[BUG] Retain Contacts After Deleting Conversations

[x80486]

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Current Behavior

When a conversation is deleted, the messages and the contact disappears entirely from the list. This is the expected behavior...but, there is no way to initiate a conversation again with that user because the contact won't appear anymore.

Expected Behavior

The contact should be displayed when the Search option is used — as if it's the case for the desktop application.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Start a conversation
2. Go back to the conversations' list
3. Tap on the (same) contact to display the options
4. Select Delete — and accept
5. Use the Search option and look for the (same) contact

Android Version

15

Session Version

1.22.1 (4035 - 27507b)

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[ThomasSession]

We are reworking conversation / contact deletion and it will soon work that way. Deleting a conversation shouldn't delete the contact indeed.
There will be a new way to delete the contact itself by long pressing on that contact from within the search.

[x80486]

Great! That's fantastic. Also, would be nice to align with the options the desktop offers. I tend to use the Delete Messages options quite often, and that's not in the mobile version; also something similar with the Message Information.

[ThomasSession]

Yes, the overall settings screen for a conversation will be reworked with clearer intents and new options like deleting messages.