Editing a failed echo, just cancels and resends it (#1207)

* editing a failed message means cancelling and resending it

* changelog

ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/View/TimelineItemMenu.swift

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ enum TimelineItemMenuAction: Identifiable, Hashable {
 
     var canAppearInFailedEcho: Bool {
         switch self {
-        case .copy, .redact, .viewSource:
+        case .copy, .edit, .redact, .viewSource:
             return true
         default:
             return false

ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineController/RoomTimelineController.swift

@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ class RoomTimelineController: RoomTimelineControllerProtocol {
     
     func editMessage(_ newMessage: String, original itemID: String) async {
         MXLog.info("Edit message in \(roomID)")
+        if let timelineItem = timelineItems.first(where: { $0.id == itemID }),
+           let item = timelineItem as? EventBasedTimelineItemProtocol,
+           item.hasFailedToSend,
+           let transactionID = item.properties.transactionID {
+            MXLog.info("Editing a failed echo, will cancel and resend it as a new message")
+            await cancelSend(transactionID)
+            await sendMessage(newMessage)
+        } else {
             switch await roomProxy.editMessage(newMessage, original: itemID) {
             case .success:
                 MXLog.info("Finished editing message")
@@ -158,6 +166,7 @@ class RoomTimelineController: RoomTimelineControllerProtocol {
                 MXLog.error("Failed editing message with error: \(error)")
             }
         }
+    }
     
     func redact(_ itemID: String) async {
         MXLog.info("Send redaction in \(roomID)")

changelog.d/pr-1207.change

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Failed local echoes can be edited, they will just get cancelled and resent with the new content.