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      oli.sax
      last edited by oli.sax 12 May 2017, 13:24 5 Dec 2017, 13:23

      If building a third-party app is not possible because Whatsapp policies don't allow it, why don't we emulate the official app on UbuntuTouch ? With AnBox for example, that we'll hopefully run once UT is upgraded to Xenial...

      -- Olivier

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        flohack @oli.sax
        last edited by 5 Dec 2017, 14:24

        @oli.sax Anbox is not even Alpha stage, its a design study / proof of concept. The author seems not to actively work on it, sorry to say...

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          WLBI @flohack
          last edited by 5 Dec 2017, 22:41

          @Flohack
          Yes, since month no changes in the code. https://github.com/anbox/anbox
          Looks like it's a dead project.

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            oli.sax @flohack
            last edited by 6 Dec 2017, 11:23

            @Flohack Sad to hear that, but you are right there are no more recent development... Same for SFdroid https://github.com/sfdroid : it looks like the development abruptly halted in May...

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              UKPhil
              last edited by 6 Dec 2017, 20:22

              Funny enough today i was talking talking to a developer I know who also uses Ubuntu at home and I asked him why he does not have an Ubuntu Touch phone. His reply was simple there are some apps he uses that are not available on it. The main one being WhatsApp. This is a shame as we need people like him to help move the is along.

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                guru @UKPhil
                last edited by 6 Dec 2017, 20:41

                UKPhil, The question if or if not someone can organize his/her life w/o What's Ape, is somehow leading away from the real problem: There is no specification available about the protocol to talk to this service and due to the lack of this, there is no OpenSource client. And what the available closed app for What's Ape is doing "for" you (or better, against you) is not known. That's why I will not use it and will not use any device where this could not be removed from.

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                  UKPhil @guru
                  last edited by 6 Dec 2017, 21:36

                  @guru as already said, I do not care if we have it or not as I do not use it myself.I just wish more people would consider trying Telegram.

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                    wilfridd @oli.sax
                    last edited by wilfridd 12 Jul 2017, 06:43 7 Dec 2017, 06:38

                    @oli.sax , Flohack & WLBI

                    At the EoD , Anbox wouldn't be a sustainable solution to run WA. Some month ago, I managed to make WA successfully work on Anbox/Xenial...but after a couple of weeks, it stopped suddenly... I upgraded the WA apk, reinstalled...nothing... After lots of retries I got an error message saying approx. "You have a custom Andoid rom installed, WA doesn't support...blabla..." .... End of the story.

                    I totally agreed with all opinions and all that has been said on WA...
                    Nowadays I some times use LoquiIM, which finally (voodoo magic?) stop displaying the sadly famous "decrypt errorβ€œ message after about 2.5 month...

                    W.

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                      gnu-mobile
                      last edited by gnu-mobile 23 Dec 2017, 12:28

                      This UBports forum messenger topic is definitely of your interest.

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                        Shea83
                        last edited by 13 Apr 2018, 18:39

                        Hi, in the meantime has someone tried if now Antbox can perform well WA?
                        ..O if other ways exist?

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                          marinescu.radu
                          last edited by marinescu.radu 3 Aug 2019, 01:35 8 Mar 2019, 01:27

                          Hello!

                          I know this topic is quite old, but I just came about it and I was wondering...
                          If there is a WhatsApp version for Windows, would it be possible to use that and run it with wine?
                          Maybe we could sandbox it somehow, and this method could apply to other apps too, effectively mirroring the Windows Store, if we could block/control all the access to the device and run them securely.

                          So, would wine work in general? I haven't tried the os yet, but I'm about to. I have to backup the data on my phone first. And loosing contact with people on WhatsApp was the first thing that came to mind. I'll have to find a second phone now...

                          Edit: Also, I remember reading about a developer who reverse-engineered the WhatsApp client, releasing a desktop version and he ended up with a law suite against him. Are there any legal grounds to that? Besides using their trademark, I can't see anything illegal about it. It seems similar to the "fake" ink printer cartridges. I believe a law suite was won in favor of the third-party manufacturers.

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                            Lakotaubp @marinescu.radu
                            last edited by 8 Mar 2019, 05:28

                            @marinescu-radu This forum is for the Ubuntu Touch operating system for mobile devices. which is now maintained by UBports and is nothing to do with Windows or the Ubuntu desktop OS Thank You. sorry if I have miss read your question.

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