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A glossy Matrix collaboration client for Android
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Handle SMS messages like Signal #1770

Open madduck opened 6 years ago

madduck commented 6 years ago

I debated on whether to comment on #1504, but I think a separate issue is in order.

One of the great things about Signal from the start was that it'd become your SMS provider on Android, if you wanted it to be, so that you'd have a one-stop messaging solution to communicate with your peeps, regardless of whether they already took the blue pill (or was it red? green? I'm colourblind…). I don't use Whatsapp, so it's still either SMS or Matrix for me, because Jabber never really took off, nor could I get behind it fully.

When messaging a person over SMS (because they don't have Matrix yet), I could hit a button and it would send a (customisable would be nice) message to the peer with instructions and reasons why to install Riot.

I have no idea about Android, but I can't imagine that it's that hard. The most challenging thing will probably be UI, and the least I can try to contribute is input on this front.

madduck commented 6 years ago

… of course it's only now that I spot #1200 and this is a duplicate, albeit a bit more verbose. :/

julianfoad commented 5 years ago

As this issue is a duplicate, can someone close it?