mentions in replies don't work

[FarisZR]

Steps to reproduce

1. reply to a message
2. mention someone

Intended result and actual result

the user should be mentioned

the display name is printed without an actual mention

(sorry for the pink shift, KDEnlive GIF encoder sucks)

Your phone model

No response

Operating system version

Android 11

Application version and app store

Element android 1.3.6

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

Yes

[ouchadam]

thanks for the gif!

[FarisZR]

Any updates on this ? its very annoying when trying to chat in a group

[chagai95]

I think this is a duplicate of #3742

[FarisZR]

I don't think it's a feature as it's probably a bug since with bridges, mentions won't work as most apps don't support mentions by usernames without a tag. Also, only name mentions don't work for me regularly on element, while proper mentions with user pills do.

[kwinz]

I just discovered the same issue when chatting with friends. The issue is still present in the current version.

What is irritating is that If I mention someone with @ in a reply until I actually send the message the name mentioned is shown as a "pill", but as soon as you send it's sent as normal text. The desktop client is not affected by the same problem.
I don't see how this can not be a bug.

[alan-cugler]

couple of my engineers still see this in their android element app. The @ does form a correct pill for my android phone, but another engineer demonstrated it never acknowledges the username as a pill for them.