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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'>
+    | TooltipRoute<'RobotextMessageTooltipModal'>,
+  dispatchFunctions: DispatchFunctions,
+  bindServerCall: BindServerCall,
+) {
+  const messageID = route.params.item.messageInfo.id;
+  invariant(messageID, 'messageID should be set');
+
+  const threadID = route.params.item.threadInfo.id;
+  invariant(threadID, 'threadID should be set');
+
+  sendReaction(
+    messageID,
+    threadID,
+    '👍',
+    'add_reaction',
+    dispatchFunctions,
+    bindServerCall,
+  );
+}
+
+function sendReaction(
+  messageID: string,
+  threadID: string,
+  reaction: string,
+  action: 'add_reaction' | 'remove_reaction',
+  dispatchFunctions: DispatchFunctions,
+  bindServerCall: BindServerCall,
+) {
+  const callSendReactionMessage = bindServerCall(sendReactionMessage);
+
+  const reactionMessagePromise = (async () => {
+    try {
+      const result = await callSendReactionMessage({
+        threadID,
+        targetMessageID: messageID,
+        reaction,
+        action,
+      });
+      return {
+        serverID: result.id,
+        threadID,
+        time: result.newMessageInfo.time,
+        newMessageInfos: [result.newMessageInfo],
+      };
+    } catch (e) {
+      Alert.alert(
+        'Couldn’t send the reaction',
+        'Please try again later',
+        [{ text: 'OK' }],
+        {
+          cancelable: true,
+        },
+      );
+      throw e;
+    }
+  })();
+
+  dispatchFunctions.dispatchActionPromise(
+    sendReactionMessageActionTypes,
+    reactionMessagePromise,
+  );
+}
+
+export { onPressReact };