MAJOR: All previous custom bubble components rerender in version 2.8.0 when new bubble is added in the chat

[JJSLIoT]

The issue wasn't present in version 2.6.5, I didn't try 2.7.x due to Flashlist-related instabilities reported in the GitHub issues.

If you use some animated components, such as a progress bar, or some heavy components, such as webview, it becomes apparent that all the historical bubble components re-render when a new chat bubble is added to the history. The issue might be more obvious in debug mode.

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Here is the screen record of the issue:

v2.8.0

v2.6.5

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Expo snack links for the reproducible example:

• v2.8.0: https://snack.expo.dev/@jjsl/gifted_chat_v2_8_0_rerendering_issue
• v2.6.5: https://snack.expo.dev/@jjsl/gifted_chat_v2_6_5_no_rerendering_issue

The exact same source code is used in the above snacks, the only difference being different gifted chat module version.

[rmmgc]

I have noticed the same issue. I spent some time debugging and tried to optimize re-renders of custom render function/components, but this does not help as the re-renders are mostly coming from MessageContainer.
This pretty much prevents update to version above 2.6.x.

[kesha-antonov]

@JJSLIoT hi
thanks for the videos
I'll take a look into this issue

[kesha-antonov]

I found what's causing problem. Will fix it

[kesha-antonov]

Fixed

Screen.Recording.2025-03-27.at.14.11.47.mov

[JJSLIoT]

@kesha-antonov Thanks for the prompt fix, looking forward to the update release

[kesha-antonov]

Fixed here #2609

[kesha-antonov]

Released 2.8.1