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    [Alpha] Greenline - A qml Whatsapp client for Ubuntu Touch

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    • brenno.almeidaB Offline
      brenno.almeida
      last edited by

      @sahirul the ability to login with phone number is added in the latest alpha

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        sahirul @brenno.almeida
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        @brenno.almeida “I will try it. Thank you for making it happen.”

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        • brenno.almeidaB Offline
          brenno.almeida
          last edited by

          New alpha with features:

          https://github.com/brennoflavio/greenline/releases

          • Pair Whatsapp with phone number + code
          • Settings page now correctly uninstall the daemon from the device
          • Block all notifications globally, regardless of Whatsapp configuration
          • Text input now correctly renders more than 2 lines
          • Show "typing" indicators in the chat page header
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          • brenno.almeidaB Offline
            brenno.almeida
            last edited by

            More features:

            https://github.com/brennoflavio/greenline/releases

            • Now you can reply to messages
            • Text input box now renders correctly
            • Contact messages now renders correctly, and you can send contact messages
            • Chat page should load faster now
            • Chat list page now updates when you receive a message and app is opened in background
            • User metrics should work now
            • Really big text messages should render now, and be collapsed
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            • brenno.almeidaB Offline
              brenno.almeida
              last edited by

              Updated release:

              https://github.com/brennoflavio/greenline/releases

              • Now bringing the app to the foreground while a chat is open should update the chat
              • "view once" messages are now rendered and notified (not possible to see the content, Whatsapp limitation)
              • Mentions should render correctly now
              • Some scroll fixes when you open the chat page or click on the button to scroll to bottom
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              • mihaelM Online
                mihael @brenno.almeida
                last edited by

                @brenno.almeida I really enjoy this app. Thank you very much!

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                • brenno.almeidaB Offline
                  brenno.almeida @mihael
                  last edited by

                  @mihael Thanks! Any issues let me know, we're approaching a beta release

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                  • brenno.almeidaB Offline
                    brenno.almeida
                    last edited by

                    New release: message prior this release can look strange because of a refactor I did, to avoid problems disconnect your whatsapp account in settings and reconnect after installing this update

                    https://github.com/brennoflavio/greenline/releases

                    • Draft support: typing in a chat will save your message next time you get back to that chat
                    • Complete rework of how this app handles notifications, which should enable new features for specific message types in the future
                    • Fix a bug that made the user avatar go away when downloading media in a group chat
                    • Mentions should be rendered correctly now, including notifications
                    • Simplified the unread count bubble (although its a big buggy now)
                    • Centralized name resolution, now the app is consistent when showing names across replies, chat lists, headers, etc
                    • Fixed a bug if you start a chat, the chat will have your name
                    • Full support for edited messages: now the new text is shown with an edited badge, and you can edit your own messages aswell
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                    • Linus67L Offline
                      Linus67
                      last edited by

                      I’d actually prefer to do without META products. But that’s hardly possible. My music mates, tennis pals and other friends only use WhatsApp.
                      For my UT as a day-to-day device, there wasn’t really anything useful like a quick-check app to see what’s going on with certain WhatsApp users (groups) who organise all their appointments and updates in groups.
                      WhatsNew never really worked for me. Too slow, too cluttered.

                      This morning I installed Grennlines. It’s a really good project and a perfect solution to my unwelcome WhatsApp dependency. Many thanks for the solution.
                      For me, the current state of development is already perfect. It starts up very quickly and has everything I need. Let me buy you a bottle of wine!

                      Pixel 3a, works with NextCloud, pihole, Wireguard VPN, Trilium, GhostCloud, Paperless ngx...and a lot of great apps from the Open Store.
                      Lenovo Tab M10 HD TB-X306X LTE

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                      • Linus67L Offline
                        Linus67
                        last edited by

                        "Hi Brenno, I'm using Greenline on a Pixel 3a (Ubuntu Touch RC). I noticed that the greenline-daemon stays active and consumes significant resources even when notifications are disabled in the app settings. On older devices, this leads to OOM (Out of Memory) crashes and system reboots.
                        Feature Request: Could you add a 'Kill Daemon on Exit' toggle for users who don't need background notifications? If notifications are off, the daemon shouldn't stay resident in memory after closing the UI."

