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Pull to refresh causes question content to disappear and force close

In version 0.1.7 of the Stack Exchange app, if I pull down to refresh on a question, the body of the question becomes "null", the number of votes goes to zero, asked changes to Dec 31, 1969 and the ...
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Make the submit question title field default to title casing in the android app

Very minor I know but when focusing on the title field of the submit a question screen the keyboard is lower case. I think it should default to title/uppercase. The body field does this correctly. I'm ...
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Inbox view disappears from recent app list at the drop of a hat

Not sure what the proper terminology is for this, but... There are two different appearances for the inbox in the Stack Exchange app. There's the one you can get to by clicking the counter in the top ...
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More comments overlapping add comment on android app

On any question or answer with many comments the show more comments button is partly hidden by the add comment button. I'm on a Samsung galaxy s2 if it matters. Example question : Why is unsigned ...
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Is the Feed's time relative to the newest post, or when I load the Feed?

I would expect that the feed would show hit questions relative to when they were asked, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Here's a question which appears in the feed as of a few seconds ago: ...
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Reading notification on website should clear Android notification

I think it would be nice if you read an inbox notification on the desktop version of the site, it should dismiss the native Android notification on the Android app as well. It seems kind of weird when ...
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Why is there no official Stack Overflow Android app? [duplicate]

I was looking at google play trying to find and official Stack Overflow app for an Android smartphone. Is there any reason why SO doesn't have any?
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Answers don't update correctly when the question is open

In the Android app, if a question is open and a notification of a new answer is received, tapping the notification sends me back to the question without the new answer. If a new answer notification ...
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Blank site name when asking a question on a site I'm not registered at

When I ask a question on a StackExchange site where I'm not registered at, the site name textbox is blank.
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Pull to Refresh does not update Answer count [duplicate]

When in Answers, pull to refresh will add new Answers (if any), but it will not update the Answer count.
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Android app fails to load deleted questions even if I have the rep to view them [duplicate]

Trying to view a deleted question in Android app fails, the app shows "Loading the question failed", and doesn't say why.
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Notifications should load answer

Realised notifications have been implemented in the Android app, as I received one for an answer to my question. However, when I clicked on the notification (the app wasn't in the foreground), the app ...
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Show my comment on an answer without refresh, in the android app

When I post a comment to an answer I submit it but it shows the answer without my comment. If I then refresh it shows correctly.
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Android app should update after successfully posting an answer

If I post an answer from the Android app, and it gets posted successfully, then it should show my answer and also increment the "answer" counter.
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“Please wait…” message is required while posting answer from android app

I think title is self explanatory but still the problem is the waiting message which must be there whenever an app is performing for long running operation. Right now, whenever you click on SUBMIT ...
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Allow me to preview my post that has issues, on the android app

When creating a question, or answer I expect, I can't preview my post if I can't post it. For example I can't preview this as I posted another question within 900 seconds.
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Show my posted question in the android app

Given the main site shows the posted question I think the android app should go to the posted question once it's been submitted.
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Back key issue while sliding menu is open in android app

I came across issues which are being occured due to improper handling of Back key operation. Issues: Keyboard is present on the screen along with sliding drawer (i.e. navigation drawer in terms of ...
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Preserve scroll position when upvoting comments in the Android app

If I click a comment then click to upvote it, the screen reloads and I'm back at the top of the question. I think it would be better if it left me where was (with the screen updated of course).
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Tapping on a New badge message in Feed doesn't do anything

The feed shows that you've earned a New Badge, but tapping on it doesn't do anything. I'd expect it to take you to the page which shows for what question/answer/activity the badge was awarded
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Make the <kbd> tags display in the android app

When viewing a question/answer with kbd tags the graphic isn't displayed. (Note that the text within is). For an example (can you guess which one it is?) see here: ...
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Questions with lots of long tags is cut off in the android app

For example this one, Formatting Sandbox (only just though) Questions with many long tags get cut off the edge of the screen (on my Galaxy S2). I think they should wrap to the next line.
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Who is marvin in com.stackexchange.marvin?

