Android: Fixes #11324: Fix sharing to Joplin causes back navigation to get stuck (#11355)

packages/app-mobile/components/screens/Note.tsx

@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ class NoteScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent<Props, State> implements B
 			}
 
 			if (this.state.fromShare) {
-				// effectively the same as NAV_BACK but NAV_BACK causes undesired behaviour in this case:
+				// Note: In the past, NAV_BACK caused undesired behaviour in this case:
 				// - share to Joplin from some other app
 				// - open Joplin and open any note
 				// - go back -- with NAV_BACK this causes the app to exit rather than just showing notes
+				// This no longer seems to happen, but this case should be checked when adjusting navigation
+				// history behavior.
 				this.props.dispatch({
-					type: 'NAV_GO',
+					type: 'NAV_BACK',
-					routeName: 'Notes',
-					folderId: this.state.note.parent_id,
 				});
 
 				ShareExtension.close();

packages/app-mobile/package.json

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "9.1.3",
     "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "4.1.0",
     "babel-plugin-react-native-web": "0.19.12",
+    "fast-deep-equal": "3.1.3",
     "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
     "gulp": "4.0.2",
     "jest": "29.7.0",

packages/app-mobile/root.tsx

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const DropdownAlert = require('react-native-dropdownalert').default;
 const AlarmServiceDriver = require('./services/AlarmServiceDriver').default;
 const SafeAreaView = require('./components/SafeAreaView');
 const { connect, Provider } = require('react-redux');
+import fastDeepEqual = require('fast-deep-equal');
 import { Provider as PaperProvider, MD3DarkTheme, MD3LightTheme } from 'react-native-paper';
 import BackButtonService from './services/BackButtonService';
 import NavService from '@joplin/lib/services/NavService';
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ import JoplinCloudLoginScreen from './components/screens/JoplinCloudLoginScreen'
 
 import SyncTargetNone from '@joplin/lib/SyncTargetNone';
 
+
+
 SyncTargetRegistry.addClass(SyncTargetNone);
 SyncTargetRegistry.addClass(SyncTargetOneDrive);
 SyncTargetRegistry.addClass(SyncTargetNextcloud);
@@ -301,8 +304,19 @@ const appReducer = (state = appDefaultState, action: any) => {
 				const currentRoute = state.route;
 
 				if (!historyGoingBack && historyCanGoBackTo(currentRoute)) {
+					const previousRoute = navHistory.length && navHistory[navHistory.length - 1];
+					const isDifferentRoute = !previousRoute || !fastDeepEqual(navHistory[navHistory.length - 1], currentRoute);
+
+					// Avoid multiple consecutive duplicate screens in the navigation history -- these can make
+					// pressing "back" seem to have no effect.
+					if (isDifferentRoute) {
 						navHistory.push(currentRoute);
 					}
+				}
+
+				if (action.clearHistory) {
+					navHistory.splice(0, navHistory.length);
+				}
 
 				newState = { ...state };
 

packages/app-mobile/utils/shareHandler.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
 
 import Note from '@joplin/lib/models/Note';
 import checkPermissions from './checkPermissions.js';
+import NavService from '@joplin/lib/services/NavService';
 const { ToastAndroid } = require('react-native');
 const { PermissionsAndroid } = require('react-native');
 const { Platform } = require('react-native');
@@ -27,27 +28,21 @@ export default async (sharedData: SharedData, folderId: string, dispatch: Functi
 		}
 	}
 
+	const newNote = await Note.save({
+		parent_id: folderId,
+	}, { provisional: true });
+
 	// This is a bit hacky, but the surest way to go to
 	// the needed note. We go back one screen in case there's
 	// already a note open - if we don't do this, the dispatch
 	// below will do nothing (because routeName wouldn't change)
 	// Then we wait a bit for the state to be set correctly, and
 	// finally we go to the new note.
-	dispatch({ type: 'NAV_BACK' });
+	await NavService.go('Notes', { folderId, clearHistory: true });
-
 	dispatch({ type: 'SIDE_MENU_CLOSE' });
 
-	const newNote = await Note.save({
+	shim.setTimeout(async () => {
-		parent_id: folderId,
+		await NavService.go('Note', { noteId: newNote.id, sharedData });
-	}, { provisional: true });
-
-	shim.setTimeout(() => {
-		dispatch({
-			type: 'NAV_GO',
-			routeName: 'Note',
-			noteId: newNote.id,
-			sharedData: sharedData,
-		});
 
 		ShareExtension.close();
 	}, 5);

yarn.lock

@@ -7507,6 +7507,7 @@ __metadata:
     crypto-browserify: 3.12.0
     deprecated-react-native-prop-types: 5.0.0
     events: 3.3.0
+    fast-deep-equal: 3.1.3
     fs-extra: 11.2.0
     gulp: 4.0.2
     jest: 29.7.0