Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch

pparent

@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?

pparent

@danfro

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.

danfro

@pparent I am fine with that. I am actually quite impressed with everything that does work. The app is good and usable.

danfro

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 with nano ~/.config/signalut.pparent/Signal/ephemeral.json. (no sudo needed)

Replace "theme-setting": "system", with "theme-setting": "dark",, save changes and start the app.

rund_europa

@pparent I would be happy to test a dev version.
With the above change to the factor, how do I save the change?

pparent

@rund_europa

Do you have a github acount? Can you open an issue here so that we may talk about it?

https://github.com/pparent76/SignalUT/issues

rund_europa

@pparent I just created one and opened an issue. Thank you for your great work/Support

pparent

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 7.79.0

Don'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.

pparent

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.

adorsaz

@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.