From 15f7e5ab37c990a7231489a4b312597677d4d041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikunj <mikunj@live.com.au>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:55:45 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't send an empty message body when sending a background
 message.

---
 src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/sms/MessageSender.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/sms/MessageSender.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/sms/MessageSender.java
index 660da23c4d..91e8bfc8ed 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/sms/MessageSender.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/sms/MessageSender.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class MessageSender {
     Util.runOnMain(() -> {
       SignalServiceMessageSender messageSender = ApplicationContext.getInstance(context).communicationModule.provideSignalMessageSender();
       SignalServiceAddress address = new SignalServiceAddress(contactHexEncodedPublicKey);
-      SignalServiceDataMessage message = new SignalServiceDataMessage(System.currentTimeMillis(), "");
+      SignalServiceDataMessage message = new SignalServiceDataMessage(System.currentTimeMillis(), null);
       try {
         // Try send to the original person
         messageSender.sendMessage(0, address, Optional.absent(), message); // The message ID doesn't matter