thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Screen rotation should keep position in message
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Expected behavior
While reading a message any screen rotation should keep the reading position in the message body.
Actual behavior
Currently the text view jumps to the first line after any screen rotation.
Steps to reproduce
- Open text message with more than one screen of text
- Scroll to the end or any other position in the message body
- Change screen orientation: vertical to horizontal
- Scroll to end again
- Change screen orientation: horizontal to vertical
Environment
K-9 Mail version: 5.010
Android version: 5.1.1
Account type (IMAP, POP3, WebDAV/Exchange):
any
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the message view on Android 5.1.1 by opening a long message, scrolling, and rotating the screen. Trace how the message text view is recreated during rotation and verify that the reading position is preserved in both orientations.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100