mWeb - Chat - Display mode switches from portrait to landscape when turning phone horizontally

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Issue found when executing PR #9143

Action Performed:

1. Go to https://staging.new.expensify.com/ and login
2. Open any chat
3. Turn the phone to horizontal position

Expected Result:

According to iPhone requirements for PR 9143 (link https://youtu.be/kuv9in8vtbk and attached videos) nothing should happen upon turning device.

Actual Result:

iPhone switches to landscape mode from portrait mode upon turning device with chat opened, which is not expected.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.2.13.2

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: Yes

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): any

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug5773688_IMG_2670.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @flodnv (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[AndrewGable]

So I am not sure I agree that this is a bug and I think it warrants a larger discussion on how we want to handle rotation. I agree that the PR said it should not rotate, but I think it's fine that it is rotating for now. Closing for now!