feat: change "Answer" commands setup

[BrayanDSO]

Purpose / Description

On Anki Desktop, the "Answer" keybinds only work on the answer side, and that can be a source of confusion between the apps.

As we now allow setting gestures/keybinds to an specific card side, restricting the "Answer [again/hard/good/easy]" commands to the answer side makes sense.

to avoid disrupting the users' workflow because of their previous "show answer" functionality, the bindings are correctly copied to "Show answer" if set to the question side

Also, there's a new dialog for setting the previous Flip and answer behavior

Approach

In the commits

How Has This Been Tested?

Unit tests + Emulator 31

Before upgrade

After upgrade

Screen_recording_20260108_211222.mp4

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[david-allison]

Just doing a quick first-pass review:

Is this a UX regression, in that a user now has to select two actions to perform a 'flip and answer X'

If so, is there any way we can special-case these actions with a checkbox/dialog to save the user time and confusion?

[BrayanDSO]

Is this a UX regression, in that a user now has to select two actions to perform a 'flip and answer X'

If it is a UX regression, depends on what the user expects. Based on the familiarity with AnkiDroid, they may expect "flip and answer". Based on the familiarity with Anki Desktop and the command names, they may expect "answer"

Besides the preference upgrade, putting 1, 2, 3, 4, etc as default keybindings for the answer buttons may reduce most of the rest of the AnkiDroid familiarity issue.

But in general, it is something that people will complain at the beginning and get used to the more correct approach later.

If so, is there any way we can special-case these actions with a checkbox/dialog to save the user time and confusion?

I'm not sure how are you envisioning that. My first impression is to wait for the confusion to pass.

[david-allison]

I'm not sure how are you envisioning that.

After a user submits a gesture, we currently show the 'Select card side' dialog

Replace this with a similar dialog asking if the command should also flip the card if selecting the answer buttons

[david-allison]

There's no point in having the Q: and A: specifiers on Show answer and Answer X if the commands are unambiguous

[BrayanDSO]

Feedback addressed. Thanks for the push!

Screen_recording_20260108_211222.mp4

[david-allison]

This is excellent, thank you!!!!

[david-allison]

Cheers