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Create one formatting style for displaying phone numbers #76

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Phone numbers without a name are formatted inconsistently. I have seen US numbers formatted like:

  • +15551231234
  • (555) 123-1234
  • 5551231234

It would be nice to have a single format for phone numbers. (which is, FWIW, what Google Messages and even AOSP Messaging does).

Code pointer for AOSP: https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/main:packages/apps/Dialer/java/com/android/dialer/phonenumberutil/PhoneNumberHelper.java;l=266-304;drc=0c2c8e76bb4b17e50d41929ae889367ddf878eae

Seems like Google's libphonenumber library gets the job done with little pain: https://github.com/google/libphonenumber/blob/master/java/libphonenumber/test/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtilTest.java

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