element-hq / element-hq/element-x-android

Add message search within rooms

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Description

### Your use case

Description

Element X Desktop provides the ability to search for messages within a room. However, this functionality does not seem to be available in Element X Android.

It would be very useful to have the same message search functionality on Android, especially for rooms with a long message history.

Question

Are there any plans to implement message search within rooms in Element X Android?

If this feature is already planned or tracked in another issue, please feel free to link the relevant issue.

Expected behavior

Users should be able to open a room and search through its message history using keywords, similar to the functionality available in Element X Desktop.

### Have you considered any alternatives?

Description

Element X Desktop provides the ability to search for messages within a room. However, this functionality does not seem to be available in Element X Android.

It would be very useful to have the same message search functionality on Android, especially for rooms with a long message history.

Question

Are there any plans to implement message search within rooms in Element X Android?

If this feature is already planned or tracked in another issue, please feel free to link the relevant issue.

Expected behavior

Users should be able to open a room and search through its message history using keywords, similar to the functionality available in Element X Desktop.

### Additional context

_No response_

### Are you willing to provide a PR?

Yes

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or Android entry point. Start by locating the room UI and message-history search implementation, then compare its behavior with Element X Desktop. Done means users can search a room's message history by keyword on Android, with behavior comparable to the Desktop feature.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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