IOS cordova-sms-plugin issue - ionic-framework

Question

We have a problem with the cordova sms plugin. When you send an sms from ionic v1 app for the first time. Everything works perfect but as soon as you send a second sms the recipient has a comma after it. I'm not sure how this works but now a user will have to manually remove the separator.
var number = 48802;
$cordovaSms.send(number.toString(),message).then(
function (results) {
console.log("SMS sent! ",results);
$ionicLoading.hide();
$scope.job.paymentConfirmed = true;
submit();
},function (e) {
$ionicLoading.hide();
window.localStorage.job = JSON.stringify($scope.job);
$ionicPopup.alert({
title: 'Posting Job Failed',
template: 'Please check your airtime credit if insufficient please top up'
});
console.log("Adding a job error ",e);
}
);

Answer 1

I just tested your code and can see this is not an error with the plugin, this is simply how the messaging app in iOS is designed.
When a number is entered into the recipient list, iOS will automatically put a comma there to allow you to add additional recipients.
The user does not have to manually remove the comment - all they have to do is click in the message textbox and the comma automatically goes away when they start typing their message.
To be clear: I don't think there is much you can do about this, unfortunately :-(