thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Confusing setting name: "When ‘Auto-sync’ is checked"

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#3,042 opened on Jan 5, 2018

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good first issuetype: enhancement

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K9 > Settings > Global Settings > Network > Background sync: When ‘Auto-sync’ is checked It's not obvious at all it meant ‘Auto-sync’ in Android’s settings. Personally I spent a lot of time and efforts just to find it out. Not everybody might be such stubborn. BTW, what exactly the Android's Setting is this? It is even not mentioned in Documentation. Different Android versions have different Settings(names, locations). Didn't find any suitable for Nougat.

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Locate the string resource for 'When ‘Auto sync’ is checked' in the codebase (likely in XML files) and propose a clearer label that references Android's Auto sync setting. Also update the documentation link if needed.
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