diff --git a/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java b/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java
--- a/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java
+++ b/src/android/org/kde/knotifications/NotifyByAndroid.java
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
         }
         builder.setContentTitle(notification.title);
         builder.setContentText(notification.text);
+        // regular notifications show only a single line of content, if we have more
+        // we need the "BigTextStyle" expandable notifications to make everything readable
+        // in the single line case this behaves like the regular one, so no special-casing needed
+        builder.setStyle(new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(notification.text));
 
         // taping the notification shows the app
         Intent intent = new Intent(m_ctx.getPackageName() + NOTIFICATION_OPENED);
diff --git a/src/notifybyandroid.cpp b/src/notifybyandroid.cpp
--- a/src/notifybyandroid.cpp
+++ b/src/notifybyandroid.cpp
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
 
     QAndroidJniObject n("org/kde/knotifications/KNotification", "()V");
     n.setField("id", notification->id());
-    n.setField("text", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(notification->text()).object<jstring>());
-    n.setField("title", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(notification->title()).object<jstring>());
+    n.setField("text", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(stripRichText(notification->text())).object<jstring>());
+    n.setField("title", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(stripRichText(notification->title())).object<jstring>());
 
     n.setField("channelId", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(notification->eventId()).object<jstring>());
     n.setField("channelName", QAndroidJniObject::fromString(config.readEntry(QLatin1String("Name"))).object<jstring>());