Welcome / Get started screen has vertical content overflow

[fmbarina]

Checklist

• I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
• I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.

App

Thunderbird for Android

App version

8.0

Where did you get the app from?

Google Play

Android version

8.0.0

Device model

Asus Zenphone 3 Zoom (ZE553KL)

Steps to reproduce

1. Install app for the first time or clear app data
2. Open Thunderbird
3. Try scrolling?

I was suggested to check my font and accessibility settings, and they're all still the default.

Expected behavior

This is my opinion, but I would expect no content (text, in this case) to be going beyond any screen edge on the very first screen of an app, especially with visible clipping. I feel that scrolling should not be a thing, here.

No functionality is affected, this a purely esthetical matter. If this isn't a real issue, feel free to close it.

Actual behavior

The bottom text ("Developed by a dedicated team at MZLA...") is slightly clipped and, together with the padding below, makes it so you can scroll up and down on the first screen, even though it's practically useless. Style points may be awarded for triggering the scroll-limit animations.

I tested the most recent beta on the Play Store (8.0b5) to see if it was any different. Instead of clipping and slightly overflowing, the text is buried beyond the bottom of the screen and unnoticeable unless the user scrolls down on their own initiative.

That seems wrong, but in a different sense. I don't know whether this change was intentional or not, given that the text is different (Thunderbird vs. Thunderbird Beta).

Logs

No response

[rezazarchi]

Yesterday, Google announced that they added auto-sizing text to the Compose and it will be stable on next Compose version. I think we could potentially use this feature to adjust text sizes automatically, eliminating the need for scrollable screens. [1] [2]

[kewisch]

Auto-sizing text is interesting, I just talked to folks about this recently in a different context. Thanks for sharing.

What I think we need here is actually a more auto-sizing logo, that looks pretty big.

[SttApollo]

Can you assign this to me? I'll update the logo to be auto-sizing

[Renekakpo]

Hello @kewisch !
I'm interested in working on the issue related to the logo size and would like to be assigned. Could you assign this to me?

[kewisch]

Hi @SttApollo @Renekakpo, thanks for stepping up on this! Obviously you shouldn't both work on this issue and @SttApollo was asking first, so I'd give first dibs to @SttApollo. You can just go ahead and send a pull request, or if it turns out to be more complex than setting a maximum height then let us know what your approach is.

@Renekakpo are there any other issues you're interested in? If we don't hear back from @SttApollo for a while do check in and you can pick up this one.

[Renekakpo]

@kewisch Thanks for the reply. I would recommend a responsive sizing with aspect ratio preservation because:

• It dynamically adapts to different screen sizes
• Preserves logo aspect ratio
• Works across various device configurations
• Simple to implement and customize

If @SttApollo doesn't reply in time you can assign me this issue. Meanwhile, I'll check if I can help with any other issue.

[SttApollo]

I'm on it. thanks! @kewisch