bitwarden / bitwarden/android

[PM-41337] UI/UX issue with the resizing option of the quick-action tiles (--> both tiles become indistinguishable)

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Description

### Steps To Reproduce

Prerequisite: use Android 16 or higher!

1. In the BW Android app, go to Settings -> Autofill -> and enable "Use accessibility" (though I do **see** the quick-action tiles also with that option disabled, though they may be functionless)
2. On your Android 16 (or higher) phone, resize the two Bitwarden quick-action tiles as e.g. instructed/shown in [this YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNkVM4j2Nqc) (it's just any random first video I found on it).
3. Observe the resized (smaller) quick-action tiles and try to distinguish which of the two is "My vault" and which is "Autofill".

### Expected Result

The two different quick-action tiles for "My vault" and "Autofill" should be clearly distinguishable.

### Actual Result

The two different quick-action tiles for "My vault" and "Autofill" are completely indistinguishable:

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### Screenshots or Videos

Without that resizing option, both quick-action tiles were and still are distinguishable - due to the text element:

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### Additional Context

I'll address the elephant in the room: I could see that this might be considered a "feature request". But I really think it _**should**_ be seen as an "UI/UX issue"... maybe not even a _bug_ per se, as it's not a malfunction of the BW app itself. It's rather a change in Android that it introduced this resizing function with Android 16. And I think, as written before, this should be seen as a **resulting UI/UX issue**. - Or in other words: **it can't be "the expected behaviour of the software"**, that if you resize the two Bitwarden tiles (as part of an in-built Android feature) they then become indistinguishable under that condition.

### Build Version

2026.7.0 (21756)

### What server are you connecting to?

EU

### Self-host Server Version

_No response_

### Environment Details

2026.7.0 (21756)

To be honest, I report this as it was reported here on the Community Forum: https://community.bitwarden.com/t/android-app-make-the-quick-action-tiles-icons-easier-to-distinguish/100514

My own Fairphone 5 is still on Android 15, so at the moment I can't reproduce this myself.

### Issue Tracking Info

- [x] I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the quick-action tile behavior on Android 16 or higher, using Settings → Autofill and the "My vault" and "Autofill" tiles. Inspect the Android app's quick-action tile UI entry point and verify that resizing preserves a clear distinction between the two tiles; done means both remain distinguishable at smaller sizes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
57/100

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