Cannot call numbers received in SMS

Bug #1442216 reported by qduaty
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
messaging-app (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

Some SMS contain numbers of sufficient length that are obvious phone numbers (some even start from the + sign) but cannot be called from the application. They should be clickable, same way as URLs, which are recognized correctly. Or even better, Messaging app should search for possible owners of these numbers in Contacts app and give choice: open contact or call the number. There are two well known scenarios involving sending phone numbers through SMS:
1. A person sending a number to another person (a "mutual friend")
2. Carrier notification about a missed call.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in messaging-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
qduaty (qduaty) wrote :

It seems to work now (Ubuntu 15.04 r23) but there is no link for a number if there's a URL in the same message. In such case, the URL has a link but the number is rendered as plain text.

Changed in messaging-app (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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