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About

A fork of Fossify Messages that keeps spam instead of throwing it away. Package net.wzmn.messages, so it installs next to the original. Not affiliated with Fossify.

What's different

Spam is kept, not deleted. Messages that match a spam keyword or come from a number on the app's own "Spam numbers" list are saved silently (no notification) and shown in a Spam folder. Upstream drops them for good.
The words that made a message spam are highlighted, conversations whose latest message is spam get a tag, and a conversation can be filtered to its suspicious messages.
"Mark as spam" / "Not spam" per message, "Mark sender as spam", and a list of numbers that are never spam.
A spam keyword can be picked straight from a message, with a live preview of the received messages it would match. "Whole word only" per keyword.
"Update spam marks" re-applies the lists to the messages already on the phone, leaving your own marks alone.
Spam settings in their own Settings section, and in the Spam folder's menu.

Install

With Obtainium, which installs apps from their GitHub releases and keeps them updated: tap the badge above on your phone, or in Obtainium tap Add App and paste https://github.com/arikw/messages.

Or download the APK from Releases and install it by hand.

Build

In a container, with podman:

podman build -t localhost/fossify-messages-build tools   # once
tools/build.sh                                            # app/build/outputs/apk/foss/release/

A signed release build needs a keystore.properties (see keystore.properties_sample) and its key.

Everything else

All the rest is Fossify Messages: SMS and MMS, group messages, blocking numbers, message export and import, scheduled messages, a recycle bin, lock-screen privacy, search, no ads, no internet access. See Fossify Messages for details.

Screenshots of the original Fossify Messages.

License

GPL-3.0, like the original. Based on Fossify Messages by the Fossify contributors.

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

1.10.2 - 2026-10-21

Changed

Updated translations

1.10.1 - 2026-10-10

Changed

Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed startup crash on Android 11 and below

1.10.0 - 2026-10-10

Added

Added inline audio player for MMS attachments (#261)

Changed

Improved error messages when a message fails to send (#315)
Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed exposed action receivers for security (#834)
Fixed group message creation on Xiaomi devices (#41)
Fixed incorrect SMS/MMS deletion from notifications in rare cases
Fixed MMS images stuck on "Sending" when sent together (#185)
Partially fixed MMS image sending failures (#45)

1.9.1 - 2026-07-19

Changed

Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed missing private contact names in message list and threads (#829)

1.9.0 - 2026-07-12

Added

Added a group message format choice on the first group send (#52)

Changed

Updated translations

Fixed

Partially fixed issue with sending MMS images (#45)
Fixed slow loading of the conversation list (#234)

1.8.1 - 2026-07-09

Changed

Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed messages being sent to the wrong contact (#615)
Fixed incomplete message exports (#713)
Fixed crash when viewing older messages
Other stability improvements

1.8.0 - 2026-01-30

Added

Added support for custom fonts
Added "Copy number to clipboard" option inside chat overflow menu (#651)

Changed

Improved multi-message copy formatting with timestamps and sender names
Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed missing notifications in some cases (#159)
Fixed incorrect blocking of MMS messages in some rare cases (#644)
Fixed issue with importing alphanumeric blocked numbers (#282)
Fixed issue where scheduled messages were not sent after a reboot or app updates (#641)

1.7.0 - 2025-12-16

Added

Ability to select and copy multiple text messages at once (#600)

Changed

Updated translations

Deprecated

Deprecated the recycle bin feature (#290)

Fixed

Fixed new conversation shortcut (#416)
Fixed blocking MMS messages from unknown numbers (#610)

1.6.0 - 2025-10-29

Changed

Compatibility updates for Android 15 & 16
Calling now works directly without launching dialpad (#562)
Search bar is now pinned to the top when scrolling
Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed freezing when sending messages (#574)

1.5.0 - 2025-10-18

Added

Unread badge count for conversations (#177)

Changed

Optimized loading messages in conversations (#234)
Updated conversation item design to be more compact (#376)
Pin/unpin actions now always show as action buttons in the menu (#561)
Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed position reset when opening attachments in conversations (#82)
Fixed automatic scroll to searched message in conversations (#350)
Fixed non-standard text and avatar sizes in list items
Fixed "Mark as read" not working in some cases (#264)

1.4.0 - 2025-10-12

Added

Ability to save multiple attachments (#75)
Ability to select numbers that aren't starred when starting a new conversation (#153)

Changed

Reordered menu options throughout the app
Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed keyword blocking for MMS messages (#99)
Fixed contact number selection when adding members to a group (#456)
Fixed a glitch in pattern lock after incorrect attempts
Fixed disabled send button when sending images without text (#165)

1.3.0 - 2025-09-09

Added

Option to keep conversations archived (#334)

Changed

Updated translations

1.2.3 - 2025-08-21

Changed

Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed stale/missing notification badge on some devices

1.2.2 - 2025-08-01

Changed

Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed inability to view messages when there is no SIM card (#461)

1.2.1 - 2025-06-17

Changed

Preference category labels now use sentence case
Updated translations

1.2.0 - 2025-06-04

Added

Conversation shortcuts (#209)

Changed

Updated translations

1.1.7 - 2025-04-01

Changed

Added more translations

Fixed

Fixed incorrect cursor position when reopening the app (#349)
Fixed scrolling issue on conversation details screen (#359)

1.1.6 - 2025-03-24

Changed

Other minor fixes and improvements
Added more translations

Removed

Removed storage permission requirement (#309)

Fixed

Fixed crash when viewing messages
Fixes incorrect author name in group messages (#180)

1.1.5 - 2025-02-02

Changed

Added more translations

Fixed

Fixed issue with third party intents (#294)
Fixed toast error when receiving MMS messages (#287)
Fixed RTL layout issue in threads (#279)

1.1.4 - 2025-01-23

Changed

Added more translations

Fixed

Fixed issue with forwarding messages (#288)

1.1.3 - 2025-01-05

Changed

Added more translations

Fixed

Fixed issues with conversation date update (#225, #274)

1.1.2 - 2025-01-05

Changed

Added more translations

Fixed

Fixed issues with conversation date update (#225, #274)

1.1.1 - 2025-01-04

Changed

Improved third party SMS/MMS intent parsing (#217, #243)
Modified short code check to exclude emails (#115)
Other minor bug fixes and improvements
Added more translations

Fixed

Fixed issue with messages draft deletion (#13)
Fixed multiple toast errors for MMS messages (#70, #262)
Fixed some layout issues in message thread (#135)

1.1.0 - 2024-12-27

Changed

Replaced checkboxes with switches
Improved app lock logic and interface
Other minor bug fixes and improvements
Added more translations

Removed

Removed support for Android 7 and older versions

Fixed

Fixed various issues related to importing/exporting messages
Fixed keyword blocking for MMS messages
Fixed issue with messages draft deletion

1.0.1 - 2024-02-09

Changed

Minor bug fixes and improvements
Added some translations

1.0.0 - 2024-01-24

Added

Initial release