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+// @flow
+
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import Alert from 'react-native/Libraries/Alert/Alert';
+
+import {
+  sendReactionMessage,
+  sendReactionMessageActionTypes,
+} from 'lib/actions/message-actions';
+import type { BindServerCall, DispatchFunctions } from 'lib/utils/action-utils';
+
+import type { TooltipRoute } from '../navigation/tooltip.react';
+
+function onPressReact(
+  route:
+    | TooltipRoute<'TextMessageTooltipModal'>
+    | TooltipRoute<'MultimediaMessageTooltipModal'>,
+  dispatchFunctions: DispatchFunctions,
+  bindServerCall: BindServerCall,
+) {
+  const messageID = route.params.item.messageInfo.id;
+  const threadID = route.params.item.threadInfo.id;
+
+  invariant(messageID, 'messageID should be set');
+  invariant(threadID, 'threadID should be set');
+
+  const callSendReactionMessage = bindServerCall(sendReactionMessage);
+
+  const reactionMessagePromise = (async () => {
+    try {
+      const result = await callSendReactionMessage(threadID, messageID, '👍');
+      return {
+        targetMessageID: messageID,
+        serverID: result.id,
+        threadID,
+        time: result.newMessageInfo.time,
+        interface: result.interface,
+        newMessageInfos: [result.newMessageInfo],
+      };
+    } catch (e) {
+      Alert.alert(
+        'Couldn’t send the reaction',
+        'Please try again later',
+        [{ text: 'OK' }],
+        {
+          cancelable: false,
+        },
+      );
+      throw e;
+    }
+  })();
+
+  dispatchFunctions.dispatchActionPromise(
+    sendReactionMessageActionTypes,
+    reactionMessagePromise,
+  );
+}
+
+export { onPressReact };