As per this entry Share multiple files from gallery
it seems there’s no way to share multiple entries from gallery at once. instead one need to open every single photo one by one, then click share, pickup share option (say BT), then pickup device. When you need to do this like 20 times it’s becoming a big problem.
Jolla gallery already has multiselect functionality in the gallery but it only allows to delete multiple photos at once, please expand it so sharing multiple files will be also possible. It should also work for mms in that case multiple mms should be sent maybe with confirmation in this case.
It’s also a pain if you start sending more than one file. If you line up 3 or 4, generally only the first will succeed and the others are not ‘queued’.
Hi!
Now that I’ve ported Lineage-based SFOS to my X10IV, I once again have a working camera and now have a reason to share pictures from my Gallery.
I find it is a pain point to share multiple pictures via eg. MMS - I have to open the Gallery app, select one picture, share it, type the recipient name / phone number, hit send, close the Messages app, open the Gallery app again, and repeat until all two, three, four, five, six, etc. pictures have been sent. I cannot send in bulk.
I believe there should be either a way to send a picture from the Messages app, so I can at least send half a dozen pictures in quick succession, or a way to select multiple pictures to share from the Gallery app. When I came upon this thread, I thought my prayers might have been answered, but it appears the patch provided above is incompatible with 5.1.0.11.
I wonder why this still hasn’t been added since 2022. It’s something I run into from time to time as well. There’s even an option in the hamburger menu to quickly select photos, but after selecting them all, there’s no share option =(
After a bit more searching I have come across some more threads on this topic:
I am aware that sending multiple pictures in one MMS reduces the quality, so perhaps the best solution is a camera / photos / attachments button in the Messages app such that you may quickly select from recent pictures to send, similar to how the “competitors” do it with an attachments icon in the compose message field of the SMS app. At least this way, even if only one picture can be sent at a time, you can still quickfire a couple off without leaving the one screen / app.
I mean, it’d be nice if they added it, but someone already made a post about it back in 2022, before us Actually, there are quite a few feature ideas like this that could be added to the native apps to make things more convenient. Jolla just needs to weigh them up and decide what makes sense.
Man, four years and they didn’t fix the API, they won’t add even other things. This system is just constant Alpha, for using it as a daily you really need to be almost the one who never leave your home. There are just to many problems with it that aren’t being solved.
If anyone has an idea on how to get sailjaild to notice I’ve updated jolla-messages.desktop without manual intervention, I’m all ears. If I can get it to work with one-click like any other patch, I’ll upload it to the web catalog. For now it can stay on GitHub.
Actually, there are quite a few feature ideas like this that could be added to the native apps to make things more convenient. Jolla just needs to weigh them up and decide what makes sense.