diff --git a/Habitica/build.gradle b/Habitica/build.gradle
index 423c6c333..7d2a52163 100644
--- a/Habitica/build.gradle
+++ b/Habitica/build.gradle
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ repositories {
     // Material View Pager
     maven { url "http://dl.bintray.com/florent37/maven" }
 
-    // Markdown
-    maven { url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/repo.commonsware.com" }
 
     maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
 }
@@ -70,7 +68,11 @@ dependencies {
     // Emojis
     implementation 'com.github.viirus:emoji-lib:0.0.5'
     // Markdown
-    implementation 'com.commonsware.cwac:anddown:0.4.0'
+    implementation "io.noties.markwon:core:4.1.2"
+    implementation "io.noties.markwon:ext-strikethrough:4.1.2"
+    implementation "io.noties.markwon:image:4.1.2"
+    implementation "io.noties.markwon:recycler:4.1.2"
+    implementation "io.noties.markwon:html:4.1.2"
     // About View for all dependent Libraries, we are using
     implementation('com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries:5.9.4@aar') {
         transitive = true
@@ -115,8 +117,8 @@ dependencies {
     //Push Notifications
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.2.0'
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:20.0.0'
-    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-config:19.0.2'
-    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:19.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-config:19.0.3'
+    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:19.0.1'
     implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:17.0.0'
     implementation 'io.realm:android-adapters:3.1.0'
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ android {
         resConfigs "en", "bg", "de", "en-rGB", "es", "fr", "hr-rHR", "in", "it", "iw", "ja", "ko", "lt", "nl", "pl", "pt-rBR", "pt-rPT", "ru", "tr", "zh", "zh-rTW"
 
         versionCode 2274
-        versionName "2.2.1"
+        versionName "2.3"
     }
 
     lintOptions {
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/HabiticaBaseApplication.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/HabiticaBaseApplication.kt
index 1914e4be4..a0b46c76b 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/HabiticaBaseApplication.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/HabiticaBaseApplication.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.modules.UserRepositoryModule
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.proxy.CrashlyticsProxy
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.IntroActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.LoginActivity
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaIconsHelper
 import com.squareup.leakcanary.LeakCanary
 import com.squareup.leakcanary.RefWatcher
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ abstract class HabiticaBaseApplication : MultiDexApplication() {
         refWatcher = LeakCanary.install(this)
         createBillingAndCheckout()
         HabiticaIconsHelper.init(this)
+        MarkdownParser.setup(this)
 
         AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true)
 
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/models/tasks/Task.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/models/tasks/Task.kt
index 1ba94e299..9175fdbba 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/models/tasks/Task.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/models/tasks/Task.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.tasks
 
 import android.os.Parcel
 import android.os.Parcelable
+import android.text.Spanned
 import androidx.annotation.StringDef
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.R
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ open class Task : RealmObject, Parcelable {
     // used for buyable items
     var specialTag: String? = ""
     @Ignore
-    var parsedText: CharSequence? = null
+    var parsedText: Spanned? = null
     @Ignore
-    var parsedNotes: CharSequence? = null
+    var parsedNotes: Spanned? = null
 
     var isDue: Boolean? = null
 
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/FullProfileActivity.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/FullProfileActivity.kt
index 5e9dbbd20..73c34c353 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/FullProfileActivity.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/FullProfileActivity.kt
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.user.Stats
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.AvatarView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.AvatarWithBarsViewModel
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.adapter.social.AchievementProfileAdapter
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.dismissKeyboard
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.loadImage
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaSnackbar
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaSnackbar.SnackbarDisplayType
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.dialogs.HabiticaAlertDialog
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ class FullProfileActivity : BaseActivity() {
         }
 
         val blurbText = profile.blurb
-        if (blurbText != null && !blurbText.isEmpty()) {
-            blurbTextView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(blurbText)
+        if (blurbText != null && blurbText.isNotEmpty()) {
+            blurbTextView.setMarkdown(blurbText)
         }
 
         user.authentication?.timestamps?.createdAt?.let { joinedView.text = dateFormatter.format(it) }
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/GuidelinesActivity.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/GuidelinesActivity.kt
index 4048e1f28..ecb79af3f 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/GuidelinesActivity.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/GuidelinesActivity.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities
 
