[address book] + [messaging-app] Can't select multiple recipients from contacts

Bug #1474292 reported by Michał Sawicz
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu UX
Fix Committed
Medium
Olga Kemmet
address-book-app (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
messaging-app (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

It's currently quite tedious to send messages to many contacts. You need to select them one by one from the contacts list and go back'n'forth between the contacts list and the messaging page.

Steps:
* bottom-swipe for new message
* tap on contacts
* long-press on a contact

Expected:
* can select multiple contacts

Current:
* nothing happens

For contacts with multiple numbers, the item should probably expand on selection to show the available numbers with checkboxes next to them, preselecting the preferred number or mobile, if none is marked preferred.

Adding contacts app as sending a message from the contact selection menu could be an option, too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: messaging-app 0.1+15.04.20150707-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: armhf
Date: Tue Jul 14 11:43:31 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-09 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 - armhf (20150709-225837)
SourcePackage: messaging-app
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

-------- UX resolution --------

There are wireframes and refined journeys which allow a multiple selection from the contacts. If you access your contacts from the compose view of the messaging app, it will be possible to select several entries in one go.
However, there is also the option to simply type a letter or number in the input field in the compose view. This exposes a drop down menu with proposed contacts. If a contact has two numbers, both numbers are shown as a separate list entry.

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :
description: updated
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Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho (renatofilho) wrote :

Address book app supports multiple selection already, The messaging app needs to be changed to support that.

Changed in address-book-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote :

What it doesn't support (I'm not saying it should, but maybe?) is triggering a message for multiple contacts. So an action on top of today's "share" and "delete" in the selection view.

summary: - Can't select multiple recipients from contacts
+ [address book] Can't select multiple recipients from contacts
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet)
summary: - [address book] Can't select multiple recipients from contacts
+ [address book] + [messaging-app] Can't select multiple recipients from
+ contacts
description: updated
Changed in ubuntu-ux:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Guillaume F (marsguo) wrote :

I don't know if it's the same bug I'm encountering, but I can't select multiple contact via the content-hub. I wanted to try out Telegram but I have to import my contacts one at the time. And I'm not doing that!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in messaging-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ante Smolcic (supersmola) wrote :

My idea is that if the Contacts app is called from the field "To" it should show only the contacts with the "Phone" entry.
Or, if we want to make it posible to select other entries, the check-list should diplay all the entries for the contact.

Then you select what you want and click on "back" or somthing. The selected numbers/contacts should be listed in the "To" field.

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