Notes: The body of a note is lost when the process is killed while the editor is in the foreground

[fubai578]

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Affected app version

1.7.0 (version code 13)

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14 (API 34)

Affected device model

Android emulator, Pixel 6 profile (1080 x 2400)

How did you install the app?

None

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Open a note, type a title and a body, and leave the editor open.
2. Without leaving the editor (do not press Back, Home or Recents), force-stop the app from the system settings (Apps > Notes > Force stop).
3. Open the app again and open the same note.
4. Look at the body of the note.

Expected behavior

The body that was typed and accepted by the editor should still be there after the app restarts. The app exposes an Autosave notes switch in the settings and it is enabled by default, and the body is fully visible in the editor before the process ends - so a user reasonably expects the text to have been persisted.

Actual behavior

After I killed the app and opened the note again, the body was back to the placeholder text "Insert text here" - everything I typed was gone. The title was still there.

The body is only kept if I leave the editor first (pressing Home, Back or swiping the app away). If the app is killed while I am still typing in the editor, the text is lost, even though Autosave notes is enabled. I lost a long note this way.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Additional information

Package: org.fossify.notes
Version: 1.7.0.

With Autosave notes on I expect my text to be saved while I type. Instead the note was empty after the app was killed, and I only noticed when I came back to it.