[Manual Requests] Create thread for Manual Request when opening IOUPreview

src/components/ReportActionItem/IOUAction.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import Navigation from '../../libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import ROUTES from '../../ROUTES';
 import styles from '../../styles/styles';
 import * as IOUUtils from '../../libs/IOUUtils';
+import {doesThreadExistForReportActionID} from '../../libs/ReportUtils';
 
 const propTypes = {
     /** All the data of the action */
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ const defaultProps = {
 const IOUAction = (props) => {
     const hasMultipleParticipants = props.chatReport.participants.length > 1;
     const onIOUPreviewPressed = () => {
+        if (!doesThreadExistForReportActionID(props.action.reportActionID)) {
+            // optimistically create reportID
+            // pass it along to OpenReport since that is build to create a thread when needed, not sure what to do about the navigation stuff below...
+        }
         if (hasMultipleParticipants) {
             Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.getReportParticipantsRoute(props.chatReportID));
         } else {

src/libs/ReportUtils.js

@@ -1847,6 +1847,24 @@ function getWhisperDisplayNames(participants) {
     return _.map(participants, (login) => getDisplayNameForParticipant(login, !isWhisperOnlyVisibleToCurrentUSer)).join(', ');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Used to determine if a thread exists already or not for a given reportActionID
+ *
+ * @param {String}
+ * @returns {Boolean}
+ */
+function doesThreadExistForReportActionID(reportActionID) {
+    const thread = _.find(allReports, (report) => {
+        if (!report.parentReportActionID) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return report.parentReportActionID === reportActionID;
+    });
+
+    return !_.isEmpty(thread);
+}
+
 export {
     getReportParticipantsTitle,
     isReportMessageAttachment,
@@ -1925,4 +1943,5 @@ export {
     canRequestMoney,
     getWhisperDisplayNames,
     getWorkspaceAvatar,
+    doesThreadExistForReportActionID,
 };