Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch

pparent

I've made scripts to build a .click package of signal-desktop for Ubuntu Touch, currently it is based on a reuse of the binaries from https://snapcraft.io/signal-desktop . But it does not require to use snap to work, it's a standalone click package with tweaking to have an acceptable scale and have the keyboard working.

https://github.com/pparent76/SignalUT

The app is currently not responsive:

You can reduce the left menu to it's minimal size
The keyboard will display on top of the textedit, so you won't see what you type
The enter button does not trigger message send, to send the message you need to expend the textedit then click the send button.
You should be able to fin tune zoom by plugin in a keyboard and use the shortcuts Ctrl+= & Ctrl+- (untested)

But it is already usable to consult messages, and send small messages (in a sub-optimal way)

What also kind of works:

Sending Audio messages, and listening to them (seems to work quite well)
Audio calls (and it's possible to see video from the other person but internal camera does not work), call quality untested.
Receiving non-Ut desktop notifications when keeping app in background (even when the phone is suspended)

WARNING: This is experimental, use at your own risks. The app currently needs to run unconfined. It contains binaries that I've not compiled personally (comming from snapcraft.io ) and that I have not checked. I do not take responsibility in case of any problem

Knowing that, if you want to be a tester, I'd be glad to get feedback from testers to know if it runs on other phones. So you will find a pre-built .click package here ( ONLY RUN ON NOBLE (24.04) ) :

https://github.com/pparent76/SignalUT/releases/tag/FirstRelease

pparent

Next steps (in a undetermined order, and in an undetermined date):

Recompile the binary from snapcrafters scripts instead of using their binaries
Make a set of aesthetic patches to make the app responsive and adapted to phone screen, and keyboard appearance (similar to whatsweb )
Make the app at least partially confined
Publish in openstore
Make it possible to import/export files with Content-hub (probably a system-wide fix)
Make a patch to connect notifications to UT notifications instead of using standard desktop notifications (possibly a system-wide fix as well)