nextcloud / nextcloud/notes-android

Automatically name new notes as their first line, instead of "New note (154)"

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Whenever I make a new note on the Android app, it'll just name the note "New note (n)", where n is the number of other notes already named "New note" plus one.
This means that if I make a bunch of notes on the mobile app and look at them on the web client, I'll just have a bunch of notes called "New note (54)" "New note (55)" "New note (56)" "New note (57)" "New note (58)", etc with no information on what those notes actually are.

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Describe the solution you'd like

Automatically make the note name be whatever is in the first line, just like in the web version of the Notes app.
For example, if the note is:

Shopping list
-eggs
-milk
-butter

It should be automatically titled "Shopping list"

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the Android app creates a new note and assigns the default "New note (n)" title. Compare that behavior with the web Notes app described in the issue, then verify that a note's first line becomes its title and that the example shopping list is represented correctly.

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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

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