I have succeeded to start the app without Xwayland thank's tu qtubuntu-qt .
The "Terms and conditions" Window displays well and works well, but then the main window appears for 2 sec and crashes with:

Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31163]: Aborted
Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31165]: CHECK(!m_acquiredFrame->isBound())
Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31165]: qt_common/qtoglcontext.cpp:108
Feb 24 13:43:05 ubuntu-phablet aa-exec[31165]: (1) ASSERT FAILED

I think I will leave it here for now. I think for this app to be usable it would require:

• To wait for Qt6 and possibly Mir2.x to be properly integrated in the system
• That Organic Maps get a Qt app more adapted to mobile display.

Here is my github repository that allow to build the app for Organic Maps:

https://github.com/pparent76/organicmap-ut/tree/master

Note that build will last roughly 2 hours because, cloning the git repo and all its subrepositories take ages, and building the Organic maps binary itself is also quite slow.

@bunt7

I've succeeded in running their Qt app in Ubuntu Touch.

Though for now it's running through XWayland as the Qt backend, and it makes it slow and a bit buggy. This is because I had to embed my qt6 bundle inside the .click package I'm not sure how to config it to run well, as Morph Qt6 for example. Any help appreciated here.

Also as expected the current qt interface of Organic maps that uses a lot of dialogs is really not well adapted to the use on a phone screen.

It's currently in a state far from being usable.

@mihael

Probably a bug in Kdeconnect. Cos the notifications are for the app "whatslectron.pparent", if it uses "pparent" as the app name, then its not normal, its the publisher name. If you take Teleports the app name is "teleports.ubports", what name does it display for the notifications in your kdeconnect?

@vishcompany said in Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch:

The keyboard covers the texting area while typing, as was mentioned before, I believe.

It should normally work well if you have the default settings on your phone (scaling ect...), at least it works on most phones, but next release will allow to make sure it displays well right on top of the keyboard in all cases, even if you have custom settings, as it will calibrate to real keyboard height at first launch.

For what it's worth I don't use a lot Telegram, but I do receive Telegram notifications with Teleports on 24.04-1.1, I did receive a notification today.

@UBportsNews

I have 2 small question to contribute for this Q&A:

• What version tag is expected to ship the newer Qt6 Morph browser, available in beta in the opens-tore, as the default browser for the first time? Will it be in 24.04-1.3? 24.04-2.x? 24.04-3.x?

• How hard do you think it would be to have Lomiri display in the systray the icon of the application instead of the "X" icon for applications relying on XWayland? Should the change be made in Lomiri or in xWayland or even in the apps themselves?

Thank's a lot for everything!

I've released a new version:

V0.1.3:

• Rebranding to "Whatsnew"
• Fix searching in messages and contacts
• Calibrate keyboard height so that message edit area displays well on top of the keyboard in all cases
• Fix scaling of "Medias" panel (added recently by whatsapp)
• Fix 1px space at the left of chatlist

@mihael

Can you go back to your previous keyboard configuration that did not work well before, then update the app to see if it works better?

If you customize another time the keyboard, you will have to remove the app data with Ubuntu Tweaks, to recalibrate the keyboard OR do

rm ~/.config/whatslectron.pparent/whatslectron.pparent/whatslectron.pparent.conf

By the way I have renamed the app to Whatsnew but its ID will remain "whatslectron.pparent", cos it's not possible to change easilly

@autostatic said in Signal UT: Signal-Desktop for Ubuntu Touch:

Thanks, but where can I export a file?

Well you go to a picture in on of your chats and click on the download icon, you should see a window with title "Export File" that appears, and with a grid of applications to open to image with (Signal will not be part of these apps, tipicaly you will have the Galery app, the file manager, ect....).

The X.Org logo won't disappear, nothing can be done about that now, but the Signal icon should appear in the left bar while you're choosing the app to export to, and at that moment you can pin it.

@ida_ @autostatic

You can pin the app while you are exporting a file and while you're on the page to select an app to export to. Just swipe left at that moment, and you will see Signal is in the task bar, pin it then!

@autostatic

Have you read the "tips and tricks" section in the description of the app?

" You will only be able to pin the app icon to the system left menu, while you're on the microphone permission page, or while exporting a file to contentHub and selecting the app. "

Does it answer your question?

@gpatel-fr

I mostly like "Whatsnew" because "Whatsapp" is a play in word with "What's up?" that is synonymous to "Whats new?"

@gpatel-fr

I like "Whatsnew" !

By the way I also have published a desktop application for whatsapp that fits well in KDE (but probably usable in other DE) and suits my needs ( Notifications, minimized state with small icon in the System Tray that allows to see fast if a new message was received ). All the applications available on snap being too old (Chromium engine too old), not compatible with Wayland, or limited in any way.

https://github.com/pparent76/Whatslectron-Desktop/releases/tag/1.0.16

@mihael

I see, well I know what I'll do, in next revision I will do a keyboard calibration step in the welcome page (that currently only asks the microphone permission), so that automatically opens the keyboard in Qt and measures its real height.

@vlad-nirky @mihael @projectmoon

If calls work for you, feel free to mention it in the openstore, so that people know it works for at least some people, and want to test it themselves!

https://open-store.io/app/whatslectron.pparent

@mihael

I've installed it on a fresh clean 24.04-1.1, on a One plus One N10 5G, the keyboards fits perfectly well in the Whatslectron app. Maybe you had previously changed the keyboard height with Ambot hacks?

[EDIT:] Anyway I will try to add a setting to configure scaling a keyboard height later on all of my chat Electron apps.

@mihael
Well then this is very strange it does not work by default. I happen to have OnePlus N10 now thanks to @messayisto I will install 24.04-1.x and try it.

@mihael

Can you post the value of

echo "$GRID_UNIT_PX"

In your terminal? It should give you the default value for your model. Maybe you can tell us also what phone you are using. (The default value is not the same for every phone)

@mihael said in Whatslectron: Whatsapp Web with Electron.:

Regarding pinning the icon to the left menu bar:

If anybody wants to pin the starting icon to the left menu bar in UT, I was able to do that during the start-up portion of the app - when that introductory page is displayed. After that, when the whatsapp content is displayed, the icon on the left changes to "X11 support" and pinning it will not start the app.

As mentioned in the app description it is also possible to pin it When you export or import a file with contentHUB.

@projectmoon said in Whatslectron: Whatsapp Web with Electron.:

The responsive patch for Whatsapp Web/Signal/etc is basically shrinking the window size

No it is not shrinking the window size, it is moving up the edit area

Personally, I think the keyboard height in UT is way too low. But, an adjustable height keyboard Should Just Work once Mir 2.x comes out... right?

I don't know about that yet