Offer "Mark channel as read" in channel action sheet

[chrisbobbe]

We haven't yet built a channel action sheet, but I think we plan to, as a home for

• UI for channel muting/unmuting #347
• UI for channel subscription settings other than muted/unmuted #1223
• Offer subscribe/unsubscribe in channel action sheet #1224
• Offer "Copy link to channel" in channel action sheet #1227

We should include a mark-as-read action in that action sheet. This came up in beta feedback on CZO:

In the channel list, a long press on the channel name should bring up a menu with options like "Mark all read" and "unsubscribe" and "copy link". That menu was available in the old app.

Related issues

• Offer "Mark topic as read" in topic action sheet #1225

[chrisbobbe]

This came up in beta feedback on CZO:

In the channel list, a long press on the channel name should bring up a menu with options like "Mark all read" and "unsubscribe" and "copy link". That menu was available in the old app.

[AffanShaikhsurab]

hi can i work on this issue > looks intresting ! , this is my first pr so any tips ?

[chrisbobbe]

This isn't the best issue for a new contributor, as we haven't built the channel action sheet yet. I suggest choosing a different issue.

Here is the Zulip project's guide to getting involved with the code:

https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/contributing.html#your-first-codebase-contribution
https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/contributing.html#picking-an-issue-to-work-on

[chimnayajith]

I've opened a PR for this issue. Please take a look. Thank you!

[alya]

A possible follow-up is to offer to mark a topic / channel unread instead when all messages are read already. Low priority; we just recently did this on web.

[gnprice]

Sure, thanks — filed #1405 for that follow-up, as a post-launch issue.