feat: enhance a11y experience in room swipe actions

[OtavioStasiak]

Proposed changes

Issue(s)

https://rocketchat.atlassian.net/browse/MA-264

How to test or reproduce

• Open the app;
• On RoomsListView turn screen reader on;
• Focus on room Item;
• Long press action;

Case 2:

• Connect keyboard;
• On RoomsListView focus on room Item;
• Long press Enter button;

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Types of changes

• Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• Improvement (non-breaking change which improves a current function)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Documentation update (if none of the other choices apply)

Checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING doc
• I have signed the CLA
• Lint and unit tests pass locally with my changes
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (if applicable)
• I have added necessary documentation (if applicable)
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Long-press on room items opens an action sheet with quick actions: mark read/unread, favorite/unfavorite, and hide. Action sheet respects screen reader and external keyboard presence.

• Accessibility

  • Added accessibility hints to room items and improved swipe-action accessibility to better support assistive technologies.

• Tests

  • Added a test mock for external keyboard detection.

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Walkthrough

Adds accessibility hints to RoomItem and disables accessibility for swipe action buttons; centralizes room action items via getRoomActionsOptions; changes long-press flow to query screen reader and external keyboard before showing an action sheet; adds native ExternalInput modules (Android/iOS) with a JS helper and Jest mock.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
RoomItem accessibility & swipe actions app/containers/RoomItem/Actions.tsx, app/containers/RoomItem/Wrapper.tsx, app/containers/RoomItem/RoomItem.tsx, app/containers/RoomItem/interfaces.ts	Adds accessibilityHint prop to Wrapper/RoomItem and forwards it to the root View; marks swipe RectButton components accessible={false} and sets action wrapper Views accessibilityElementsHidden/importantForAccessibility='no'.
Long-press, action sheet & options app/containers/RoomItem/index.tsx, app/containers/RoomItem/getRoomActionsOptions.ts	Converts long-press handler to async; queries AccessibilityInfo.isScreenReaderEnabled() and isExternalKeyboardConnected() and conditionally shows an action sheet using new getRoomActionsOptions(); adds IRoomActionsParams and getRoomActionsOptions.
Native ExternalInput modules (Android & iOS) & registration android/app/.../input/ExternalInputModule.kt, android/app/.../input/ExternalInputPackage.kt, android/app/src/main/java/.../MainApplication.kt, ios/ExternalInputModule.h, ios/ExternalInputModule.m, ios/RocketChatRN.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	Adds ExternalInput native module exposing synchronous isExternalKeyboardConnected() on iOS/Android, registers package in Android MainApplication, and adds module files/framework entries to Xcode project.
JS helper, tests & dependency app/lib/methods/helpers/externalInput.ts, jest.setup.js, package.json	Adds isExternalKeyboardConnected() JS helper that reads NativeModules.ExternalInput (falls back to false), a Jest mock returning false, and adds dependency react-native-external-keyboard.
Touch/keyboard focus & touchables app/containers/Touch.tsx, app/containers/RoomItem/Touchable.tsx	Touch now wraps button with withKeyboardFocus (ref type relaxed) and sets focus props; Touchable forwards onLongPress to underlying touch component.
Minor logic & i18n app/views/RoomView/List/hooks/useScroll.ts, app/i18n/locales/en.json	Fixes findIndex fallback in jumpToMessage (use `

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant RoomItem as RoomItemContainer
    participant Accessibility as AccessibilityInfo
    participant External as ExternalInput (Native)
    participant Options as getRoomActionsOptions
    participant ActionSheet
    participant Handlers as ActionHandlers

    User->>RoomItem: Long press
    RoomItem->>Accessibility: isScreenReaderEnabled()
    Accessibility-->>RoomItem: screenReaderStatus
    RoomItem->>External: isExternalKeyboardConnected()
    External-->>RoomItem: externalKeyboardStatus
    alt screenReaderStatus == true OR externalKeyboardStatus == true
        RoomItem->>Options: getRoomActionsOptions(rid,type,isRead,favorite,serverVersion)
        Options-->>RoomItem: options[]
        RoomItem->>ActionSheet: showActionSheet(options)
        ActionSheet-->>User: display options
        User->>ActionSheet: select option
        ActionSheet->>Handlers: execute selected (toggleRead/toggleFav/hideRoom)
        Handlers-->>User: action applied
    else
        RoomItem->>User: invoke custom onLongPress or noop
    end

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