Integrated Wire messenger for Sailfish

as long as one would do it.

there is a linux app released yesterday! I tried the .apk today and it worked but would be better if there would be a native app.

I just tried the .apk again but still get the parsing error :(

petros can you say how you got the .apk to work?

I use version 2.11.254 from 1mobilemarket where I usually get my android stuff and it did install with no issues. I am using it daily with a friend making video calls.I am on aquafish with build 2.0.2.51 if this is of any importance.

they still have to prove that as they are investmen funded and still there is no roadmap of how the service will finance. and investors dont put money into it for goodwill. also it is not decentralised - planned - but future will show. anyway i agree it is a service to look after along with matrix/riot, delta chat and in some user cases briar. but as it is well funded in comparison to other projects they should provide a native sailfish solution like they already do for other os- and no dalvik or similar halfbaked.

@kaktux, all good points, but Wire have made a credible statement about users' privacy.

As for federated alternatives (such as XMPP and Matrix), they are all fine, but for non-techies used to WhatsApp they are waytoo complicated to set up. This is discussed in the XMPP context here: https://xmpp.org/2017/08/easy-xmpp-the-challenges/ . Matrix may be the future, but AFAIK the only non-alpha app available at the moment is Riot.im, which would also leave most non-techies that I know completely confused.

These are not fundamental problems of course, and could be solved in time, but Wire's app hits that sweet spot between usability and functionality right now. I fully agree with Kea that a working SFOS Wire app would be well worth having. However the Wire developers cannot be expected to port their app to SFOS for the sake of a few dozen enthusiasts: they would need to see interest from a lot of people first (or maybe they would do it for a bounty).

Is a Matrix App for Android working with Alien Davlik? What’s about Telegram. It becomes more and more popular and has the potential of a secure Whats App alternative.

@jsommer I have just started looking into Riot.im, it looks good so far but I have a suspicion that it is consuming a lot of data in the background. Matrix looks like the future to me, especially after yesterday's announcement about $5M in funding: https://matrix.org/blog/2018/01/29/status-partners-up-with-new-vector-fueling-decentralised-comms-and-the-matrix-ecosystem/

I wonder if the Tensor or Quaternion clients could be ported to Sailfish OS (they use QML and Qt5 respectively)

Is the approach similar to uTox? There is a native SailfishOS app in the Harbour Store. Unfortunately this version only supports text messaging. Have you tested any Matrix Android App on SailfishOS with Alien Dalvik? The problem is, that we need an easy to install, modern client for text, audio and video chat including group chats and screen sharing. I can understand that people are frustrated to have an account for multiple clients. In business each customer, vendor or partner prefers another platform, Skype, Skype for Business, GoToMeeting, Hangouts, Wire, Facetime, WhatsApp and whatever is available. Maybe Telegram has a chance. Has someone experience with Telegram on SailfishOS? They will raise more than a billion USD to become the next internet platform.