Signal (message and call encryption app)

I can confirm that this works. Hope the author of this Jolla version doesn't mind that I added it to my 'jollyjolla' Aptoide store.

@Wizah its OpenSource. And I also did not ask OpenWhisper Systems or JavaJens before building this apk version. So everything is ok :) This is the power of free software :)

Convenience tip: At Dec 14 2015, "Signal Jolla Edition" version 3.3.1 arrived at the Jolla store, so it can be installed from this source, too.

If you have problems, registering via "call verification", try to enable "contact list access for android apps" in your Jolla settings. This helped me solving this problem. See also: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1492118#post1492118

short questions: I do not get any notification from signal. I already installed android notification and added signal to the chat category. Even after a reboot I do not get any notifications. Do I have to do something else?

@Salzi Read this post after the line "if your app is not mentioned here before do these additional steps to get the information" https://together.jolla.com/question/109180/feature-request-add-missing-apps-to-the-chat-application-list/

Works just fine for me

are they connecting to Signal server via websocket or GCM?

I beleive websocket since it is based on text-secure, however I have not done an audit of the code.

Does anyone know why Whisperfish is not packaged? The developer of Sailsecure things about quitting the work, because Whisperfish seems to make more progress (see comments on openrepos).

@hoschi it's not packaged in harbour or openrepos, but you can download compiled rpms at the release page: https://github.com/aebruno/whisperfish/releases

working best for me, although the maintainer of the fork announced to drop support due to the companies policy for third-party clients

This is very interesting. I see lots of potential for microG

For always up do date version and fdroid repos see https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/

Wow, if it's open source it must be good. Reflecting your answer just a single second, who wants to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?

@marsch, if you have problems with the websocket version or if the functionality is removed at some point then the GCM replacement will help people to run apps without the Google framework implementation and without the need to have a Google account. So for all those who had to wait weeks before a Jolla edition app was released, they could have used official builds. It's simply another alternative, and alternatives are always good. Is still prefer decentralized services. It's a a proof of concept and it's functional already. GCM is able to handle massive communication data and there is no open push notification standard around that I know of right now.

Trying this right now, but I am a bit lost as to what buttons to press in the Lucky Patcher to get signal not test for the Google Play store. Can you elaborate here?

As far as I know there is only the currently unmaintained Whisperfish. And recently there has been a "Call for action": https://together.jolla.com/question/204553/call-for-action-native-signal-app/. I don't know of other native and working clients. I asked Signal just a few days back directly via their contact form and only received a very short answer that there is currently no support. I can only hope that they have a statistics for the most requested platforms. So please feel free to bother them. The more requests they get the more likely it gets that they support Sailfish OS officially.