torlando-tech/columba v2.3.1-beta

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Columba 2.3.1-beta

New in 2.3.x

This release includes a lot of bugfixes (focusing on the python backend) and the following new features:

• Customizable navigation buttons, adding an optional dedicated NomadNet tab
• RNode: add Germany Ruhrgebiet community preset and raise custom TX power cap to 27 dBm
• Support for images on NomadNet
• Remember Identify state per NomadNet destination with per-site toggle to auto-identify
• Theming-capable launcher icons + proper notification small icon
• Support mid-call LXST profile negotiation (both quality and half or full duplex)
• update tcp community servers (removed old offline ones and added some new ones, randomized which one is chosen by default)
• expose RNS interface mode in TCP client wizard
• Add auto-connected interface mode setting in the interface discovery section

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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What's Changed

• fix(navigation): no-op navigateToIncomingCall before the NavHost graph is set (COLUMBA-8Y) by @torlando-tech in #1111
• fix(ui): keep the long-message reaction overlay on screen by @torlando-tech in #1109
• fix(rns-backend-py): wire incoming message size limit to LXMF delivery gate (#1106) by @torlando-tech in #1115
• fix(android): track multi-segment Resource progress and clear bar on terminal status by @torlando-tech in #1116
• ci: bump actions/setup-java from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #1117
• Present incoming calls while backgrounded (issue #1079, replaces #1118) by @torlando-tech in #1119
• chore(android): remove unreachable Saved Peers screen and other dead code by @torlando-tech in #1123
• fix(android): treat saved contacts as saved peers for notifications by @torlando-tech in #1122
• fix(contacts): allow spaces in the contacts search query by @torlando-tech in #1126
• User-configurable bottom navigation + NomadNet browsing polish by @torlando-tech in #1124
• fix(migration): chunked 0x03 GCM format to fix export OOM by @torlando-tech in #1128
• RNode: add Germany Ruhrgebiet preset and raise custom TX power cap to 27 dBm by @torlando-tech in #1131
• Remove automatic update check from app startup by @torlando-tech in #1133
• NomadNet: render inline page images with upstream-parity loading by @torlando-tech in #1132
• fix(share-instance): persist shared instance status so banner reflects actual mode by @torlando-tech in #1134
• deps(android): bump Python RNS to 1.5.2 and fix RNode callback contract by @torlando-tech in #1135
• Remember Identify state per NomadNet destination by @torlando-tech in #1136
• fix(android): auto-recover RNS interface set after profile-swap restart (#1127) by @torlando-tech in #1138
• Fix NomadNet tab re-entry: keep deep page + reuse cached link by @torlando-tech in #1139
• Fix NomadNet tab state: preserve backtick path + survive tab switch by @torlando-tech in #1140
• Retry NomadNet link after waiting for route discovery on cold start by @torlando-tech in #1142
• fix(ble): prevent SecurityException on GATT disconnect (COLUMBA-CJ) by @sentry[bot] in #1031
• fix(rns): coordinate lxmf delivery destination registration by @torlando-tech in #1143
• Theming-capable launcher icons + proper notification small icon (#792) by @torlando-tech in #1144
• perf(discovery): serialize discovered interfaces Python-side (fix 10s+ screen load) by @torlando-tech in #1149
• Support mid-call LXST profile negotiation by @torlando-tech in #1151
• Wire LXST call-mode negotiation (FDX/HDX) through Columba app by @torlando-tech in #1153
• fix(nomadnet): lift browser snackbar above bottom nav bar by @torlando-tech in #1155
• fix(python-backend): carry current display name in re-announces by @torlando-tech in #1160
• Chore/update tcp community servers by @torlando-tech in #1161
• feat(tcp): expose RNS interface mode in wizard; InterfaceMode as source of truth by @torlando-tech in #1163
• Android: Add auto-connected interface mode setting by @torlando-tech in #1170
• deps(android): bump ble-reticulum pin to ifac_size fix by @torlando-tech in #1172
• NomadNet: identify saved nodes at link establishment by @torlando-tech in #1158

Full Changelog: v2.2.4-beta...v2.3.1-beta