SMS/MMS App: Preview of message content says "new message"

dokmaistr

With the default GOS SMS/MMS app I would like to see the message content of a SMS/MMS in the message preview. However, even in unlocked mode I see "New message" as both title and content. Only when I open the message I can read the content.
I feel I have tried all the settings to get it to work that I see the message content in the preview but nothing worked so far. Have you managed to see the message content in the preview or is this not supported? I could not find anything in the forum.

flighty_sloth

dokmaistr As the other user noted it is due to being in a secondary profile and it's a limitation of Android in general, regardless which sms app you use.

bbkjbbkj

I was seeing the same thing, but figured out is because I was using the messaging app in another profile. When I had to reboot I noticed that in the owner profile everything worked as expected (seeing smss text previews in the notifications). I am now doing everything in the Owner profile and most/(all?) the annoying problems I was having have gone away, including some notification issues for apps that were not working in an alternate profile.

dokmaistr

flighty_sloth
bbkjbbkj
Yes, I am using it in a secondary profile. Thank you for your clarification and confirmation. Appreciated!
I also noticed too that another SMS (FOSS Messages app) app does not provide notifications at all in a secondary profile while it works on the owner profile. So again, same behavior as you described.

bbkjbbkj

Other issues I was running into was the inability to set user specific notifications and I wasn't able to change the default SMS notification sound away from the default notification sound. Other sms apps had problems, but they weren't necessarily consistent with the stock SMS app. I wiped my phone and started over mainly using the Owner profile and virtually all my issues have gone away. I may use other profiles for specific use cases (e.g. financial/banking), but will spent most of my time in the Owner profile.

dokmaistr

bbkjbbkj thanks again for your insights. For the moment I will stay with my setup using the owner profile to download and distribute apps to secondary profiles. But I will keep it in mind that the owner profile has its advantages.