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Fix Actions.handler to forward the intent type to maybeFind - #191052

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Actions.handler was calling Actions.maybeFind(context) without an explicit type argument or the intent, so downward inference resolved T to Intent and the action lookup used the literal Intent type instead of the intent's concrete runtime type. Since apps register actions keyed by their concrete Intent subtype, the lookup always missed and handler returned null for every intent. This regressed in #180883 and first shipped in 3.47.0.

The fix forwards the type and intent explicitly: Actions.maybeFind<T>(context, intent: intent).

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Adds regression tests for Actions.handler: it now finds and invokes the bound action for the intent's runtime type, and still returns null when the action is disabled or when no matching action is found. The first test fails without the fix.

Fixes #191045.

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This pull request updates Actions.handler to forward the generic intent type T and the intent argument to Actions.maybeFind. It also adds widget tests to verify that Actions.handler correctly forwards the intent type to find the bound action, and returns null when the action is disabled or when no matching action is found. There are no review comments, so there is no feedback to provide.

Actions.handler was calling Actions.maybeFind(context) without an explicit
type argument or the intent, so downward inference resolved T to Intent and
the action lookup used the literal Intent type instead of the intent's concrete
runtime type. Since apps register actions keyed by their concrete Intent
subtype, the lookup always missed and handler returned null for every intent.

Forward the type and intent explicitly: Actions.maybeFind<T>(context,
intent: intent).

Fixes flutter#191045.
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LGTM

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`Actions.handler` was calling `Actions.maybeFind(context)` without an
explicit type argument or the intent, so downward inference resolved `T`
to `Intent` and the action lookup used the literal `Intent` type instead
of the intent's concrete runtime type. Since apps register actions keyed
by their concrete `Intent` subtype, the lookup always missed and
`handler` returned `null` for every intent. This regressed in flutter#180883
and first shipped in 3.47.0.

The fix forwards the type and intent explicitly:
`Actions.maybeFind<T>(context, intent: intent)`.

## Tests

Adds regression tests for `Actions.handler`: it now finds and invokes
the bound action for the intent's runtime type, and still returns null
when the action is disabled or when no matching action is found. The
first test fails without the fix.

Fixes flutter#191045.

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Co-authored-by: Victor Sanni <[email protected]>
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Actions.handler always returns null since 3.47.0 (Actions.maybeFind no longer forwards intent type)

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