It was an odd week but monal 4 with iOS 13 support and dark mode is out. I’ll put out the equivalent Mac update this week and then back to my planned roadmap.
A mad dash to the finish
For the past week i have been trying to figure out why Monal stopped working in iOS 13. Building with the iOS13 SDK is the only way to get dark mode (and french app store support) . It appears that when I do build with this SDK it disables the Continue Reading
Monal 4
IOS 13 comes out tomorrow and Monal 4 will be out in the next day or so. I was hoping to be ready day 1 this time and I was for dark mode but the push issues took me by surprise. I expected to have until 2020 to resolve it. Continue Reading
iOS 13 and VOIP
A word of warning. I started to see this in my logs today. Im am working on a fix for this but I can’t guarantee it will be ready by Sept 19. Pushes will not work with iOS 13 at the moment.
Xmpp+signal+Bluetooth+p2p WiFi = serverless chat
Almost all messaging systems become useless when you lose access to the internet. What happens when the internet is cut off by a disaster or government? What if the app is banned in an app store? This is something I have been thinking about lately. Both because of the frequency Continue Reading
Mac and iOS fixes for OMEMO
There are new betas for mac and iOS that address many OMEMO issues people have seen. The feedback has been positive and will try to get both out to production soon. I am also trying to figure out why comments are turned off on this blog now. It wasn’t intentional. Continue Reading