thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Add app shortcut for composing email
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Expected behavior
Be able to long-press on the K-9 app for a short-cut to compose an e-mail.
Actual behavior
Nothing. We don't have any shortcuts
Steps to reproduce
- Long-press on the K-9 app
Environment
K-9 Mail version: 5.203
Android version: 7.1.1
Account type (IMAP, POP3, WebDAV/Exchange): IMAP
Developer Notes
Requires API version 25
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
The issue names no files or tests; start by locating the Android app entry point and the compose entry point, then check shortcut support for API 25. Done means long-pressing the K-9 app exposes a shortcut that opens the compose screen.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100