"Delete your account" next step is not very clear (and not translated) fixed #19436 #19540

infiniteflux · 2025-11-19T18:33:03Z

Purpose / Description
Add a confirmation dialog before redirecting users to the AnkiWeb account removal page. The current flow immediately opens a WebView, which is confusing for users as they don't understand what will happen next and the page is not translated.

This PR:

Shows user's email address with a copy button for convenience during re-authentication
Explains that re-authentication is required before account removal
Provides clear "OK" and "Cancel" options
Uses Material Design 3 dialog styling consistent with the app

Fixes

Fixes "Delete your account" next step is not very clear (and not translated) #19436

Approach
How does this change address the problem?

Added AccountRemovalExplanationDialog: A new DialogFragment that displays:

Title explaining re-authentication is required
User's email address (retrieved from Prefs.username)
Copy button to easily copy email to clipboard
OK/Cancel buttons for user confirmation

2.Modified LoggedInFragment:

Intercepts the "Remove Account" button click
Shows the explanation dialog first
Uses fragment result listener to proceed only if user clicks OK
Listener properly managed using viewLifecycleOwner for automatic cleanup

3.User Flow:

Before: Click "Remove Account" → Immediately opens WebView
After: Click "Remove Account" → See explanation dialog → Click OK → Opens WebView

This gives users context and prevents accidental account removal attempts.

How Has This Been Tested?
Test Environment:

Device: Realme 15 5g
Android Version: Android 15 (API 35)
AnkiDroid Version: Latest debug build from this branch

Test Cases:
1.Happy Path - User proceeds with removal:

Navigate to Settings → Sync → Account
Click "Remove Account"
Verify dialog appears with correct title and message
Verify email is displayed
Click "Copy" button
Verify email is copied to clipboard (paste in another app to confirm)
Click "OK"
Verify WebView opens with AnkiWeb removal page

2.User cancels:

Click "Remove Account"
Click "Cancel"
Verify dialog dismisses
Verify no WebView is opened
User remains on Account settings screen

3.Configuration changes:

Click "Remove Account" to show dialog
Rotate device
Verify dialog persists and data is retained
Click "OK" after rotation
Verify WebView still opens correctly

4.Empty email handling:

Test with no logged-in user (if possible)
Verify email section is hidden if no username available

5.Back button:

Open dialog
Press back button
Verify dialog dismisses (same as Cancel)

Learning
Key patterns used:

Fragment Result API: Modern way to pass data between fragments, replacing deprecated setTargetFragment
View Binding: Type-safe view access, replacing findViewById
viewLifecycleOwner: Proper lifecycle scope for fragment views, ensures automatic cleanup
Material Design 3 Dialogs: Using MaterialAlertDialogBuilder for consistent styling

Resources:

Fragment Result API Documentation
Material Design 3 Dialogs
AnkiDroid patterns: AlertDialogFacade.create, Context.copyToClipboard, FixedTextView

Checklist

You have a descriptive commit message with a short title (first line, max 50 chars).
You have commented your code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
You have performed a self-review of your own code
UI changes: include screenshots of all affected screens (in particular showing any new or changed strings)
Screenshots to be added
UI Changes: You have tested your change using the Google Accessibility Scanner
Dialog is keyboard navigable, has proper content descriptions, meets contrast requirements

welcome · 2025-11-19T18:33:05Z

First PR! 🚀 We sincerely appreciate that you have taken the time to propose a change to AnkiDroid! Please have patience with us as we are all volunteers - we will get to this as soon as possible.

github-actions · 2025-11-19T18:33:12Z

Important

Maintainers: This PR contains Strings changes

Sync Translations before merging this PR and wait for the action to complete
Review and merge the auto-generated PR in order to sync all user-submitted translations
Sync Translations again and merge the PR so the huge automated string changes caused by merging this PR are by themselves and easy to review

david-allison

Thanks!!

