Signal-android: Should messages be marked read when notification is swiped away?

[magicbane]

I have:

• [x] searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• [x] read https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/wiki/Submitting-useful-bug-reports

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Bug description

When the message can be read in the drop down menu, swiping/clearing the notification should mark message to read.

Steps to reproduce

• Saw message from dropdown notification
• swipe to remove from notification
• Message should be marked read
• Further notifications should not stack with the read mesages.
  

  Screenshots

Device info

Device: Manufacturer Model XVI
Android version: 0.0.0
Signal version: 0.0.0

Link to debug log

[2-4601]

Do other messaging apps behave like this?

[magicbane]

Textra does.
My issue is that if not set this way, when new message comes in, it stacks and gets very messy from the notification bar.

[2-4601]

Related #5712, #4922

[retrry]

Please don't. I've sometimes just dismiss notifications and read them later. We already have ability to mark messages as read from notifications with button: Mark Read.

[moxie0]

I don't think we want to mark messages read if you swipe away the notification, but maybe we do want to change notifications so that they don't reappear once they've been dismissed. That's my understanding of how most other messaging apps, gmail, etc... all behave. Can't decide if the way we do things is a bug or a feature.

[magicbane]

I'm fine with the compromise of making the message not reappear.