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.webkit.WebView
-import com.commonsware.cwac.anddown.AndDown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.R
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.components.UserComponent
+import io.noties.markwon.Markwon
+import io.noties.markwon.html.HtmlPlugin
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_prefs.*
 import okhttp3.*
 import java.io.BufferedReader
@@ -37,8 +38,12 @@ class GuidelinesActivity: BaseActivity() {
                 val text = reader.readText()
                 response.body()?.close()
 
+                val markwon = Markwon.builder(this@GuidelinesActivity)
+                        .usePlugin(HtmlPlugin.create())
+                        .build()
+
                 findViewById<WebView>(R.id.webview).post {
-                    findViewById<WebView>(R.id.webview).loadData(AndDown().markdownToHtml(text), "text/html; charset=utf-8", "utf-8")
+                    findViewById<WebView>(R.id.webview).loadData(markwon.toMarkdown(text).toString(), "text/html; charset=utf-8", "utf-8")
                 }
             }
         })
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/MaintenanceActivity.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/MaintenanceActivity.kt
index 9db4a5829..419b7fa23 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/MaintenanceActivity.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/MaintenanceActivity.kt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.api.MaintenanceApiService
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.components.UserComponent
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.data.ApiClient
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.RxErrorHandler
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaEmojiTextView
 import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.functions.Consumer
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class MaintenanceActivity : BaseActivity() {
 
         @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
         imageView.setImageURI(data.getString("imageUrl")?.toUri())
-        this.descriptionTextView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(data.getString("description"))
+        this.descriptionTextView.setMarkdown(data.getString("description"))
         this.descriptionTextView.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
 
         isDeprecationNotice = data.getBoolean("deprecationNotice")
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/ReportMessageActivity.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/ReportMessageActivity.kt
index f849645f0..2757bfefc 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/ReportMessageActivity.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/activities/ReportMessageActivity.kt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.data.SocialRepository
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.extensions.getThemeColor
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.RxErrorHandler
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.social.ChatMessage
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.dismissKeyboard
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import io.reactivex.functions.Consumer
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ReportMessageActivity : BaseActivity() {
 
         contentContainer.setOnTouchListener { _, _ -> true }
         dismissTouchView.setOnClickListener { finish() }
-        reportExplanationTextView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(getString(R.string.report_explanation))
+        reportExplanationTextView.setMarkdown(getString(R.string.report_explanation))
 
         BottomSheetBehavior.from<View>(bottomSheetView)
                 .setBottomSheetCallback(object : BottomSheetBehavior.BottomSheetCallback() {
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/FAQOverviewRecyclerAdapter.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/FAQOverviewRecyclerAdapter.kt
index 2f5b21803..c09cc09b6 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/FAQOverviewRecyclerAdapter.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/FAQOverviewRecyclerAdapter.kt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.MainNavigationController
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.FAQArticle
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.MainActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.fragments.faq.FAQOverviewFragmentDirections
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import io.reactivex.BackpressureStrategy
 import io.reactivex.Flowable
 import io.reactivex.subjects.PublishSubject
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class FAQOverviewRecyclerAdapter : androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.Ada
 
         init {
             val textView = itemView.findViewById<TextView>(R.id.text_view)
-            textView.text =  MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(itemView.context.getString(R.string.need_help_header_description, "[Habitica Help Guild](https://habitica.com/groups/guild/5481ccf3-5d2d-48a9-a871-70a7380cee5a)"))
+            textView.setMarkdown(itemView.context.getString(R.string.need_help_header_description, "[Habitica Help Guild](https://habitica.com/groups/guild/5481ccf3-5d2d-48a9-a871-70a7380cee5a)"))
             textView.setOnClickListener { MainNavigationController.navigate(R.id.guildFragment, bundleOf("groupID" to "5481ccf3-5d2d-48a9-a871-70a7380cee5a")) }
             textView.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
         }
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/social/PublicGuildsRecyclerViewAdapter.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/social/PublicGuildsRecyclerViewAdapter.kt
index 8f5d43b81..106016e3d 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/social/PublicGuildsRecyclerViewAdapter.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/adapter/social/PublicGuildsRecyclerViewAdapter.kt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.MainNavigationController
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.RxErrorHandler
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.social.Group
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.fragments.social.PublicGuildsFragmentDirections
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import io.reactivex.functions.Consumer
 import io.realm.Case
 import io.realm.OrderedRealmCollection
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class PublicGuildsRecyclerViewAdapter(data: OrderedRealmCollection<Group>?, auto
         fun bind(guild: Group, isInGroup: Boolean) {
             this.nameTextView.text = guild.name
             this.memberCountTextView.text = guild.memberCount.toString()
-            this.descriptionTextView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(guild.summary)
+            this.descriptionTextView.setMarkdown(guild.summary)
             if (isInGroup) {
                 this.joinLeaveButton.setText(R.string.leave)
             } else {
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GroupInformationFragment.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GroupInformationFragment.kt
index 71b8690f1..afc36ec2c 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GroupInformationFragment.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GroupInformationFragment.kt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.GroupFormActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.MainActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.fragments.BaseFragment
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.DataBindingUtils
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaSnackbar
 import io.reactivex.Observable
 import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class GroupInformationFragment : BaseFragment() {
         groupSummaryView.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
 
