Make it possible to move topics and messages

[alya]

To match web app functionality, we should make it possible to move topics and messages in the mobile app. Implementing just one of these would be an improvement; they do not have to be done at the same time.

Moving an entire topic

We should make it possible to move an entire topic by adding a "Move topic" option to the topic long-press menu. Selecting this option should open a modal similar to the web app:

Moving messages

We should make it possible to move some messages in a topic by adding a "Move topic" option to the message long-press menu. Selecting this option should open a modal with options like in the web app:

[SilentCruzer]

This seems like a good feature to have on mobile, can I work on this issue?. I also have one doubt, for these features, I am guessing we have to make a few API calls to update the streams, is there any resources or anywhere that I can refer to on how the API works?.

[SilentCruzer]

This seems like a good feature to have on mobile, can I work on this issue?. I also have one doubt, for these features, I am guessing we have to make a few API calls to update the streams, is there any resources or anywhere that I can refer to on how the API works?.

@alya , can I work on this issue? also, is there any API documentation as I mentioned before?

[alya]

@SilentCruzer you're welcome to work on it; you can ask in the #backend stream on chat.zulip.org regarding API documentation.

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[gnprice]

See also #4828 and #5365, which overlap with different parts of this.

[chrisbobbe]

We've had another request for this: #5760, from a user who reports often needing to move messages (their own and others') as part of their work as a moderator/admin.