thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Account Color Import Support

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

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  • This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.
App version

8.0

Problem you are trying to solve

When importing from thunderbird for desktop, the account colors are not included.

Suggested solution

The account colors from desktop should transfer to android. This would probably require a more complex color picker with RGB support like desktop has instead of the predefined 16 colors.

Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details

Pre-Import:
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Post Import:
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Desktop:
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Mobile:
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This would probably have to be changed to facilitate the import of desktop account colors.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Thunderbird desktop import path and the Android account-color handling. Compare how desktop RGB colors and Android's predefined colors are represented, then verify that importing an account preserves its color and that the Android picker supports the required values.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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