Sending group message in existing group sends individual message to each recipient

[bryonadams]

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Affected app version

1.0.0

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 11

Affected device model

Motorola G Stylus 2021

How did you install the app?

Google Play Store

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Have existing group message (I had one started from Google Messages & QKSMS already)
2. Send message to group from Fossify Messages
3. View messages in another app or start a new message to individual contacts from Fossify Messages, there will be an individual message to each contact.

Expected behavior

Message stays within group message thread rather than individiaul messages

Actual behavior

Individual message sent to each contact.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Additional information

There is a "group message as MMS" setting that is disabled by default but I don't know if that's required or not. I don't have a similar setting in QKSMS.

[Aga-C]

Please enable the Send group messages as MMS option, send the message to the group, and check if this time the message appears only in the group conversation.

[bryonadams]

Hi Aga-C, it looks like that works. Perhaps this should be enabled by default? I can see someone wanting the option to use either method.

[Aga-C]

I remember that in Simple Mobile Tools it was requested by people to work like this because in many countries MMS are more expensive (sometimes they have free SMS and paid MMS), and it was misleading for people that they have to pay after sending a group message when they haven't added anything despite text.

[bryonadams]

I'll open a feature request for this then, because it's also misleading to have group messages to not actually work as a group message. I do understand that what I'd like would be undesirable for others though.

[m-fonseca]

FWIW, this has bitten me a number of times when sending to a group; everyone texts me back and tells me I didn't send it to the group. I didn't realize this option was there. I'm not sure how you handle a default to make everyone happy (perhaps making the user aware of it during install?).

[bryonadams]

There's a feature request I submitted here: #52 (comment)

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On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, at 16:44, m-fonseca wrote: FWIW, this has bitten me a number of times when sending to a group; everyone texts me back and tells me I didn't send it to the group. I didn't realize this option was there. I'm not sure how you handle a default to make everyone happy (perhaps making the user aware of it during install?). — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#50 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFZN7PUV67BD6DPQOZTVPITYT7HKPAVCNFSM6AAAAABCLPSF6SVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSNBZGM3TMMRQHE>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>