         if (configManager.noPartyLinkPartyGuild()) {
-            join_party_description_textview.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(getString(R.string.join_party_description_guild, "[Party Wanted Guild](https://habitica.com/groups/guild/f2db2a7f-13c5-454d-b3ee-ea1f5089e601)"))
+            join_party_description_textview.setMarkdown(getString(R.string.join_party_description_guild, "[Party Wanted Guild](https://habitica.com/groups/guild/f2db2a7f-13c5-454d-b3ee-ea1f5089e601)"))
             join_party_description_textview.setOnClickListener {
                 context?.let { FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(it).logEvent("clicked_party_wanted", null) }
                 MainNavigationController.navigate(R.id.guildFragment, bundleOf("groupID" to "f2db2a7f-13c5-454d-b3ee-ea1f5089e601"))
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ class GroupInformationFragment : BaseFragment() {
         groupDescriptionWrapper.visibility = groupItemVisibility
 
         groupNameView.text = group?.name
-        groupDescriptionView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(group?.description)
-        groupSummaryView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(group?.summary)
+        groupDescriptionView.setMarkdown(group?.description)
+        groupSummaryView.setMarkdown(group?.summary)
         gemCountWrapper.visibility = if (group?.balance != null && group.balance > 0) View.VISIBLE else View.GONE
         gemCountTextView.text = (group?.balance ?: 0 * 4.0).toInt().toString()
     }
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GuildDetailFragment.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GuildDetailFragment.kt
index 8e178ba09..95f23a55d 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GuildDetailFragment.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/GuildDetailFragment.kt
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.GroupFormActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.GroupInviteActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.MainActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.fragments.BaseFragment
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.resetViews
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.viewmodels.GroupViewModel
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaIcons
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaIconsHelper
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ class GuildDetailFragment : BaseFragment() {
         guildMembersIconView.setImageBitmap(HabiticaIcons.imageOfGuildCrestMedium((guild?.memberCount ?: 0).toFloat()))
         guildMembersTextView.text = guild?.memberCount.toString()
         guildBankTextView.text = guild?.gemCount.toString()
-        guildSummaryView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(guild?.summary)
-        guildDescriptionView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(guild?.description)
+        guildSummaryView.setMarkdown(guild?.summary)
+        guildDescriptionView.setMarkdown(guild?.description)
     }
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/QuestDetailFragment.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/QuestDetailFragment.kt
index 05617a838..277575df3 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/QuestDetailFragment.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/QuestDetailFragment.kt
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.members.Member
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.social.Group
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.modules.AppModule
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.fragments.BaseMainFragment
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.DataBindingUtils
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindOptionalView
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.resetViews
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.*
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.dialogs.HabiticaAlertDialog
 import io.reactivex.functions.Consumer
 import javax.inject.Inject
@@ -152,7 +149,7 @@ class QuestDetailFragment : BaseMainFragment() {
             return
         }
         questTitleView?.text = questContent.text
-        questDescriptionView?.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(questContent.notes)
+        questDescriptionView?.setMarkdown(questContent.notes)
         DataBindingUtils.loadImage(questScrollImageView, "inventory_quest_scroll_" + questContent.key)
     }
 
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/challenges/ChallengeDetailFragment.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/challenges/ChallengeDetailFragment.kt
index 38cdb1106..77a260823 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/challenges/ChallengeDetailFragment.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/challenges/ChallengeDetailFragment.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.activities.FullProfileActivity
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.fragments.BaseMainFragment
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaEmojiTextView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.HabiticaIconsHelper
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.dialogs.HabiticaAlertDialog
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ class ChallengeDetailFragment: BaseMainFragment() {
     private fun set(challenge: Challenge) {
         this.challenge = challenge
         challengeName?.text = EmojiParser.parseEmojis(challenge.name)
-        challengeDescription?.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(challenge.description)
+        challengeDescription?.setMarkdown(challenge.description)
         challengeLeaderLabel?.username = challenge.leaderName
 
