crash in drafting when vertical to horizontal

[AyyyCM]

Checklist

• I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
• I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.

App

Thunderbird for Android

App version

9.0b3

Where did you get the app from?

Google Play

Android version

15

Device model

Pixel 8

Steps to reproduce

When beginning and writing a draft, tilting the phone the 1st time, closed the draft to the mail list screen, deleting the draft.

When on a already made draft. It crashed

Expected behavior

Not crash on the draft screen

Actual behavior

Crashes or deletes draft

Logs

No response

[gitrickm]

I came to report this same bug. I'm running on a Galaxy S23 Ultra, Android 14. The same bug exists in K-9 Mail, but now I've upgraded to Thunderbird.

It fails on all compose actions: new mail, Reply All, edit a Draft. It either goes back to the Inbox, or crashes completely, when you rotate from portrait to landscape and back.

However, this only happens if your recipient list has more than 1 address. This is likely why the bug has existed for so long and doesn't seem to be repeatable. Now you have the missing piece of info!

[asklc]

Perhaps duplicate of #8606?