910538 - [Messages] Recipients will not be merged automatically

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::SMS, defect)

Description

[Al Tsai [:atsai]]

While import the same contact twice during sending SMS, there will be two contacts with the same name on the sending list.

[STR]
1. Launch SMS and create a new message
2. import a contact by click "+"
3. import the same contact by click "+"

[Expected Result]
*. There should be one contact on the recipient list

[Actual Result]
*. There are two contacts with the same name on the recipient list.

[Build Info]
v1.1.0hd on helix
Gaia:     b26e980da9819daaf915f09be7eb0b12f69ba24a 
Gecko:    http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-b2g18_v1_1_0_hd/rev/b5010b8f604f 
BuildID   20130828042201

Comment 1

[Rick Waldron [:rwaldron]]

(In reply to Al Tsai [:atsai] from comment #0)
> While import the same contact twice during sending SMS, there will be two
> contacts with the same name on the sending list.
> 
> [STR]
> 1. Launch SMS and create a new message
> 2. import a contact by click "+"
> 3. import the same contact by click "+"
> 
> [Expected Result]
> *. There should be one contact on the recipient list
> 
> [Actual Result]
> *. There are two contacts with the same name on the recipient list.

This is correct behaviour, as the Messages app allows for duplicates in the recipient list and will merge them automatically when the message is sent.

Comment 2

[Preeti Raghunath(:Preeti)]

Please check per comment 1

Comment 3

[Rick Waldron [:rwaldron]]

(In reply to Preeti Raghunath(:Preeti) from comment #2)
> Please check per comment 1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=880628

Comment 4

[Al Tsai [:atsai]]

(In reply to Preeti Raghunath(:Preeti) from comment #2)
> Please check per comment 1

Got it. Thanks for clarifying.