start parsing html

lib/partials/media_attachment.dart

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:localization/localization.dart';
 import 'package:loris/business_logic/timeline/media.dart';
 
@@ -29,8 +29,24 @@ class ImageAttachmentDisplay extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return Column(children: [
+    return Column(crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: [
       Image.network(model.url, width: double.infinity),
+      AltText(text: model.description.toString())
     ]);
   }
 }
+
+class AltText extends StatelessWidget {
+  const AltText({
+    required this.text,
+    Key? key,
+  }) : super(key: key);
+  final String text;
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return SelectableText(
+      text,
+      style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.bodySmall,
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/partials/post.dart

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'package:localization/localization.dart';
 import 'package:loris/business_logic/account/account.dart';
 import 'package:loris/business_logic/timeline/media.dart';
 import 'package:loris/partials/media_attachment.dart';
+import 'package:loris/partials/post_text_renderer.dart';
 import '../business_logic/timeline/timeline.dart' as tl;
 
 class Post extends StatefulWidget {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class _PostState extends State<Post> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Column(
+      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
       children: [
         DisplayName(account: widget.model.account),
         PostBody(
@@ -148,13 +150,9 @@ class _PostBodyState extends State<PostBody> {
           Visibility(
             visible: visible,
             child: Column(
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
               children: [
-                RichText(
-                  textAlign: TextAlign.start,
-                  text: TextSpan(
-                      style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.bodyMedium,
-                      text: widget.content),
-                ),
+                PostTextRenderer(htmlRef: widget.content),
                 MediaAttachments(models: widget.media),
               ],
             ),

lib/partials/post_text_renderer.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+class PostTextRenderer extends StatelessWidget {
+  const PostTextRenderer({
+    required this.html,
+    Key? key,
+  }) : super(key: key);
+  final String html;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    String text = html;
+    text = handleParagraph(html);
+    text = handleBreak(text);
+    return SelectableText.rich(TextSpan(text: text, children: []));
+  }
+}
+
+String handleParagraph(String input) {
+  RegExp opening = RegExp(r"<p>");
+  RegExp closing = RegExp(r"</p>");
+
+  String out = input.replaceAll(closing, "\n\n").replaceAll(opening, "");
+  if (out.endsWith("\n\n")) {
+    out = out.substring(0, out.length - 2);
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+String handleBreak(String input) {
+  return input.replaceAll("<br>", "\n");
+}