Please fill out the PR template: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/blob/main/.github/pull_request_template.md

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/account/AccountRemovalExplanationDialog.kt

AnkiDroid/src/main/res/values/02-strings.xml

- Use View Binding for dialog - Switch to FixedTextView in layout - Use android.R.string for standard buttons - Use Context.copyToClipboard() utility - Apply sentence case to dialog title - Simplify dialog message wording - Use AlertDialogFacade.create extension - Move fragment result listener to onCreate() - Remove clearFragmentResultListener from callback - Add listener cleanup in onDestroy()

david-allison

Heya, could you fill out all the PR Template:

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/blob/main/.github/pull_request_template.md

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/account/LoggedInFragment.kt

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/pages/RemoveAccountFragment.kt

david-allison · 2025-11-24T13:34:51Z

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/account/AccountRemovalExplanationDialog.kt

+
+    override fun onCreateDialog(savedInstanceState: Bundle?): Dialog {
+        val preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(requireContext())
+        val email = preferences.getString("username", "") ?: ""


Prefs.username

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/account/AccountRemovalExplanationDialog.kt

infiniteflux · 2025-11-24T20:04:11Z

Hi @david-allison,
I've removed my OnWebViewRecreatedListener changes from RemoveAccountFragment.kt as requested.
However, this means the account removal flow crashes when opening the WebView due to the pre-existing #19561 issue. The crash occurs because SafeWebViewLayout requires OnWebViewRecreatedListener but the original RemoveAccountFragment doesn't implement it.
My dialog works perfectly - it shows, allows copying the email, and handles user confirmation. The crash only happens in the existing RemoveAccountFragment code that's outside the scope of this PR.
Should I:

Leave it as-is and document that account removal is currently broken (waiting for [BUG] 'RemoveAccountFragment' crashes on open: must implement OnWebViewRecreatedListener #19561 fix)
Or add a minimal OnWebViewRecreatedListener implementation just to unblock testing?
Let me know your preference. The dialog functionality itself is complete and working.

david-allison · 2025-11-24T21:07:21Z

Leave a patch on the PR for testing, and remove the method

infiniteflux · 2025-11-24T21:11:50Z

Leave a patch on the PR for testing, and remove the method

Done! I've added a minimal OnWebViewRecreatedListener implementation as a temporary patch to allow testing. It's clearly marked as temporary and references #19561 for the proper fix.
The implementation simply reloads the removal URL when the WebView is recreated, which should be sufficient for testing the dialog flow.

infiniteflux · 2025-11-25T05:25:06Z

Heya, could you fill out all the PR Template:

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/blob/main/.github/pull_request_template.md

I've updated the PR description to follow the template. Please let me know if there's anything else I should add or clarify in the description.
I'm now working on addressing your code review feedback:

Using viewLifecycleOwner for the fragment result listener
OnWebViewRecreatedListener implementation for testing
Using Prefs.username instead of PreferenceManager
Hiding email/copy button when username is empty
Removing unnecessary comments

I'll push the updated code shortly.
Thanks for the detailed feedback!

- Use viewLifecycleOwner for fragment result listener - Remove onDestroy cleanup (handled automatically) - Keep minimal OnWebViewRecreatedListener for testing (per reviewer request) - Use Prefs.username instead of PreferenceManager - Hide email/copy button if username is empty - Remove unnecessary comments

david-allison · 2025-11-25T09:27:49Z

Fix crash in RemoveAccountFragment by implementing OnWebViewRecreatedListener #19581

Well be merged. Rebase this PR on main and force push and the issue will be resolved

david-allison · 2025-11-25T11:58:56Z

Please rebase onto main + force push rather than adding in a commit which brings the file up to date:

This removes author & the git commit message
This appears as a diff when we're reviewing the code, even though it matches main
This adds additional commits into the history
This risks conflicts, as it's not the same commit

david-allison

Looks great, cheers. One more round I think

Index: AnkiDroid/src/main/res/layout/dialog_account_removal_explanation.xml
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
===================================================================
diff --git a/AnkiDroid/src/main/res/layout/dialog_account_removal_explanation.xml b/AnkiDroid/src/main/res/layout/dialog_account_removal_explanation.xml
--- a/AnkiDroid/src/main/res/layout/dialog_account_removal_explanation.xml	(revision c27970afc599ec0f98ff2c39dafc55d5db6bb253)
+++ b/AnkiDroid/src/main/res/layout/dialog_account_removal_explanation.xml	(date 1764299227454)
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:orientation="vertical"
@@ -38,8 +39,9 @@
             android:layout_weight="1"
             android:textAppearance="?attr/textAppearanceBody1"
             android:textColor="?attr/colorOnSurface"
-            android:ellipsize="end"
-            android:maxLines="1" />
+            android:ellipsize="middle"
+            android:maxLines="1"
+            tools:text="unusual_very_long_email@example.com"/>
 
