thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Extract text from HTML part for message preview

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

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App version

5.911-SNAPSHOT

Problem you are trying to solve

Sometimes the message preview text doesn't match the text that is displayed when the message is opened for viewing. This is because for messages that provide both a text/plain and text/html part we extract the preview from the text/plain part, but display the text/html part. Sometimes these parts contain different text (mostly because the applications that produce the message mess up converting HTML to plain text, i.e. by including things like the contents of <style> elements).

Suggested solution

Extract preview text from the same part that we use when displaying the message.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Locate the message preview extraction and message display paths, then compare which MIME part each uses; the work is done when the preview is extracted from the same part used for viewing and matches the displayed message text.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
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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