From 84f10da006513c41a37697e988144a9b5f217642 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitor Pamplona <vitor@vitorpamplona.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:02:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Forces the root post in a thread to be observed at all times.
 That guarantees thread loading even if relays are slow and the user is
 scrolling.

---
 .../ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/ThreadScreen.kt        | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/ThreadScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/ThreadScreen.kt
index 40819be48..5bb86f7e5 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/ThreadScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/ThreadScreen.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.livedata.observeAsState
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalLifecycleOwner
 import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleEventObserver
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.viewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.R
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.NostrThreadDataSource
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.components.LoadNote
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.INav
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.TopBarExtensibleWithBackButton
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.NostrThreadFeedViewModel
@@ -85,6 +87,13 @@ fun ThreadScreen(
         onDispose { lifeCycleOwner.lifecycle.removeObserver(observer) }
     }
 
+    LoadNote(noteId, accountViewModel) {
+        if (it != null) {
+            // this will force loading every post from this thread.
+            val metadata = it.live().metadata.observeAsState()
+        }
+    }
+
     DisappearingScaffold(
         isInvertedLayout = false,
         topBar = {