         <Button
             android:id="@+id/copy_email_button"

using android:ellipsize="middle leads to a better email experience:

david-allison · 2025-11-28T03:04:29Z

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/account/AccountRemovalExplanationDialog.kt

+            setPositiveButton(R.string.dialog_ok) { _, _ ->
+                setFragmentResult(REQUEST_KEY, bundleOf(RESULT_PROCEED to true))
+            }
+            setNegativeButton(R.string.dialog_cancel) { _, _ -> }


nit: positiveButton and negativeButton are a little less verbose, as you can skip the lambda parameters

david-allison · 2025-11-28T03:05:18Z

AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/pages/RemoveAccountFragment.kt

    /**
     * Redirect from post-login pages (such as 'verify account') to the required page
     */
+


nit: revert - the overall 'diff' of your changes shouldn't include whitespace changes

david-allison · 2025-11-28T03:15:05Z

@Arthur-Milchior Is this what you intended?

- Use ellipsize middle for better email display - Add tools:text for layout preview - Simplify button lambdas using positiveButton/negativeButton - Remove accidental whitespace changes

github-actions · 2025-12-14T21:37:10Z

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Arthur-Milchior · 2025-12-16T05:59:50Z

First, nice to meet you @infiniteflux ! Great work!
I'd suggest adding screenshot of your work in the PR. I had to download and run the code to check the behaviour, which is not a big deal but not ideal either.

Thank you David for pinging me on discord.

I've opinions indeed.

I'm not fan of "Remove account". It's not clear from what it'll be removed. I guess we should keep it as it's what ankiweb uses.

I like the way you implemented the alert. I'd suggest a different phrasing however.

If you remove your account, all data associated with your account will be permanently lost. This includes your flashcards, study progress, shared decks, and so on.

In order to remove your data from ankiweb, the English-only third party service used to sync data, you'll need to:

sign-in again with your password to your account:
(enter the email address and the copy button)

then re-enter the password and the word "remove" (English for "remove")
Click on "Remove account".

My reasoning is that it's nice for the non-English speaking users to be able to know what the warning says. And what is expected of them (type the word "remove"). And we can use our translators for that.

Maybe it'd be better to have distinct sentences for English and non-English, and check in code whether the locale is English to decide which sentence to use. Because some of those sentences are only useful for non english-speaking users. If it's not too hard, I'd appreciate that too.

Admittedly, if ankiweb UI changes, we'll need to update our strings. I expect it's rare enough that it's not a big maintenance burden.

Admittedly, an alternative solution could be to just open this in an external browser. I expect most brother to have a translate feature, which may simplify everything. Still, I prefer the solution I suggest above, because I don't expect users to necessarily know about the translate feature of their browser.

Can you please let me know how this behave when the account is on a personal server? I've never tried ankidroid with a non ankiweb server. It's not a big deal if this rare use case is not perfect, but it'd be nice to know what occurs.

infiniteflux · 2025-12-16T16:39:47Z

Hi @Arthur-Milchior, nice to meet you too—thanks so much for the thoughtful review!

Screenshot

This is what I've implemented based on your earlier suggestions. Does it look good, or any changes needed? Happy to tweak!
Thanks again!

david-allison · 2026-01-16T18:27:12Z

@Arthur-Milchior FYI: awaiting a response

Added delete account info screen before opening webview

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infiniteflux changed the title ~~Added delete account info screen before opening webview~~ Added delete account info screen before opening webview #19436 Nov 19, 2025

Fix: added GPL header and resolved duplicate cancel string

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infiniteflux changed the title ~~Added delete account info screen before opening webview #19436~~ "Delete your account" next step is not very clear (and not translated) fixed #19436 Nov 19, 2025

Fix: replaced duplicate cancel string with 'Close'

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