Users are unable to use Launch Chat with sms links
Context
Websites can add links that initiate an SMS conversation with sms:<some-phone-number>?body=<some-message-content> (or smsto:, mms: or mmsto:)
Solution
Add the ability to handle SMS/MMS links
Requirements
Register Launch Chat as an option to handle SMS/MMS links (the app should show up as an option when "sms:" links are clicked.
Upon launch, parse the link to extract the phone number and optional message body. Additional attachment data (part of the MMS URI spec) will be ignored.
Auto-fill the message input field if the link has a message body.
Out of scope
Although the SMS URI specifies that multiple phone numbers can be specified in the link, its usage seems extremely limited compared to the prevalent "one phone number + maybe a message body" pattern. To avoid increasing the scope, this implementation will ignore the multiple phone numbers handling until such a link is encountered in the wild by users.
Problem
Users are unable to use Launch Chat with sms links
Context
Websites can add links that initiate an SMS conversation with
sms:<some-phone-number>?body=<some-message-content>(orsmsto:,mms:ormmsto:)Solution
Add the ability to handle SMS/MMS links
Requirements
Out of scope
Although the SMS URI specifies that multiple phone numbers can be specified in the link, its usage seems extremely limited compared to the prevalent "one phone number + maybe a message body" pattern. To avoid increasing the scope, this implementation will ignore the multiple phone numbers handling until such a link is encountered in the wild by users.
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