[WIP] [HOLD on #100883] [LegendList 3/7] fix: align report action loading skeletons

[chrispader]

Expense reports can display loading skeletons with different vertical positions while report data becomes available. That creates visible jumps before the report actions render and makes the transitional UI depend on which loading path fired. This WIP extraction gives report action loading states one consistent bottom-padded cover without changing LegendList hydration logic.

@roryabraham @dmkt9

Explanation of Change

The new ReportActionsSkeletonCover centralizes the background, overflow, bottom alignment, and bottom padding used while report actions load. The expense report view, the configured report loading state, and the defensive missing-report fallback now use that cover. The offline and pagination skeletons that intentionally live inside the list remain unchanged.

This is layer 3 of the seven-part LegendList series and is held on #100883. Review order is #100732 → #100883 → this PR → #100733 → #100740 → #100734 → #100736. The focused layer is available in the Margelo branch comparison. The branches are maintained with GH Stacks in the Margelo fork; because GitHub does not support linking cross-fork heads into an upstream Stack, each upstream PR targets Expensify/App:main.

Fixed Issues

$ #98994
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Tests

1. Open an expense report from a cold app state.
2. Verify the report uses one bottom-aligned loading skeleton with consistent bottom padding until the report actions are ready.
3. Open an expense report while its transactions are still loading and verify the same skeleton placement is used.
4. Open an expense report with no actions and verify the non-animated placeholder uses the same placement.
5. Verify the report actions replace the skeleton without showing intermediate skeleton positions.
6. Verify that no errors appear in the JS console.

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

1. Open a cached expense report, then go offline.
2. Reopen the report and verify its loading placeholder is bottom-aligned with the same padding.
3. Verify an offline skeleton rendered inside an already-mounted list remains unchanged.
4. Return online and verify the report actions replace the placeholder normally.

QA Steps

Same as Tests and Offline tests.

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Codecov Report

✅ Changes either increased or maintained existing code coverage, great job!

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
...equestReportView/MoneyRequestReportActionsList.tsx	66.03% <100.00%> (+5.46%)	⬆️
src/components/ReportActionsSkeletonCover.tsx	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)
...inbox/report/ReportActionCompose/useEditMessage.ts	88.88% <100.00%> (+1.93%)	⬆️
...rc/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionIndexContext.tsx	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)
...pages/inbox/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.tsx	60.81% <100.00%> (+0.26%)	⬆️
...ages/inbox/report/ReportActionsLoadingSkeleton.tsx	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)
src/pages/inbox/report/ReportActionsList.tsx	89.43% <0.00%> (ø)
.../MoneyRequestReportView/MoneyRequestReportView.tsx	75.00% <69.23%> (+15.86%)	⬆️
... and 12 files with indirect coverage changes

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