Publish the application on the official F-Droid repo

[wuniversales]

Please publish the application on fdroid.
https://f-droid.org/
Thank you

[licaon-kter]

Hey, what's the dev's opinion on this?

This project sounds nice, they'll need to make a gradle flavour that doesn't need non-FOSS libs like Crashlytics, Firebase and Google Services (maybe more?), but given past projects like LibreSignal maybe this is not that hard.

[ian-tedesco]

The CTO stated in this discussion https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/1678 the following, so I guess they are trying to make it.

APKs are here, https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/releases , We will be trying to get into F-Droid repo shortly, we're just focusing on bugfixes for now since we just released.

[KeeJef]

We fully intend to get into the F-droid repository, but first we are focusing on ironing out bugs with the current releases, you can avoid Google Play by downloading the official signed APK's for now, but you will need to keep ontop of the updates manually https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/releases

[ian-tedesco]

We fully intend to get into the F-droid repository, but first we are focusing on ironing out bugs with the current releases, you can avoid Google Play by downloading the official signed APK's for now, but you will need to keep ontop of the updates manually https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/releases

Is there a way to check which version I'm using?

[KeeJef]

We fully intend to get into the F-droid repository, but first we are focusing on ironing out bugs with the current releases, you can avoid Google Play by downloading the official signed APK's for now, but you will need to keep ontop of the updates manually https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/releases

Is there a way to check which version I'm using?

No, not right now on Android, but a version number in the settings menu will be added next release

[ZarVladimirII]

Is there a way to check which version I'm using?

Install MyPhoneExplorer from fjsoft. You can also synchronize Offline, save apks from all Apps, Contacts, SMS all stored with a passphrase encrypted.

[Neurognostic]

Any update on this? Would really like to keep Session up to date with F-Droid. Being available on F-Droid also gives users some peace of mind due to their strict FLOSS Inclusion Policy and auditing during the build process.

https://f-droid.org/en/contribute/
https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Inclusion_Policy/
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
https://f-droid.org/docs/Submitting_to_F-Droid_Quick_Start_Guide/

[KeeJef]

We haven't started on this yet, as our priority is still improving the user experience of Session at the moment. We release signed APK's regularly here, https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/releases they don't bundle with any google services so you can just download them and run them on any Android phone without the google play store

[ian-tedesco]

Any idea how long will it take to start working on this?

[KeeJef]

Depends on how quickly we can fix up multi device, push notifications and message sending reliability, maybe a month or two?

[EchedelleLR]

We haven't started on this yet, as our priority is still improving the user experience of Session at the moment. We release signed APK's regularly here, https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/releases they don't bundle with any google services so you can just download them and run them on any Android phone without the google play store

Seems that in the end comes bundled with that but "optional" which acts strange as showed in other issue I created.

[gary-host-laptop]

Just a heads up, while they keep working on the F-Droid release, you can keep up to date more easily through IzzyOnDroid's repository, you can add them to your F-Droid repositories' list or use another custom application store like Aurora Droid.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/
https://auroraoss.com/downloads.php

[licaon-kter]

Can the user backup/restore once F-Droid is ready?

[gary-host-laptop]

I guess it'll depend on how they do it, I have some applications installed through Aurora Droid which are the same on F-Droid, but some others (like Geometric Weather) seem to have incompatible signatures and will need either an update or a reinstall to work properly. Still, Session has a key back up system, so therefore you could be able to simply uninstall it and log in again in the worst case scenario.