Deleted comment as it was redundant.

On another note. I think @tomek has a day off today.

Deleted unnecessary props.

rebase

Small fix. Rebase and moved comment around.

Small fix. Did something wrong while rebasing and comment was not updated.

Moved the logic to separate function. It's places in lib, as it should also be used in web. We have task for that: https://linear.app/comm/issue/ENG-2891/refactor-some-of-the-native-typeahead-creation-logic-and-make-web
I've tested a lot and it works we default to using state, if values in class fields are null.

Fixing and responding to reviewer

I've tried out a lot of solutions. Process and thoughts documented here: https://linear.app/comm/issue/ENG-2890/issue-with-typeahead-flickering-while-the-user-types

Sorry for that, something hasn't refreshed properly apparently.
We need controlSelection set to true in first setter as that's what Android uses.
Tested on iOS and it doesn't affect behaviour.

Fixed comment.
Also changed control selection to false in first setState.
Previously it was set to true, but it didn't affect app behaviour really.
This way it matches comment.

if -> if else.
Rebase.

Going with sleep(100), waiting for animation flash was unreliable and undeterministic.

Combined conditionals. That logic should be refactoed into seperate functions as it's quire similar to the web counterpart anyway. I've created the task for that: https://linear.app/comm/issue/ENG-2891/refactor-some-of-the-native-typeahead-creation-logic-and-make-web
I'd rather do it after native typeahead is landed as it has higher prio.

Mostly refactor. Respond to reviewers.

Responding to review and introducing hack allowing us for correct selection after typeahead is clicked.

Huge changes here. Explantions in code comments as the solutions are terribly hacky.

small fix - the condition was wrong

I've tested the app in simulator, which is not ideal, but probably less time consuming than dealign with physcial build right now, and the performance seems identical using master branch, or branch with typeahead feature. I've pasted huge message into chat input bar, and hasn't spotted any lag when it comes to typeahead showing or updating.

Small fix

Responding to review.

Fixed typos and revised text.

Updated comment. I feel like now it's really exhaustive explantion of both the bug and fix.
Or at least as exhaustive as comment can get.

Looks great apart from text color concern

Added comment justifying GestureHandler

Cleaned up and added PanGestureHandler so the component still takes pan/scroll events even ig it's not scrollable

Added comment

No, I'll do it right now

rebase