Messaging app

mobos

Is it planned to add a feature for the messaging app to quickly mark an sms as read?

Currently, I can only reply or tap the notification but I can't mark is as read.

Quickly marking a sms as read is useful for all short messages that don't require a reply like when using sms as a second factor, or a simple "OK" from someone.

It's not really that important but I'd consider this really basic.

mobos

I just realized that it also doesn't have a dark mode. I don't use sms that often why I didn't even realized that.

Is it planned to expand the features a little or will it stay like the aosp version?

In case it'll stay, is there another recommended app for sms? simple sms messenger? I don't like using signal as sms messenger because once I send an urgent message and it didn't go through because I had no internet connection. Meaning, I want to keep things separate and decide on my own when using internet and when using sms.

Reflux

mobos

The developers are planning a to implement an option to make the SMS have dark mode AFAIK.

MetropleX

Reflux I'm unaware of this plan, just done a cursory search on [Matrix] but can't find it.

If you aren't using SMS across profiles and just use it on Owner then the best advice if Dark Mode is essential is to use an app like Simple SMS Messenger:
https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
or qksms:
https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms

akc3n

Hi @mobos
There was a similar question posted back in June on our issue tracker. For more information and cited references I included in my response there, feel free to check it out if you here:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/1252#issuecomment-1154788576

@Reflux maybe correct on their answer as well, as I haven't been around for over a month. Perhaps the developer team had considered adding a dark mode to the AOSP bundled messaging app.

Reflux

akc3n @MetropleX

Thought i saw it being mentioned somewhere, cant remember where exactly but i can also be wrong about the whole thing.

Kryptos

MetropleX
qksms looks great but its last release was over a year ago. FWIW, I hope someone assumes active ownership of that project.

mobos

Thank you guys. I switched to simple sms messenger. It has the option to mark a message as read in the notification area. Dark mode is just an additional goodie. Probably I wouldn't have switched just for that.

Graphite

Would be nice to search thru SMS too