I have really been looking forward to bringing you all this major update to Sideband. There's lots of improvements and fixes on both Android and desktop, so without further ado, here is the changelog. With this release, Sideband becomes much more accessible and useful for general use.
Changes
- Added persistent background service on Android
- Added notifications on Android and desktop
- Added ability to export and import LXMF identity keys
- Added Light/dark theme support
- Added full macOS support via pip
- Added build system for macOS application
- Significantly improved user interface
- Significantly improved backend for message and network handling
- Improved install and start on Linux
- Improved guide section
- Improved settings section
- Improved startup when TCP peer is unreachable
- Added preliminary USB support on Android
- Implemented app lifecycle management on Android
- Improved data persistence
- Added verbose logging output mode on desktop
- Added proper Android versioning codes
- Updated included RNS to 0.3.13 and LXMF to 0.1.9