Mobile app notification sounds should not repeat for messages from the same chat

(#4265) Feature Open: Under consideration

Current problem

The mobile client will keep sending new notification sounds every time a message from the chat is sent, regardless of whether there already exists a notification from that DM. What this means is when people send short bursts of messages, the phone buzzes again and again and again... or worse yet, plays the notification sound if the phone is not on vibrate.

Proposed change

Discord already does fixed this on mobile. If there is an active notification from that person or group chat, the phone will simply "add" to the same notification rather than sending a second one right below it. I am unsure of the exact mechanism behind this, but this feature must have existed in Android's API since at least Android 6 as I remember it working there. This is especially important for unmuted group chats, where it would be handy to know the first time someone sends a message, but not to have the phone constantly ringing when there is an active conversation I'm not taking part in. One feature however that Discord does not add, that I think would be handy is setting a timer for when the phone will replay the notification sound. This is handy so that one notification being present does not mute the notifications from that group or person indefinitely until the notification is cleared.

Platform

Android

Additional information

Settings: notifications Setting line: Resend notifications: yes/no If yes: Another line displays setting for: Resend every: (30s/1m/2m/5m ... send always) (send always is what can be described as the current default behavior) The ability to pick a time would make it so that for the people that do send short bursts of messages, you get one notification, but not until roughly when they start typing again after this set period of time. Makes it harder to miss messages that would otherwise get silenced by this system. Again, all user configurable so everyone is satisfied. This is one of the main reasons I never switched from Discord to Telegram, as Discord's notification system is far better than theirs, and it would be great if Fluxer had this too.

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