[SOLVED] Microsoft O365 cached Add-In - Office.context.mailbox.item is null

Microsoft O365 cached Add-In - Office.context.mailbox.item is null

I have been running into a blocker while developing an O365 Add-in.

Windows Desktop O365 issue: When opening my Add-in for the first time in a compose setting I have access to the Office.context.mailbox.item, however all inline "Reply" and "Reply All"s have my cached Add-in. For this cached Add-in ItemChanged async events do not have access toOffice.context.mailbox.item unless we wait a moment. I.E. Office.context.mailbox.item is undefined.

So in summary the cached Add-in offers a complex issue. ItemChanged shows when a user changes between emails. However what can I do if I have no access to the item?

I thought I would also mention all pop-out "Reply" and "New message" work as anticipated, and all OWA works with the above logic.

Has anyone else faced this issue, or is there a work around of sorts to reestablish the mailbox item once the Add-in in a compose setting has cached?

Code running in my compose Add-in:

export class BaseModule {
       constructor() {}
       
    Office.context.mailbox.addHandlerAsync( Office.EventType.ItemChanged, 
    (eventType) => { console.log(Office.context.mailbox.item.itemId) } 

}

Solution

 let timer = setInterval(getOfficeItem, 1000);
 function getOfficeItem {
     if (Office.context.mailbox.item) {
        // Your logic
        clearInterval(timer);
     }
  }

Above is a block of code that I was able to come up with to await the Office item on an ItemChanged event

Update: This seems to have been fixed for replies but not drafts.