QuantumBadger / QuantumBadger/RedReader
Shade comment level
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- Java
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Description
Sometimes when comments are nested deep it gets hard to track on which level they are.
The Hacker News app HN solves this quite beautifully by shading the different levels.

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing a deeply nested comment thread in the Android app and locating the code that renders comment nesting; done means different nesting levels are visibly shaded like the referenced Hacker News example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100