From 2b11e980f138abcef8daf91d2fefc15e74ba8eeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomek Zawadzki <tomekzawadzki98@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 12:07:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Skip formatting if data unchanged on Android

---
 .../expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownFormatter.java  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownFormatter.java b/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownFormatter.java
index 1fb1469e..0c65739a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownFormatter.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/expensify/livemarkdown/MarkdownFormatter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 public class MarkdownFormatter {
   private final @NonNull AssetManager mAssetManager;
+  private String mPrevText;
+  private List<MarkdownRange> mPrevMarkdownRanges;
+  private MarkdownStyle mPrevMarkdownStyle;
 
   public MarkdownFormatter(@NonNull AssetManager assetManager) {
     mAssetManager = assetManager;
@@ -24,8 +27,19 @@ public void format(SpannableStringBuilder ssb, List<MarkdownRange> markdownRange
     try {
       Systrace.beginSection(0, "format");
       Objects.requireNonNull(markdownStyle, "mMarkdownStyle is null");
+
+      String text = ssb.toString();
+      if (text.equals(mPrevText) && markdownRanges == mPrevMarkdownRanges && markdownStyle == mPrevMarkdownStyle) {
+        // Use shallow comparison of markdown ranges and markdown style
+        // to optimistically skip removing and applying the same spans
+        return;
+      }
+
       removeSpans(ssb);
       applyRanges(ssb, markdownRanges, markdownStyle);
+      mPrevText = text;
+      mPrevMarkdownRanges = markdownRanges;
+      mPrevMarkdownStyle = markdownStyle;
     } finally {
       Systrace.endSection(0);
     }