thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Always open new task for the compose screen
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Description
Expected behavior
Tapping on a "mailto" link should open the mail app's composer window as a separate app, that can be switched to background and foreground.
Actual behavior
Tapping on a "mailto" link opens K9 composer as an embedded tab in the browser, which is pretty inconvenient, because you can not switch back to the browser wile writing the message.
Steps to reproduce
- Take a bare system, and configure the standard mail app.
- Open a page in the browser, that contains a "mailto" link and tap it. The mail app will open its composer window.
- Now install K9 and configure it.
- Reopen the page and tap "mailto"
- The composer window will now be embedded inside a browser tab.
Environment
5.600
Android version:
Doesn't matter.
Account type (IMAP, POP3, WebDAV/Exchange):
Doesn't matter.
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
Start by tracing how mailto links are handled and how the compose screen is launched from the Android app. Reproduce the reported browser-to-compose flow, then verify that the composer opens as a separate task and can be switched away from and back to while writing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100