[dialer] Dialer should allow me to block nuisance calls

[TenLeftFingers]

Title says it all. I have a very old number and get a lot of businesses trying to get my custom (by annoying me, ironically). I had them block on my last phone but I'm getting them again. Please implement this.

The messages app equivalent is bug 1469535.

------- UX comment & resolution -------

To block a number:

1. Open dialer
2. Carry out a bottom edge swipe to access your Recent calls
3. Swipe towards the left on the entry/number you would like to block
4. tap the Info icon
5. see the revealed details about the caller and select the BLOCK option at the bottom of the page

Please refer to the latest UX spec here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRy9-DEXr3A1D7PHkJaXmjbe7xbRmxKkzANXuu-F6lc/edit

Please refer to the latest visual spec here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XMHRg7T3KxMizExeRTmXJGar0WOUyBQ4A8lEMnQvcqA/edit#slide=id.g34bd6a2bc_417

Visuals attached to bug

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet)]

Bug description updated with design solution, design is attached. marking as Fix Committed.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Unfortunately this design never made it to the “UX spec”, and the visual spec is now a 404.

The attached mockups look reasonable, though perhaps “Block” and “Delete” should be buttons instead of list items. Certainly the icons shouldn’t be on the opposite end from the labels, because that would look weird in wide screens (even in landscape mode).

[Joe Liau (joe)]

I don't think the experience of nuisance calling is understood if this issue is marked as "low" or "wishlist".

Does that mean there is no one able to work on it, or that it is not important?

Nuisance calls are very disruptive and abusive. The device should be protective of the human or allow the human to protect itself, but right now it is a direct line for abuse.

There is a concern of lack of resources in this project. I believe we could recover some of those resources, if we weren't disturbed by nuisances, such as phone calls and spam messaging.

[Robin Heroldich (robinheroldich)]

There's a number, who calls me a lot in the early hours, and I can't block it, because this feature is missing, as a workaround I need to turn off my phone every evening, which is not the best solution. :) Is there any plan to support this in an upcoming OTA release, like OTA-14?

[Ante Smolcic (supersmola)]

Hi. This feature was present in the old not-so-smart phones and in some fixed phones as well. Back in the analog days you had to have a subsription to a caller-id service. Now with IP-telephony and mobile telephony we can say it is an expected feature of any device that calls itself a phone. Thank you.