It is true that I can still view these emails, however, this would not solve my use-case.
I archive mails when I've dealt with them or when they require no action. This means that I have "read" emails sitting in my inbox that still require my attention and I have "unread" emails sitting in the archive that don't require my attention. This workflow works really well with an inbox and makes sure I don't "forget" an email.
I know I can replicate this behavior using some more categories and better management of emails, but I don't want to change my workflow to be able to use my Ubuntu Phone, especially because my workflow is the intended usage of Gmail...
@Anupam
It is true that I can still view these emails, however, this would not solve my use-case.
I archive mails when I've dealt with them or when they require no action. This means that I have "read" emails sitting in my inbox that still require my attention and I have "unread" emails sitting in the archive that don't require my attention. This workflow works really well with an inbox and makes sure I don't "forget" an email.
I know I can replicate this behavior using some more categories and better management of emails, but I don't want to change my workflow to be able to use my Ubuntu Phone, especially because my workflow is the intended usage of Gmail...
But still, thanks for posting the workaround!