wdbm / textsecure-qml

TextSecure UI in Go and QML

TextSecure client for the Ubuntu Phone

This is a Signal compatible client for the Ubuntu Phone, written in Go and QML. It builds upon the Go textsecure package and modified versions of the Telegram for Ubuntu Phone QML interface.

What works

• Phone registration
• Contact discovery
• Direct and group messages
• Photo, video, audio and contact attachments in both direct and group mode
• Preview for photo and audio attachments
• Storing conversations
• Encrypted message store
• Desktop client provisioning/syncing

What is missing

• Push notifications
• Most settings that are available in the Android app
• Encrypted phone calls

There are still bugs and UI/UX quirks.

Installation

The build-system is now integrated in the clickable Version 3.2.0.

• Install [Golang] (https://golang.org/doc/install
• Add gopath to ~/.bashrc https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/SettingGOPATH
• Check out this git go get -d https://github.com/nanu-c/textsecure-qml
• cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/nanu-c/textsecure-qml
• install dependencies sudo apt install mercurial bzr
• Get dependencies go get -d ./...
• Get clickable
• Build the modified docker container with cd docker&& docker build -t nanuc/ut-textsecure-sdk:16.04 .
• Back to main dir, then
• Run clickable clickable, this also transfers the click package to the Ubuntu Touch Phone
• Run clickable launch logs to start signal and watch the log

Contributing

Please fill issues here on github https://github.com/nanu-c/textsecure-qml/issues .

Migrating from janimo/textsecure-qml

1. Download and install the app from the OpenStore; do not launch the app!
2. Copy the directory /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.jani/.storage to /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.nanuc/.storage
3. Copy the file /home/phablet/.config/textsecure.jani/config.yml to /home/phablet/.config/textsecure.nanuc/config.yml. Edit the copied file by changing storageDir: /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.nanuc/.storage (not strictly required: also update userAgent: TextSecure 0.3.18 for Ubuntu Phone to reflect the current version).
4. Not strictly required. Copy your conversation history by copying the file /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.jani/db/db.sql to /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.nanuc/db/db.sql
5. Not strictly required. Copy the attachments by copying the directory /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.jani/attachments to /home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.nanuc/attachments. Download the db.sql to your computer and run sqlite3 db.sql "UPDATE messages SET attachment = REPLACE(attachment, '/home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.jani/attachments/', '/home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.nanuc/attachments/') WHERE attachment LIKE '/home/phablet/.local/share/textsecure.jani/attachments/%';". Upload the now updated db.sql back to your phone.
6. Remove the old app! If you do not remove the old app and you send or receive new messages with the other app you, conflicts may occur.