sync new message message read or unread notification display better between device ui and ble app; keep in channel after message sent, moved sent toaster popup to in channel

examples/companion_radio/AbstractUITask.h

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public:
   virtual void forceRefresh() {}
   virtual void addSentChannelMessage(uint8_t channel_idx, const char* sender, const char* text) {}
 
+  // Mark a channel as read when BLE companion app syncs a message
+  virtual void markChannelReadFromBLE(uint8_t channel_idx) {}
+
   // Repeater admin callbacks (from MyMesh)
   virtual void onAdminLoginResult(bool success, uint8_t permissions, uint32_t server_time) {}
   virtual void onAdminCliResponse(const char* from_name, const char* text) {}

examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp

@@ -1410,7 +1410,19 @@ void MyMesh::handleCmdFrame(size_t len) {
     if ((out_len = getFromOfflineQueue(out_frame)) > 0) {
       _serial->writeFrame(out_frame, out_len);
 #ifdef DISPLAY_CLASS
-      if (_ui) _ui->msgRead(offline_queue_len);
+      if (_ui) {
+        _ui->msgRead(offline_queue_len);
+
+        // Mark channel as read when BLE companion app syncs the message.
+        // Frame layout V3: [resp_code][snr][res1][res2][channel_idx][path_len]...
+        // Frame layout V1: [resp_code][channel_idx][path_len]...
+        bool is_v3_ch = (out_frame[0] == RESP_CODE_CHANNEL_MSG_RECV_V3);
+        bool is_old_ch = (out_frame[0] == RESP_CODE_CHANNEL_MSG_RECV);
+        if (is_v3_ch || is_old_ch) {
+          uint8_t ch_idx = is_v3_ch ? out_frame[4] : out_frame[1];
+          _ui->markChannelReadFromBLE(ch_idx);
+        }
+      }
 #endif
     } else {
       out_frame[0] = RESP_CODE_NO_MORE_MESSAGES;

examples/companion_radio/main.cpp

@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ void handleKeyboardInput() {
       if (wasDM) {
         ui_task.gotoContactsScreen();
       } else {
-        ui_task.gotoHomeScreen();
+        ui_task.gotoChannelScreen();
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ void handleKeyboardInput() {
         if (wasDM) {
           ui_task.gotoContactsScreen();
         } else {
-          ui_task.gotoHomeScreen();
+          ui_task.gotoChannelScreen();
         }
         return;
       }

examples/companion_radio/ui-new/Repeateradminscreen.h

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <MeshCore.h>
 
 // Forward declarations
-class UITask;
+#include "../AbstractUITask.h"
 class MyMesh;
 extern MyMesh the_mesh;
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public:
   };
 
 private:
-  UITask* _task;
+  AbstractUITask* _task;
   mesh::RTCClock* _rtc;
 
   AdminState _state;
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ private:
   }
 
 public:
-  RepeaterAdminScreen(UITask* task, mesh::RTCClock* rtc)
+  RepeaterAdminScreen(AbstractUITask* task, mesh::RTCClock* rtc)
     : _task(task), _rtc(rtc), _state(STATE_PASSWORD_ENTRY),
       _contactIdx(-1), _permissions(0), _serverTime(0),
       _pwdLen(0), _lastCharAt(0),

examples/companion_radio/ui-new/UITask.cpp

@@ -1486,6 +1486,12 @@ void UITask::addSentChannelMessage(uint8_t channel_idx, const char* sender, cons
   ((ChannelScreen *) channel_screen)->addMessage(channel_idx, 0, sender, formattedMsg);
 }
 
+void UITask::markChannelReadFromBLE(uint8_t channel_idx) {
+  ((ChannelScreen *) channel_screen)->markChannelRead(channel_idx);
+  // Trigger a refresh so the home screen unread count updates in real-time
+  _next_refresh = millis() + 200;
+}
+
 void UITask::gotoRepeaterAdmin(int contactIdx) {
   // Lazy-initialize on first use (same pattern as audiobook player)
   if (repeater_admin == nullptr) {

examples/companion_radio/ui-new/UITask.h

@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ public:
   // Add a sent message to the channel screen history
   void addSentChannelMessage(uint8_t channel_idx, const char* sender, const char* text) override;
 
+  // Mark channel as read when BLE companion app syncs messages
+  void markChannelReadFromBLE(uint8_t channel_idx) override;
+
   // Repeater admin callbacks
   void onAdminLoginResult(bool success, uint8_t permissions, uint32_t server_time) override;
   void onAdminCliResponse(const char* from_name, const char* text) override;