, sign into WP.com and publish a post
  4. Go back to the app, pull to refresh.
  5. Check out when the pull to refresh spinner goes away and when the new published post is displayed on screen.
Tested on [device], iOS [version], Jetpack iOS / WordPress iOS [version]

iPad, Jetpack 23.4.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by reproducing on an actual iOS device with Network Link Conditioner set to “Very Bad Network,” then trace the Posts List → Published refresh flow. Done means the spinner remains visible until the newly published post or pages finish loading.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ios, swift
Domain
mobile-dev
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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