Notifications aren't set as Conversation

[RoiArthurB]

Steps to reproduce

1. Receive a notification
2. See it as random notification instead of Conversation

Here's a screenshot displaying difference notification between old Element and Element X :

Outcome

What did you expect?

To have enriched notifications labeled and grouped in Android 13 as a conversation notification and have quick options as "Mark as read" or "Quick Reply"

What happened instead?

Normal blank notification (see screenshot above)

Possible cause

I didn't see any issue about this, so I'm guessing it can be because of my phone configuration. I'm using a de-googled smartphone running MicroG instead of Google Play Service 🤷

Your phone model

Poco F3

Operating system version

Android 13

Application version and app store

Element X 0.2.3

Homeserver

matrix-org/synapse:v1.93.0

Will you send logs?

No

Are you willing to provide a PR?

No

[dkter]

On a quick glance, notification logic seems to be lifted from the old app -- so all that's fine.

What's missing are shortcuts (the links to specific rooms that pop up when you long press an app icon on the home screen, or that show at the top of a share sheet). Android won't put a notification in the conversations section if it's not associated with a shortcut.

Once those are created, conversation features should work fine. Here's how shortcut creation was handled in the old app.

[RoiArthurB]

@dkter I checked the code and yes it seems weird that it's missing enriched and well classified notifications... Do you have the same issue as me ?

[dkter]

Yep, I have the same issue, it's not because of your configuration @RoiArthurB.

I started taking a look at what would be required to implement shortcut publishing in this app, but may not have time to finish it anytime soon.

[Soliprem]

Any news on this?

[slackerbob]

This is the main thing that's stopping me from using Element X instead of Element.

[cliffjao]

Seems like this might have been resolved with #3916 ?

[codesalatdev]

Seems like this might have been resolved with #3916 ?

I can see that this PR adds actions to notifications, but I don't see any reference to the conversation API, which would enable one to exclude certain chats from "Do not Disturb"-Mode and assign different notification sounds, among other things.
Will have to test tho as I have no clue about android development.

[damymetzke]

I can see that this PR adds actions to notifications, but I don't see any reference to the conversation API, which would enable one to exclude certain chats from "Do not Disturb"-Mode and assign different notification sounds, among other things. Will have to test tho as I have no clue about android development.

There is no "conversation API". There is an initiative from the Android team to integrate conversation better with the OS. See https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/conversations for more information.

In my opinion the feature as it's explained here is implemented in #3916. I'd say it's appropriate to create a new issue, if you think implementing any other conversation-related API is beneficial.

[codesalatdev]

In my opinion the feature as it's explained here is implemented in #3916. I'd say it's appropriate to create a new issue, if you think implementing any other conversation-related API is beneficial.

Since #2992 discussed the features I am describing and was closed as a duplicate of this issue, I'd disagree.