Tindroid: Tinode Messaging Client for Android

Android instant messenger using Tinode backend. Beta-quality software. Debug APKs are available in releases.

Getting support

• Read client-side and server-side API documentation.
• For support, general questions, discussions post to https://groups.google.com/d/forum/tinode.
• For bugs and feature requests open an issue.

What works:

• Send and receive messages one-on-one or in group chats.
• Register new accounts.
• Find contacts, start new chats.
• Edit chat parameters.
• In-app presence notifications.
• Unread message counters.
• Typing indicators.
• Push notifications.
• Delivered/received/read notifications (little check marks in messages).
• Markdown-style formatting of text, e.g. *styled* → styled. Implemented as spannable.
• Attachments and inline images.
• Muting/un-muting conversations and other permission management.
• Integration with Android's stock Contacts.
• Invite contacts to the app by SMS or email.
• Transport Level Security - https/wss.
• Offline mode is mostly functional.
• Editing of personal details.

Does not work yet:

• No end-to-end encryption.

Dependencies

SDK (otherwise plain Java):

• jackson for json serialization.
• Java-WebSocket for websocket support.

Application

• libphonenumber for user discovery to ensure all phone numbers use the same E.164 format
• google-services for push notifications. See below.

Other

Demo avatars and some other graphics are from https://www.pexels.com/ under CC0 license.

Background patterns from http://subtlepatterns.com/, commercial and non-commercial use allowed with attribution.

The contacts.vcf contains a list of contacts which can be used for testing. Push it to your emulator using command

adb push contacts.vcf /sdcard/contacts.vcf`

Push notifications

If you want to use the app with your own server and want push notification to work you have to set them up:

• Register at https://firebase.google.com/, set up the project if you have not done so already.
• Download your own config file google-services.json and place it to the app/ folder of your copy of Tindroid project. The config file contains keys specific to your Firebase/FCM registration.
• Copy Google-provided server key to tinode.conf, see details here.
• Recompile the app. If you add google-services.json incorrectly the app will compile but will later crash with non-obvious exceptions.

Translations

Pull requests with translations are welcome. See Russian translation as an example.

Screenshots