Capital first letter after list, bullet or checklist item

Use case or problem

In a mobile app, when you’re on a new line or after a period, the on-screen keyboard will default to a capital for the next letter you type.

When writing a list or checklist or bullet points in the Obsidian mobile app, since there are already characters at the start of the line (the - or - [ ] or whatever) it does not. It’s a really minor thing, but I think list items should start with a capital letter (it could be an option if there is disagreement on this).

Proposed solution

Maybe it’s possible for an app to send a hint to the keyboard to capitalize the next letter typed, or to let the keyboard know that the previous characters on the line are not letters so it should still capitalize the next letter, or something like that. I know Evernote did this, but I realize it’s different since it’s not using Markdown internally so there are not really other characters before the first letter of the item on the line.

I don’t know if this is even feasible or if it’s a feature of the Android on-screen keyboard, so I’m just asking.

Current workaround (optional)

Workaround is to press the shift key for the first letter of each list item. It would be better UX to do it automatically, and would fit the expected behavior of a mobile app better.

Related feature requests (optional)

None

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On iOS I see this behavior in manually created list items, but when I press Return after that and a list item is automatically created, the first letter I type is capitalized.

Unfortunately that’s not the behavior I see on Android (Pixel 9a).