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    Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch

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        adorsaz @pparent
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        @pparent I've plugged my phone on a monitor and leverage the Ubuntu Touch desktop mode (convergence) to have Signal UT and Waydroid side by side. Then you can take picture directly with your phone.

        The only thing a bit hard with this setup were that Waydroid scale with a big zoom. I had to update the LineageOS display setting to reduce UI to the smallest possible value.

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          projectmoon
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          @pparent have you experimented with integrating native notifications similar to WhatsWeb?

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            pparent @projectmoon
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            @projectmoon said in Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch:

            @pparent have you experimented with integrating native notifications similar to WhatsWeb?

            I will, but I can't do everything at once.

            This will require to cross-compile a patched version of libnotify to send notification to Lomiri postal service instead of standard freedesktop.org notifications. This is pretty much of a hack, but it should work since signal-desktop uses libnotify.

            Please be patient, the client will improve progressively.

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              Moem @pparent
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              @pparent said in Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch:

              I can't do everything at once.

              The app is progressing at a very nice pace, as a user I cannot possibly complain. Your effort is appreciated!

              Is currently using an Op5t
              Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                projectmoon @pparent
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                @pparent said in Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch:

                @projectmoon said in Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch:

                @pparent have you experimented with integrating native notifications similar to WhatsWeb?

                I will, but I can't do everything at once.

                This will require to cross-compile a patched version of libnotify to send notification to Lomiri postal service instead of standard freedesktop.org notifications. This is pretty much of a hack, but it should work since signal-desktop uses libnotify.

                Please be patient, the client will improve progressively.

                Not saying it's bad. In fact, the work is great. Also the functional keyboard is amazing. Just wondering if there was a roadmap. 🙂

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                  pparent @projectmoon
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                  @projectmoon

                  There is no roadmap for two reasons:

                  -First because what I'm doing here is experimental and it's impossible to predict for sure how hard will be something, or event if it will be possible at all, before it's done.

                  -Second because I'm not payed for this, so I do it depending on my time and desire and motivation and without pressure.

                  All that I do here is opensource and reproductible. As I said before anyone is more than welcome to jump into the development of this project to make it go faster or in a more predictable way, or implement a specific feature they want.

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                    Shapa @pparent
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                    @pparent How you solved the keyboard issue ?
                    any magic ?

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                      pparent @Shapa
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                      @Shapa

                      https://github.com/pparent76/SignalUT/blob/main/patches/maliit-inputcontext-gtk/client-imcontext-gtk.c.patch

                      Some hacks found after a lot of debuging, investigation, trial and error, and perseverance!

                      I've realized that simulating a keypress from an external keyboard in the window will unlock the enter and back button

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                        pparent
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                        I've release a the new version 7.80.1-1 with the following improvements:

                        -Allow microphone
                        -Allow downloading files with contenthub
                        -Bump to signal-desktop 7.80.1: includes support for polls

                        Please read the new "tips and tricks" section, and if you see a significant bug not mentioned in this section, and not previously reported, please report here or in github! Thank you!

                        You can also report if everything is working fine (new features)! 😊

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                          pparent
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                          Now the microphone is enabled, if some people can test calls, it would be nice to know the level of usability, the presence or not of echo, and the audio quality! 😉

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