[HOLD for Payment 4/29][$250] Implement Live Markdown for task descriptions

[roryabraham]

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Action Performed:

1. Press on the global create button
2. Click on Assign Task
3. Enter markdown in the task description field

Expected Result:

The markdown styling should render in real-time, as it does for the main chat composer.

Actual Result:

No live markdown formatting.

Workaround:

n/a

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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• Upwork Job URL: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~014fca642f1cb0ae8d
• Upwork Job ID: 1773387024042512384
• Last Price Increase: 2024-03-28
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[melvin-bot]

Job added to Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~014fca642f1cb0ae8d

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @jjcoffee (External)

[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @CortneyOfstad (NewFeature), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/14418#:~:text=BugZero%20process%20steps%20for%20feature%20requests for more details.

[melvin-bot]

⚠️ It looks like this issue is labelled as a New Feature but not tied to any GitHub Project. Keep in mind that all new features should be tied to GitHub Projects in order to properly track external CAP software time ⚠️