         gemAmountView?.text = challenge.prize.toString()
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/party/PartyDetailFragment.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/party/PartyDetailFragment.kt
index cf2340dbb..2249c7ce3 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/party/PartyDetailFragment.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/fragments/social/party/PartyDetailFragment.kt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class PartyDetailFragment : BaseFragment() {
             return
         }
         titleView?.text = party.name
-        descriptionView?.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(party.description)
+        descriptionView?.setMarkdown(party.description)
 
         if (party.quest?.key?.isEmpty() == false) {
             newQuestButton?.visibility = View.GONE
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/helpers/MarkdownParser.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/helpers/MarkdownParser.kt
index 78aff8452..e98f3ed20 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/helpers/MarkdownParser.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/helpers/MarkdownParser.kt
@@ -1,28 +1,38 @@
 package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers
 
-import android.graphics.Color
-import android.text.Html
-import android.text.Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY
-import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder
+import android.content.Context
+import android.text.SpannableString
 import android.text.Spanned
-import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan
-import com.commonsware.cwac.anddown.AndDown
+import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod
+import android.widget.TextView
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.RxErrorHandler
+import io.noties.markwon.Markwon
+import io.noties.markwon.ext.strikethrough.StrikethroughPlugin
+import io.noties.markwon.image.ImagesPlugin
+import io.noties.markwon.image.file.FileSchemeHandler
+import io.noties.markwon.image.network.OkHttpNetworkSchemeHandler
+import io.noties.markwon.movement.MovementMethodPlugin
 import io.reactivex.Single
 import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.functions.Consumer
 import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers
 import net.pherth.android.emoji_library.EmojiParser
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
-/**
- * @author data5tream
- */
+
 object MarkdownParser {
 
-    private val processor = AndDown()
+    internal var markwon: Markwon? = null
 
-    private val regex = Pattern.compile("\\B@[-\\w]+")
+    fun setup(context: Context) {
+        markwon = Markwon.builder(context)
+                .usePlugin(StrikethroughPlugin.create())
+                .usePlugin(ImagesPlugin.create {
+                    it.addSchemeHandler(OkHttpNetworkSchemeHandler.create())
+                            .addSchemeHandler(FileSchemeHandler.createWithAssets(context.assets))
+                })
+                .usePlugin(MovementMethodPlugin.create(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()))
+                .build()
+    }
 
     /**
      * Parses formatted markdown and returns it as styled CharSequence
@@ -30,34 +40,15 @@ object MarkdownParser {
      * @param input Markdown formatted String
      * @return Stylized CharSequence
      */
-    fun parseMarkdown(input: String?): CharSequence {
+    fun parseMarkdown(input: String?): Spanned {
         if (input == null) {
-            return ""
+            return SpannableString("")
         }
-        val output: SpannableStringBuilder = try {
-            val html = processor.markdownToHtml(EmojiParser.parseEmojis(input.trim { it <= ' ' }))
-            if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
-                Html.fromHtml(html, FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY) as? SpannableStringBuilder
-            } else {
-                @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
-                (Html.fromHtml(html) as? SpannableStringBuilder)
-            } ?: SpannableStringBuilder()
-        } catch (e: UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
-            SpannableStringBuilder(input)
-        } catch (e: NoClassDefFoundError) {
-            SpannableStringBuilder(input)
-        }
-
-        val matcher = regex.matcher(output)
-        while (matcher.find()) {
-            val colorSpan = ForegroundColorSpan(Color.parseColor("#9A62FF"))
-            output.setSpan(colorSpan, matcher.start(), matcher.end(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)
-        }
-
-        return output.trimEnd('\n')
+        val text = EmojiParser.parseEmojis(input) ?: input
+        return markwon?.toMarkdown(text) ?: SpannableString(text)
     }
 
