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        Stefano @cheniek
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        @cheniek There will be Anbox for Android apps. It's being developed as we speak. There is a beta version for some devices available, but that's just the begging. Patience, my friend.

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          flohack @cheniek
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          @cheniek So to summarize this quickly, sind those things are unchanged for some time:

          • Yes, WhatsApp will probably never come to UT, unless they write it themselves. Anbox might help there, but we dont know if WhatsApp will run flawlessly in Anbox.
          • With Signal we are still in discussion in which way we could have a kind of cooperation, after that is finished we might have some options here.
          • Telegram: We are making a completly new App that will more closely follow the official ones. Here are the biggest possibilities since its now based on their official open sourced lib - tdlib.
          • Linphone: Is being worked on, but we do not have massive resources here. Any help is welcome.
          • Matriks: The same, but we are doing progress here. Expect some updates and then at least push notifications will be coming here.

          But keep in mind, currently telephony makes little sense, since Apps dont execute in the background due to the design of the OS. Some Apps might get exceptions for the lifecycle, but it creates some potential issues if too many Apps run with that.

          I dont think that many UT users do not use Telegram anymore, since its still the best working messenger we got.

          BR Florian

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            A Former User @flohack
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            I have to say it: a core app for me is a simple note-taking app. I personally really like the functionality of get-notes on my desktop:
            It keeps all notes on the computer, but can sync to a cloud
            It has a kick-ass search function
            The notes are saved automatically.

            I would absolutely LOVE to see a mobile version of it on UT.

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              advocatux @Guest
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              @3arn0wl have you tried turtl-ut (https://open-store.io/app/turtl-ut.cibersheep)?

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                A Former User @advocatux
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                πŸ™‚ I have, @advocatux - it's just not the same. Thanks though.

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                • Pulsar33P Offline
                  Pulsar33
                  last edited by Pulsar33

                  Hello,

                  Strange how people don't share the same feeling about core apps ...
                  Here's my point of vue :

                  My phone is a phone so :

                  • Phone app
                  • Contacts app (at least with local database)
                  • Messages app (SMS, MMS)
                  • Clock app (with alarms)

                  My phone is built over Linux so :

                  • Terminal app
                  • Filemanager app
                  • Preferences app
                  • System update app
                  • Apparmor management app <= missing

                  My phone has I/O interfaces so :

                  • Camera app (photo, video)
                  • Galery app (photo, video)
                  • Play and Record sounds apps <= partially
                  • Display GPS coordinates app (textual, no map) <= missing

                  My phone is smart and connected so :

                  • Calendar app (at least with local database)
                  • Calculator app
                  • Notes app
                  • Web browser app
                  • Mail client app
                  • Openstore app
                  • Anbox app <= necessary for UT survival

                  IMHO, Telegram (or similar apps) is too specific and restricting to be a core app.

                  Have a nice day
                  Pulsar33

                  Aquaris BQ E5 HD UBports OTA-25 (currently testing features)
                  Aquaris BQ E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Canonical OTA-15 (last Canonical version, daily use)
                  Raspberry Pi 4 B - 4 GB & 8 GB with various OS and Desktops (UBports not OK)

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                    flohack @Pulsar33
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                    @pulsar33 You can use SensorsStatus BTW to fetch GPS coordinates in text form xD

                    BR

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                      Pulsar33 @flohack
                      last edited by Pulsar33

                      @flohack : Yes I have it, thanks
                      But ...

                      • It's not a core app,
                      • Accelerometer is useless
                      • Altimeter, Compass, Gyroscope, Pressure are said unavailable (BQ E5 OTA15)
                      • GPS data : only LAT/LON are relevant but badly filtered and presented.

                      A correct app would display correctly filtered LAT, LON, ALT, DIRECTION, TIME & SPEED with units and formats relevant choices, IMHO.
                      Best regards. Pulsar33

                      PS : I would be happy to code this but I didn't succeed installing sdk as said here

                      Aquaris BQ E5 HD UBports OTA-25 (currently testing features)
                      Aquaris BQ E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Canonical OTA-15 (last Canonical version, daily use)
                      Raspberry Pi 4 B - 4 GB & 8 GB with various OS and Desktops (UBports not OK)

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                        UniSuperBox @Guest
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                        @3arn0wl

                        notes-app is a core app. It only hooks up to Evernote, though.

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                          A Former User @UniSuperBox
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                          Hi @unisuperbox.
                          I remember the notes app - I downloaded it when I first flashed my phone. It didn't seem to save the notes though. πŸ˜• Now I can't seem to find notes-app in the open-store...

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                            Lakotaubp @Guest
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                            @3arn0wl Just looked in uappexplorer and says its no longer available. Unless you can persuade the developer. Might be worth a try really not sure.

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                              A Former User @Lakotaubp
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                              πŸ™‚ Thanks @lakotaubp

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                                Lakotaubp @Guest
                                last edited by Lakotaubp

                                @3arn0wl Ment to add it just states email support no direct name or developer. Pressed post button to early. Its getting late for me πŸ˜‰

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                                  A Former User @Lakotaubp
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                                  πŸ™‚ @lakotaubp - I've just e-mailed the developer...

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                                    hummlbach
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                                    @3arn0wl @Lakotaubp Since the code is here https://github.com/ubports/notes-app/ theres actually no need to ask the maintainer. But it would be great if she/he would maintain it for sure... πŸ™‚ It was preinstalled when I flashed ubports ubuntu touch in december i think and I'm using it a lot and it's basically okay (not using synchronization stuff). There was a user at the munich gettogether who asked to put it back to the openstore. We actually promised him to do so... so we really should do it... most propably we just have to build the click package... I'll try it in the train tomorrow.

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                                      hummlbach
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                                      I would find it nice to have a clear picture about "app importance" btw... How about a poll for that? For example that one: https://answergarden.ch/709715

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                                        Lakotaubp @hummlbach
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                                        @hummlbach Thanks for that. I have it synced to an evernote account. Works well for me, just the "allow access for" part seems to vary.

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                                          stefwe @hummlbach
                                          last edited by stefwe

                                          @hummlbach it's funny with this https://answergarden.ch/709715 to get the priority more visual

                                          Meizu MX4 16.04 | Nexus 5 16.04

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                                            cheniek @flohack
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                                            @flohack and others thank You for the clarification of this matter. Regarding "But keep in mind, currently telephony makes little sense, since Apps dont execute in the background due to the design of the OS" and this is not optimistic conclusion :(. The internet telephony/messaging without notifications in background makes its usefulness very limited. I hope it will be possible to "fix" it somehow in the future. I wish it all of us!

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                                              cheniek @Stefano
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                                              @stefano do You know what is the chance that android apps working in Anbox will be sending notifications from the background (I'm about the telephony/messaging apps)? Flohack has wrote that the structure of the OS doesn't currently give the possibility of notifications from background working apps...

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