Can’t view messages on unfolded OnePlus Open

[link2xt]

Actual issue is reported here https://support.delta.chat/t/cant-view-messages-on-unfolded-oneplus-open/3564

Probably can be reproduced with an emulator?

[adbenitez]

this is not a bug report but a feature request, the user wants to see the "chat history" not the "message history" it is about having a similar UI to desktop with the chat list visible at the same time as opened chat in tablets or unfoldable devices

currently we don't have support for such landscape layouts, and going back to the chat list is just the same as in normal phone, just not as convenient as it could be with the available screen space

closing here as this is a feature request and it is fine it is in the forum for now until we decide to prioritize this enhancement, which will not happen soon as there are other more important things to work on and this is a minor "nice to have" in the future

[link2xt]

See second message on the forum, it is a bugreport as the messages are in the chat but not displayed when unfolded.

[link2xt]

Andorid emulator supports foldable screens, so this can be tested:
https://developer.android.com/codelabs/android-window-manager-dual-screen-foldables

[adbenitez]

I tried in the emulator in a Pixel Fold android 14, the chat is displayed as expected, to be honest I don't see how could it even happen that it disappears just because it is a fold-able device, it is just wider screen which is already true for tablets and landscape mode. The user is using Android 15, would need to download android 15 image and retry, right now in a slow unstable connection and downloading fails

[link2xt]

it is just wider screen which is already true for tablets and landscape mode

The difference is that this is essentially a screen with dimensions changing in runtime, maybe there are different constants for "screen width now" and "maximum screen width" etc. and the messages are somehow moved off-screen.

Maybe also try rotating the screen if it's possible in the emulator, so fold line is horizontal.

[adbenitez]

I don't think so, user also said that opening the chat with the phone already unfolded was causing the problem

I tried in the emulator, rotating, closing, half-opening, and opening, all works as expected:

[adbenitez]

tried in emulator with android 15, also not happening :(

[link2xt]

Copying from the forum topic, the issue in the logs is

View : RecyclerView not displayed because it is too large to fit into a software layer (or drawing cache), needs 18071424 bytes, only 11088576 available

The issue is probably not even related to foldable phones, you need a large screen and low video memory device.

Searching for this error finds other developers having similar issues e.g. here
expo/expo#2171