torlando-tech/columba v2.2.0-beta

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Columba 2.2.0-beta

What's new in 2.2.x:

• Resource transfer progress bars. These apply to outgoing messages with Resources, and propagation sync
• Finally disambiguated the single checkmark icon. Now, messages sent via propagation will have a cloud icon. Sending and sent to propagation have two different cloud icons, one for in progress and one for completed. Single checkmark still applies to sent opportunistic messages without a delivery proof.
• Allows the sending and receiving of voice messages. Only supports opus medium quality right now, will add codec2 later.
• Voice call history, as a sub tab in Chats
• Behavior change - when primary delivery method is set to Propagation, this also applies to short messages that would otherwise be opportunistic. This was a user requested change to avoid long retry waits on opportunistic when you know the recipient is offline. In the future I may add a way to change this per message from the conversation screen.
• Dark/Light mode can now be explicitly set in columba, instead of relying on the system setting.

Several polish/bug fix items:

• Automatically reconnecting to a BLE RNode should be more reliable
• Timestamps on messages should refresh when app switching back into Columba while a conversation is already open
• Fixed another case where message notifications don't auto-dismiss when viewing the conversation they're for. Hopefully this one is finally fixed now.
• Fixed another case where last seen could be incorrectly updated, this time by replayed announces from path requests

Thanks as always for your interest in, and support of, Columba!
- Torlando

Installation

Pick a backend, then download the APK matching your device's CPU architecture.

• Python backend, RECOMMENDED — ships Mark Qvist's official python reference implementations of Reticulum and LXMF via Chaquopy.
• Kotlin backend — ships Torlando's EXPERIMENTAL, AI-GENERATED native reticulum-kt / lxmf-kt / lxst-kt stack.

The python version is highly recommended. The kotlin version is a work in progress, and is not yet verified to be completely safe.
The kotlin version may yield better battery life depending on your device, and comes in a smaller apk due to not requiring a python runtime.

Python backend (official-rns-py)

Kotlin backend (EXPERIMENTAL-reticulum-kt)

Telemetry variants:
Each APK above also has a -no-sentry variant without crash reporting for maximum privacy — append -no-sentry to any download link above (e.g. the most common builds: Python arm64-v8a no-sentry · Kotlin arm64-v8a no-sentry). Sentry collects stack traces when Columba encounters errors
and provides helpful information to the developer to improve Columba, but is hosted at sentry.io, and is thus not the maximum privacy option.

Not sure which to pick? Most Android phones use arm64-v8a. If unsure, use the universal APK.

Verification

See SECURITY.md for verification instructions.

Signing Certificate Fingerprints:

SHA-256: 02:2B:12:20:48:63:A3:1F:BF:07:5B:C9:F9:34:1E:33:52:78:80:2E:80:C9:27:A4:75:46:E4:7E:2F:4A:0C:5F
SHA-1:   0A:6B:AE:58:4E:D7:B5:D0:35:8B:3C:7B:65:11:D6:3A:81:21:0D:CE

SHA256 Checksums:

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Reticulum / LXMF / LXST updates

This release picks up the following library updates:

LXST-kt updated: v0.0.7 → v0.0.8

See torlando-tech/LXST-kt@v0.0.7...v0.0.8

• Add Ogg Opus file recorder (95b40e5)
• Allow slower recorder test devices (1fadeb0)
• Avoid retaining recorder activity context (025f408)

What's Changed

• feat: show LXMF resource transfer progress by @torlando-tech in #1072
• Add interoperable LXMF voice messages by @torlando-tech in #1075
• fix: respect propagated default delivery method for short messages (closes #1073) by @darky in #1076
• ci: bump gradle/actions from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1082
• Voice call history (Python-LXST-bounded rebuild) by @torlando-tech in #1081
• ci: build signed .aab for Play Console on tagged releases by @torlando-tech in #1084
• Fix RNode reconnect lifecycle by @torlando-tech in #1085
• Fix conversation notification dismissal on resume by @torlando-tech in #1086
• feat(settings): add in-app theme mode override (System/Light/Dark) by @darky in #1077
• fix: prevent replayed announces from refreshing Last seen by @torlando-tech in #1090
• Dismiss completed relay transfer progress by @torlando-tech in #1091
• Fix outgoing Resource progress by @torlando-tech in #1092
• Refresh RNode status after reconnect by @torlando-tech in #1095
• Fix stale conversation timestamps by @torlando-tech in #1096

New Contributors

• @darky made their first contribution in #1076

Full Changelog: v2.1.0-beta...v2.2.0-beta