Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch
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Joining in to report my findings. The app is working quite well on my OP5T. I can't use the very top menu entries (Files, Edit, View, ...). But most other things seem to work fine so far. I don't need to lock/unlock to send, just as described above the action with the small arrow is needed.
I could receive a call, but only one way voice and no video. Calling out didn't work, after a while the other end got a timeout message, but it didn't ring there. Only on my phone it was ringing. Not sure if that is already supposed to work better. Just pointing that out.
The search doesn't seem to work in chats, it works in chat list. Reactions work, reply works. So all in all not bad at all. Thanks a lot for your work.
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Ah, for search we need to go back to the chat list page.
So press search in a chat, the go back to chat list page. Then the chat is selected as search filter. When entering a string now, the search is performed within that chat.
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@rund_europa
Would you be willing to test a dev version, suposed to auto-detect the screen resolution, to see if the scaling works better on your phone? -
Thank you for your feedback!
Yes all features are not working currently or in a hacky way. So as long as I've not worked on them (like calls or search messages) I suppose they are not working. Now I'm focusing on core features about chat and keyboard.
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@pparent I am fine with that. I am actually quite impressed with everything that does work. The app is good and usable.
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Hacking my way through it... ;-).
If you wish to use dark mode, close the app and edit this file:
~/.config/signalut.pparent/Signal/ephemeral.json
You can do that with seabass2 for instance.
Or use terminal withnano ~/.config/signalut.pparent/Signal/ephemeral.json. (no sudo needed)Replace
"theme-setting": "system",with"theme-setting": "dark",, save changes and start the app. -
@pparent I would be happy to test a dev version.
With the above change to the factor, how do I save the change? -
Do you have a github acount? Can you open an issue here so that we may talk about it?
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@pparent I just created one and opened an issue. Thank you for your great work/Support
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I have released to openstore the new version v7.79.0-1 !
It includes the following improvements:
-Solve keyboard problems.
-Improve performance ( interface more fluid ).
-Improve scaling on some devices.
-Upgrade Signal-Desktop to version 7.79.0Don't hesitate to report any unexpected bug.
For the next release I will focus on:
- Unleashing the microphone ( for audio messages, calls )
- Download medias with Contenthub
I hope both will be possible without any major obstacle.
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Also I add some information in regard of the remarks that were made on the latets Ubports Q&A show:
Signal-Destkop can only be used as a secondary client, but you can have your primary client inside Waydroid (with official Signal app or Molly Foss ) on the same phone. Then to link the account do the following with the help of another camera-enabled device ( computer, other smartphone, reflex camera,...) : Open at the same time Signal UT and Signal/Molly on Waydroid on the main device, then take a picture of the Qr-Code of Signal UT with the other device, then switch immediately to Signal or Molly on Waydroid where you have your main account, and scan the picture of the Qr-code on the screen of the other device. Try to do it quite fast as the Qr-Code validity expires after a time that can be quite short, but you still have largely enough time. You only need to do this once.
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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.
