Automattic / Automattic/simplenote-android
Markdown Preview Not Respecting Line Breaks
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
### Expected
When previewing a note, text separated by a single line break should be displayed on separate lines.
### Observed
When previewing a note, text separated by a single line break is displayed on the same line.
### Reproduced
1. Create a new note with markdown enabled.
2. Add text to the note with a single line break.
3. Switch to preview.


Tested on:
Device Make: Google
Device Model: Pixel 3
Android Version: 12
Simplenote Version: 2.23
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the Android app using a note with Markdown enabled and a single line break, then trace the preview rendering path. Done means previewed text preserves the single line break as a separate displayed line.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100