Question about the Messages GUI app

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Posted at 2025-02-02 by Pologram

Hello,

I would like to know if the following behavior with the Messages app is possible:

• When a message is received, display it in the current pop-up that allows to swipe left or right
• When the Messages app is opened from the launcher, display the list of messages (do not open the first one)

My understanding is that currently it's not possible (either option 1 or option 2) because the Messages GUI app does not know if it has been opened from a notification or from the launcher.

Is that correct?

Thank you for your help

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Posted at 2025-02-02 by @thyttan

That's interesting. Just fyi I'm working on a PR for messagegui in BangleApps#3685. So if you want to do a PR for the things you mention, maybe consider waiting a bit until we decide what to do with that one.

My understanding is that currently it's not possible (either option 1 or option 2) because the Messages GUI app does not know if it has been opened from a notification or from the launcher.

Actually, when messagegui is opened from a received notification the filename will be set to messagegui.new.js in contrast to messagegui.app.js. So you can do different things depending on if (global.__FILE__ === "messagegui.new.js") .

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Posted at 2025-02-02 by Pologram

Nice, no problem, I will wait for your PR to be merged.

Actually, when messagegui is opened from a received notification the filename will be set to messagegui.new.js in contrast to messagegui.app.js. So you can do different things depending on if (global.FILE === "messagegui.new.js") .

That is great news! With this information it's definitely possible.

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Posted at 2025-02-03 by @gfwilliams

It looks like we have a setting called ignoreUnread (which is passed in as checkMessages({..ignoreUnread:..}) and if that is set then it won't automatically jump to unread messages.

... So as @thyttan says you can just ensure it's set to true in https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/blob/master/apps/messagegui/app.js#L608 if global.__FILE__ != "messagegui.new.js"