                        Pixel 3a, works with NextCloud, pihole, Wireguard VPN, Trilium, GhostCloud, Paperless ngx...and a lot of great apps from the Open Store.
                        Lenovo Tab M10 HD TB-X306X LTE

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                        • Linus67L Offline
                          Linus67
                          last edited by

                          PS:
                          Now I use a skript (systemctl --user stop greenline.service) and use it with a Desktop link. This works perfectly for my WhatsApp usage. This way, I can stop all WhatsApp data usage completely if I don’t need Greenline for a few days.

                          Pixel 3a, works with NextCloud, pihole, Wireguard VPN, Trilium, GhostCloud, Paperless ngx...and a lot of great apps from the Open Store.
                          Lenovo Tab M10 HD TB-X306X LTE

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                          • Vlad NirkyV Offline
                            Vlad Nirky @Linus67
                            last edited by

                            @Linus67
                            Could you tell me how to add the script shortcut in Lomiri?
                            Greenline is great (to keep my wife happy – she uses WhatsApp and sees it as the most obvious way to communicate)

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                            • Linus67L Offline
                              Linus67 @Vlad Nirky
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                              @Vlad-Nirky

                              nano ~/.local/share/applications/gkill.desktop

                              ini
                              [Desktop Entry]
                              Name=Stop Greenline
                              Exec=/home/phablet/stop_greenline.sh
                              Terminal=false
                              Type=Application
                              Icon=/home/phablet/Pictures/greenline_stop.png

                              Pixel 3a, works with NextCloud, pihole, Wireguard VPN, Trilium, GhostCloud, Paperless ngx...and a lot of great apps from the Open Store.
                              Lenovo Tab M10 HD TB-X306X LTE

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                              • Vlad NirkyV Offline
                                Vlad Nirky @Linus67
                                last edited by

                                @Linus67 said:

                                nano ~/.local/share/applications/gkill.desktop

                                ini
                                [Desktop Entry]
                                Name=Stop Greenline
                                Exec=/home/phablet/stop_greenline.sh
                                Terminal=false
                                Type=Application
                                Icon=/home/phablet/Pictures/greenline_stop.png

                                Thank you for this.
                                🙂

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                                • brenno.almeidaB Offline
                                  brenno.almeida
                                  last edited by brenno.almeida

                                  Nice script to stop the daemon, I added to the todo list to include before release

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                                  • mihaelM Online
                                    mihael
                                    last edited by

                                    And then how do you restart the service? - simply by restarting the app? or by systemctl --user start greenline.service ?

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                                    • Linus67L Offline
                                      Linus67 @mihael
                                      last edited by

                                      @mihael simply by restarting the app

                                      Pixel 3a, works with NextCloud, pihole, Wireguard VPN, Trilium, GhostCloud, Paperless ngx...and a lot of great apps from the Open Store.
                                      Lenovo Tab M10 HD TB-X306X LTE

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                                      • C Offline
                                        ChromiumOS-Guy @brenno.almeida
                                        last edited by ChromiumOS-Guy

                                        @brenno.almeida awesome app, switched to it.
                                        a thing you should add, is aytanna message indicator support so we can see messages after timer runs out.

                                        other then that, i think you should expand settings to include all the standard chat and profile settings.

                                        also sqlite db files should be encrypted if possible.

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                                        • brenno.almeidaB Offline
                                          brenno.almeida @mihael
                                          last edited by

                                          @mihael the app has a built in logic to recover the daemon in case of a crash, which seems to be working here

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                                          • brenno.almeidaB Offline
                                            brenno.almeida @ChromiumOS-Guy
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                                            @ChromiumOS-Guy what do you mean by seeing the message after time runs out?

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