-    fun parseMarkdownAsync(input: String?, onSuccess: Consumer<CharSequence>) {
+    fun parseMarkdownAsync(input: String?, onSuccess: Consumer<Spanned>) {
         Single.just(input ?: "")
                 .map { this.parseMarkdown(it) }
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
@@ -74,5 +65,17 @@ object MarkdownParser {
     fun parseCompiled(input: CharSequence): String? {
         return EmojiParser.convertToCheatCode(input.toString())
     }
-
 }
+
+
+fun TextView.setMarkdown(input: String?) {
+     MarkdownParser.markwon?.setParsedMarkdown(this, MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(input))
+}
+
+fun TextView.setParsedMarkdown(input: Spanned?) {
+    if (input != null) {
+        MarkdownParser.markwon?.setParsedMarkdown(this, input)
+    } else {
+        text = null
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/tasks/BaseTaskViewHolder.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/tasks/BaseTaskViewHolder.kt
index e69f3b603..24ba2e679 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/tasks/BaseTaskViewHolder.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/viewHolders/tasks/BaseTaskViewHolder.kt
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.R
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.helpers.RxErrorHandler
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.responses.TaskDirection
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.tasks.Task
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindColor
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindOptionalView
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.*
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.viewHolders.BindableViewHolder
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.EllipsisTextView
+import io.noties.markwon.utils.NoCopySpannableFactory
 import io.reactivex.Single
 import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.functions.Action
@@ -73,6 +71,8 @@ abstract class BaseTaskViewHolder constructor(itemView: View, var scoreTaskFunc:
         itemView.setOnClickListener { onClick(it) }
         itemView.isClickable = true
 
+        titleTextView.setOnClickListener { onClick(it) }
+        notesTextView?.setOnClickListener { onClick(it) }
         errorIconView?.setOnClickListener { errorButtonClicked?.run()}
 
         //Re enable when we find a way to only react when a link is tapped.
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@ abstract class BaseTaskViewHolder constructor(itemView: View, var scoreTaskFunc:
 
         if (canContainMarkdown()) {
             if (data.parsedText != null) {
-                titleTextView.text = data.parsedText
+                titleTextView.setParsedMarkdown(data.parsedText)
             } else {
                 titleTextView.text = data.text
+                titleTextView.setSpannableFactory(NoCopySpannableFactory.getInstance());
                 if (data.text.isNotEmpty()) {
                     Single.just(data.text)
                             .map { MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(it) }
@@ -125,13 +126,14 @@ abstract class BaseTaskViewHolder constructor(itemView: View, var scoreTaskFunc:
                             .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                             .subscribe(Consumer{ parsedText ->
                                 data.parsedText = parsedText
-                                titleTextView.text = parsedText
+                                titleTextView.setParsedMarkdown(parsedText)
                             }, RxErrorHandler.handleEmptyError())
                 }
             if (data.parsedNotes != null) {
-                notesTextView?.text = data.parsedNotes
+                notesTextView?.setParsedMarkdown(data.parsedText)
             } else {
                 notesTextView?.text = data.notes
+                notesTextView?.setSpannableFactory(NoCopySpannableFactory.getInstance());
                 data.notes?.let {notes ->
                     if (notes.isEmpty()) {
                         return@let
@@ -141,8 +143,8 @@ abstract class BaseTaskViewHolder constructor(itemView: View, var scoreTaskFunc:
                             .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                             .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                             .subscribe(Consumer { parsedNotes ->
-                                data.parsedNotes = parsedNotes
                                 notesTextView?.text = parsedNotes
+                                notesTextView?.setParsedMarkdown(parsedNotes)
                             }, RxErrorHandler.handleEmptyError())
                 }
             }
@@ -178,10 +180,6 @@ abstract class BaseTaskViewHolder constructor(itemView: View, var scoreTaskFunc:
     }
 
     override fun onClick(v: View) {
-        if (v != itemView || openTaskDisabled) {
-            return
-        }
-
         task?.let { openTaskFunc(it) }
     }
 
diff --git a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/views/social/QuestProgressView.kt b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/views/social/QuestProgressView.kt
index 28358a747..7d0c1ed8b 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/views/social/QuestProgressView.kt
+++ b/Habitica/src/main/java/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/ui/views/social/QuestProgressView.kt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.inventory.QuestContent
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.inventory.QuestProgressCollect
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.models.user.User
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.DataBindingUtils
-import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.MarkdownParser
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.bindView
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.helpers.setMarkdown
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.*
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.ui.views.dialogs.HabiticaAlertDialog
 import io.reactivex.Observable
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class QuestProgressView : LinearLayout {
                 setCollectionViews(collection, quest)
             }
         }
-        questDescriptionView.text = MarkdownParser.parseMarkdown(quest.notes)
+        questDescriptionView.setMarkdown(quest.notes)
         DataBindingUtils.loadImage(questImageView, "quest_"+quest.key, "gif")
         DataBindingUtils.loadImage(questFlourishesImageView, "quest_"+quest.key+"_flourishes")
         val lightColor =  quest.colors?.lightColor