Use strong and em tags instead of b and i
We're currently limited by execCommand in the visual editor, and can only add new b and i elements currently (though the visual editor processes pre-existing strong and em tags correctly).
However, we might consider converting the b and i to strong and em when switching to HTML mode, and when returning the post content in getContent(). This way posts uploaded from the editor would use strong and em, consistent with the web editor.
Related discussion: https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Editor-iOS/issues/544 https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/pull/3018
User comment:
Italics uses deprecated "i" instead of "em", and bold "b" instead of "strong", which aren't supported by all the themes.
From an app review:
Still uses deprecated "i" and "b" for italics and bold.
Is that still not implemented?? What a shame
In 219878-h, a user reported that their <strong> tags were automatically converted to <b> tags after the latest update. Possibly related to this issue?