saving local draft only when editor exits or remote draft save fails

src/screens/editor/container/editorContainer.tsx

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import { deleteDraftCacheEntry, updateCommentCache, updateDraftCache } from '../
 
 class EditorContainer extends Component<any, any> {
   _isMounted = false;
+  _updatedDraftFields = null;
 
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -571,10 +572,9 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component<any, any> {
     const { isDraftSaved, draftId, thumbIndex, isReply, rewardType } = this.state;
     const { currentAccount, dispatch, intl } = this.props;
 
-    //Saves draft locally for both reply and post
-    this._saveCurrentDraft(fields)
 
     if (isReply) { 
+      this._saveCurrentDraft(this._updatedDraftFields)
       return;
     }
 
@@ -658,6 +658,9 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component<any, any> {
           isDraftSaving: false,
           isDraftSaved: false,
         });
+
+        //saves draft locally if remote draft save fails
+        this._saveCurrentDraft(this._updatedDraftFields)
       }
 
       dispatch(
@@ -671,6 +674,10 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component<any, any> {
   };
 
 
+  _updateDraftFields = (fields) => {
+      this._updatedDraftFields = fields;
+  }
+
 
   _saveCurrentDraft = async (fields) => {
     const { draftId, isReply, isEdit, isPostSending } = this.state;
@@ -1294,6 +1301,7 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component<any, any> {
         quickReplyText={quickReplyText}
         isUploading={isUploading}
         post={post}
+        updateDraftFields = {this._updateDraftFields}
         saveCurrentDraft={this._saveCurrentDraft}
         saveDraftToDB={this._saveDraftToDB}
         uploadedImage={uploadedImage}
@@ -1309,6 +1317,7 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component<any, any> {
         rewardType={rewardType}
         scheduledForDate={scheduledForDate}
         getBeneficiaries={this._extractBeneficiaries}
+  
       />
     );
   }

src/screens/editor/screen/editorScreen.tsx

@@ -9,17 +9,11 @@ import { extractMetadata, getWordsCount, makeJsonMetadata } from '../../../utils
 // Components
 import {
   BasicHeader,
-  TitleArea,
-  TagArea,
-  TagInput,
-  SummaryArea,
   PostForm,
   MarkdownEditor,
   SelectCommunityAreaView,
   SelectCommunityModalContainer,
   Modal,
-  UserAvatar,
-  MainButton,
 } from '../../../components';
 
 // dhive
@@ -31,7 +25,6 @@ import globalStyles from '../../../globalStyles';
 import { isCommunity } from '../../../utils/communityValidation';
 
 import styles from './editorScreenStyles';
-import ThumbSelectionModal from '../children/thumbSelectionModal';
 import PostOptionsModal from '../children/postOptionsModal';
 
 class EditorScreen extends Component {
@@ -176,14 +169,15 @@ class EditorScreen extends Component {
   };
 
   _saveCurrentDraft = (fields) => {
-    const { saveCurrentDraft } = this.props;
+    const { saveCurrentDraft, updateDraftFields } = this.props;
 
     if (this.changeTimer) {
       clearTimeout(this.changeTimer);
     }
 
     this.changeTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-      saveCurrentDraft(fields);
+      // saveCurrentDraft(fields);
+      updateDraftFields(fields)
     }, 300);
   };
 
@@ -276,8 +270,8 @@ class EditorScreen extends Component {
     ) {
       console.log('jsonMeta : ', jsonMeta);
       handleFormChanged();
-      //TODO: REMOVED FOR TESTING, CAN BE PUT BACK IF APP STILL CRASHES
-      // this._saveCurrentDraft(fields);
+  
+      this._saveCurrentDraft(fields);
     }
 
     this.setState({ fields }, () => {