Hide "X made no changes" event by default in timeline (#1430)

CHANGES.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Features ✨:
 
 Improvements 🙌:
  - New wording for notice when current user is the sender
+ - Hide "X made no changes" event by default in timeline (#1430)
 
 Bugfix 🐛:
  - Switch theme is not fully taken into account without restarting the app

matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/im/vector/matrix/android/api/session/room/timeline/TimelineSettings.kt

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ data class TimelineSettings(
          * A flag to filter redacted events
          */
         val filterRedacted: Boolean = false,
+        /**
+         * A flag to filter useless events, such as membership events without any change
+         */
+        val filterUseless: Boolean = false,
         /**
          * A flag to filter by types. It should be used with [allowedTypes] field
          */
@@ -44,5 +48,4 @@ data class TimelineSettings(
          * If true, will build read receipts for each event.
          */
         val buildReadReceipts: Boolean = true
-
 )

matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/im/vector/matrix/android/internal/database/mapper/EventMapper.kt

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package im.vector.matrix.android.internal.database.mapper
 import com.squareup.moshi.JsonDataException
 import im.vector.matrix.android.api.session.crypto.MXCryptoError
 import im.vector.matrix.android.api.session.events.model.Event
+import im.vector.matrix.android.api.session.events.model.EventType
 import im.vector.matrix.android.api.session.events.model.UnsignedData
 import im.vector.matrix.android.api.session.room.send.SendState
 import im.vector.matrix.android.internal.crypto.algorithms.olm.OlmDecryptionResult
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ internal object EventMapper {
         eventEntity.content = ContentMapper.map(event.content)
         val resolvedPrevContent = event.prevContent ?: event.unsignedData?.prevContent
         eventEntity.prevContent = ContentMapper.map(resolvedPrevContent)
+        eventEntity.isUseless = event.type == EventType.STATE_ROOM_MEMBER && eventEntity.content == eventEntity.prevContent
         eventEntity.stateKey = event.stateKey
         eventEntity.type = event.type
         eventEntity.sender = event.senderId

matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/im/vector/matrix/android/internal/database/model/EventEntity.kt

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ internal open class EventEntity(@Index var eventId: String = "",
                                 @Index var type: String = "",
                                 var content: String? = null,
                                 var prevContent: String? = null,
+                                var isUseless: Boolean = false,
                                 @Index var stateKey: String? = null,
                                 var originServerTs: Long? = null,
                                 @Index var sender: String? = null,

matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/im/vector/matrix/android/internal/session/room/timeline/DefaultTimeline.kt

@@ -775,6 +775,9 @@ internal class DefaultTimeline(
         if (settings.filterTypes) {
             `in`(TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.TYPE, settings.allowedTypes.toTypedArray())
         }
+        if (settings.filterUseless) {
+            not().equalTo(TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.IS_USELESS, true)
+        }
         if (settings.filterEdits) {
             not().like(TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.CONTENT, TimelineEventFilter.Content.EDIT)
             not().like(TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.CONTENT, TimelineEventFilter.Content.RESPONSE)

matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/im/vector/matrix/android/internal/session/room/timeline/TimelineHiddenReadReceipts.kt

@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ internal class TimelineHiddenReadReceipts constructor(private val readReceiptsSu
             not().`in`("${ReadReceiptsSummaryEntityFields.TIMELINE_EVENT}.${TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.TYPE}", settings.allowedTypes.toTypedArray())
             needOr = true
         }
+        if (settings.filterUseless) {
+            if (needOr) or()
+            equalTo("${ReadReceiptsSummaryEntityFields.TIMELINE_EVENT}.${TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.IS_USELESS}", true)
+            needOr = true
+        }
         if (settings.filterEdits) {
             if (needOr) or()
             like("${ReadReceiptsSummaryEntityFields.TIMELINE_EVENT}.${TimelineEventEntityFields.ROOT.CONTENT}", TimelineEventFilter.Content.EDIT)

vector/src/main/java/im/vector/riotx/features/home/room/detail/RoomDetailViewModel.kt

@@ -100,12 +100,14 @@ class RoomDetailViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
         TimelineSettings(30,
                 filterEdits = false,
                 filterRedacted = userPreferencesProvider.shouldShowRedactedMessages().not(),
+                filterUseless = false,
                 filterTypes = false,
                 buildReadReceipts = userPreferencesProvider.shouldShowReadReceipts())
     } else {
         TimelineSettings(30,
                 filterEdits = true,
                 filterRedacted = userPreferencesProvider.shouldShowRedactedMessages().not(),
+                filterUseless = true,
                 filterTypes = true,
                 allowedTypes = TimelineDisplayableEvents.DISPLAYABLE_TYPES,
                 buildReadReceipts = userPreferencesProvider.shouldShowReadReceipts())