This Repository is Retired
ChatSecure for Android has been renamed and is continuing under the name Zom.
Learn more about Zom here: https://zom.im
Head to the new repo here: https://github.com/zom/Zom-Android
Everything below is considered archived.
ChatSecure for Android (previously known as Gibberbot) is a secure messaging app built on open standards like XMPP/Jabber and OTR encryption: https://guardianproject.info/apps/chatsecure
It includes OTR4J: https://github.com/otr4j/otr4j
and BouncyCastle for Java: http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html
and SQLCipher for Android: https://guardianproject.info/code/sqlcipher/
Original wallpaper generated using Tapet app and Gimp: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharpregion.tapet
and previously included some CC0 public domain beautiful images: Ry Van https://unsplash.com/ryvanveluwen https://unsplash.com/license
Bug reports
Please report any and all bugs or problems that you find. This is essential for us to be able to improve this software!
https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/chatsecure/issues
Build Instructions
First make sure you have the Android SDK and Eclipse installed. Follow instructions here:
Please help us keep this process easy by letting us know if you have problems. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to email us at [email protected] or jump into our IRC chatrooms for real-time help at #guardianproject on freenode or OFTC (https://guardianproject.info/contact/chat/).
Get the source
The source code is all in the main git repos, with sub-projects setup as git submodules:
git clone https://github.com/guardianproject/ChatSecureAndroid.git
cd ChatSecureAndroid
git submodule update --init
ant setup
We use ant to make our official releases and automated test builds. If you
are not familiar with Eclipse, then it is easier to start with the ant
build:
export ANDROID_HOME=/path/to/android-sdk
./update-ant-build.sh
ant clean debug
Then the installable APK will be in bin/ChatSecure-debug.apk.
Eclipse setup
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Start by adding ChatSecureAndroid to Eclipse by going to File -> New -> Project... -> Android project from existing code.
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Open the ChatSecureAndroid folder that was just cloned from git.
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Eclipse will next show a list of subprojects to import, all of the libraries with New Project Name of library must be renamed after the project name, i.e. SlidingMenu, AndroidEmojiInput, ViewPagerIndicator.
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Click Deselect All. The sample and example projects are not needed, and can cause conflicts.
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Select ChatSecure again by clicking the top item in the list.
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Outside of Eclipse, open up the text file project.properties. Then back in Eclipse, for each line that starts with
android.library.reference, select that path from the list of included sub-projects in Eclipse.
Now you should be ready to build ChatSecure!
Test Instructions
mvn test
See robo-tests/README.md for eclipse instructions.
Currently the instrumented target tests (to be run on a device) in the directory tests are empty.
Logging
adb shell setprop log.tag.GB.XmppConnection DEBUG
Building for a Locale
ant -Dgibberbot.locale=fa release