# Messages on your phone (https://docs.treema.ai/en/docs/mobile/messages)

A conversation on a phone — writing, attaching, recording, and what a long press on a message offers.

Open any conversation from [the Chats list](https://docs.treema.ai/en/docs/mobile/chats/) and this is what you get: the same messages your
colleagues see in a browser, on a screen you can hold in one hand.

![Screenshot: mobile/chats/conversation](https://docs.treema.ai/screenshots/en/mobile/chats/conversation.png)

1. Who you are talking to — tap it for the channel info
2. The conversation, newest at the bottom
3. Where you write, attach and record

## Reading the screen [#reading-the-screen]

* **Your own messages** are on the right; everyone else's are on the left with their name above.
* **A bar under the header** shows the channel's pinned message. Tap it to jump to it.
* **A mention of you** is highlighted in the text.
* **Reactions** sit under the message they belong to; tap one to add yours.
* **"2 replies"** under a message means it has a thread — see below.
* **Grey lines** in the flow are the channel's own events: somebody joined, was added, or created it.

## Writing [#writing]

Tap the box and type. Two buttons sit beside it:

* **The paperclip** attaches photos and files from the phone.
* **The microphone** records a voice message — hold-to-talk work when typing isn't practical.

Typing **@** and a few letters offers the people in this conversation and mentions the one you pick,
which is what puts your message in front of them rather than in the pile.

## What a long press offers [#what-a-long-press-offers]

Press and hold any message:

![Screenshot: mobile/chats/message-actions](https://docs.treema.ai/screenshots/en/mobile/chats/message-actions.png)

1. Everything you can do to one message

|                      |                                                               |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **The row of emoji** | React without writing anything.                               |
| **Reply**            | Quote it in your own message.                                 |
| **Reply in thread**  | Open a thread on it, so the answers don't scroll the channel. |
| **Copy text**        | Puts the text on the phone's clipboard.                       |
| **Pin** / **Unpin**  | Pins it to the top of the channel for everyone.               |
| **Convert to task**  | Opens the new-task form with the message already in it.       |
| **Edit**             | Your own message, within an hour of sending it.               |
| **Delete**           | Your own message; admins can delete anybody's.                |

The rules behind these — who may delete what, how long editing stays open, how many pins a channel
holds — are the same on both screens and are written out once in
[Messages](https://docs.treema.ai/en/docs/chats/messages/).

## Threads [#threads]

Tapping **replies** opens the thread: the original message at the top, the answers under it, and a
box for one more.

![Screenshot: mobile/chats/thread](https://docs.treema.ai/screenshots/en/mobile/chats/thread.png)

1. The message that started it, with its replies

A reply here notifies the person who started the thread and nobody else, which is exactly why a long
answer belongs in one — the rest of the shift keeps reading the channel undisturbed.

## What isn't here [#what-isnt-here]

The phone is for the conversation, not for administering it. Creating channels and everything in
their settings is [a page of its own](https://docs.treema.ai/en/docs/mobile/channels/); guest messages are the
[Smart Inbox](https://docs.treema.ai/en/docs/inbox/) and stay in a browser.