I just noticed that the package name of the Stack Exchange app is com.stackexchange.marvin. Who is marvin? Is he the lone developer working on the Stack Exchange app?
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Pull to refresh text is not readable in the Stack Exchange Android app

In the Stack Exchange Android app, the pull-to-refresh message text color is black which is not readable. It should be either in white color or in some light color. FYI, it looks readable in this ...
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Mobile feed misses events in which a question is edited

I noticed that I had a notification for a while today, so I popped open the application to see if it came across in the feed. It didn't. Here's the view from my desktop. (Action at top was ...
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Rate limiting out of whack in Android App [duplicate]

I was asked to wait for 900 seconds (!) when I tried to submit a second question from the Android app. Got bugged, went over to the mobile website and had no problems. Please have the messages in ...
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Provide a way to upload images from android app [duplicate]

It seems there's no way to upload images from the App. This can come really handy at different instances and would be a great addition.
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Null notifications from Android app when the notification is a New Meta question notification

I can see notifications from Stack Exchange app but the title / description is null:null. I remember that the notification was about a new Meta question posted. I haven't had a chat ping yet, so ...
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Advanced search is not supported

I tried searching using these: title:android, user:me, answers:0, but they don't seem to work. I get incorrect results. Edit #1: The filter I used (at the right-side dropdown) was Active.
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Green Accept button is misleading [duplicate]

When I first saw the Accepted icon at the left, I interpreted it as being Accepted. So, I thought it was a bug. When I checked the answer online, I saw it wasn't accepted yet. So I accepted one of the ...
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Make voting arrows look different after voting

There's no change to the appearance of the up/down voting arrows on answers with the Android app at the moment. This means that whe you return to a question there's no way of seeing which answers ...
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Unable to take actions on Questions/Answers

On version 0.1.4, I am unable to take any actions that I am able to take on questions/answers that I would normally able to on the website such as share/edit/flag/delete (my own posts).
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Unable to upvote

With Version 0.1.4 I am unable to upvote Questions or Answers and I get the error the user has not earned the privilege needed for vote of Question(Answer) via the API. Now that I have the privilege ...
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Sorting questions for the particular tag in Android app

As the Question title says issue in android app is how can user sort Questions for the particular tag? Just for example, I would want to search questions for android-app and want to see newest ...
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Push/pull notifications for inbox messages in the android app

Can we have notifications for when we get um, notifications, in the inbox that when clicked open up the inbox/relevent inbox message within the android app? Ideally settings could be added to control ...
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Allow me to scroll popup code blocks from anywhere in the android app

Steps to reproduce: Find a question/answer with a code block that, when expanded needs to be scrolled horizontally, but doesn't fill the popup vertically. Try and scroll by dragging the area below ...
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Some ideas to improve navigation of the Android app

I have few suggestions to improve navigation in the Android app. Current version is having deep navigation and user has no chance to go back to the home (very first) screen from where he started app, ...
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LaTeX support in Mobile Application

This could be seen either as a bug or a discussion point, but the long and short is: TeX is busted in the mobile application. I understand that it's a heavy requirement, but the support for TeX is ...
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I voted on this answer2 days agoMy vote is now locked inunless the answer is edited

Simple display bug on the toast message: words aren't spaced out enough.
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Both sidebar overlap each other

If you first open the left sidebar and then click on the notification icon to open the right sidebar, this is what happens -
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Allow me to click tags in the android app as I do on the main site [duplicate]

On the website I often click on a tag in a question to read up on more questions about that tag (and sometimes the tag wiki). I'd like to be able to click a tag in the android app and it have more or ...
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Android app error when posting an answer on a site you have never created a user on

Steps to reproduce: Open the navigation drawer and select All Sites option, it will show you all the Stack Exchange sites. Select any site in which you haven't logged in yet (i.e., you are not ...
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Search field doesn't exactly respect tags

I can search for tags like [python] etc from the search field and they work. But I searched for [foobar] on the android app and it should have returned nothing, as seen here. But it shows questions ...
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Searching for C# searches for C in the android app [duplicate]

I tried to search for [C#] in the android app. It appears to be acting as if I searched for [C], showing results for any tag posts with tags c#, c, c++, c++-faq etc. 2 Issues I can see: 1) It ...
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Android app crashes while posting answer

I just came across one more issue which is being happened due to the unavailability of network connection. Steps to reproduce issue: Open app and make sure its having network connection ON. (Ohh ...
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“Log in using another OpenId” and logout

I started the Android app, and I went to the second login option ("Log in using another OpenId") and entered my google account credentials. Authorized the app, and got to the feed. Then, I logged ...
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More clear “log in using google” dialog-option

The first login option (which I suppose uses the Google account info stored by Android) got me confused. I clicked on it and then... I kept waiting. I did not realize I have to tap on my Google ...
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Checking network connection and data loading issue in Android app

To explain issues given below, let me explain 2 different cases: Case 1: Don't have internet connection while loading app from scratch As the case statement says, device is not having network ...
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Android app crashes while loading notification messages

Steps to reproduce issue: Open app and make sure its having network connection ON. (Ohh yes it will show you alert otherwise and prompt you to make internet connection ON). Now click on the Feed ...
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Two loading symbols when refreshing a feed

In relation to my previous question, I found out it's possible to have two loading symbols when refreshing the page. What I did was: Click the Feed menu from the left bar, and Quickly pull down ...

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