Tindroid: Tinode Messaging Client for Android

Android instant messenger using Tinode backend. Beta-quality software. Debug APKs are available in releases.

Installing and running

This is NOT a standalone app, this is just a frontend, a client. It requires a backend. See installation instructions.

Read client-side and server-side API documentation.
For support, general questions, discussions post to https://groups.google.com/d/forum/tinode.
For bugs and feature requests open an issue.
Use https://tinode.co/contact for commercial inquiries.

If you appreciate our work, please help spread the word! Sharing on Reddit, HN, and other communities helps more than you think.
Consider buying paid support: https://tinode.co/support.html
If you are a software developer, send us your pull requests with bug fixes and new features.
If you use the app and discover bugs or missing features, let us know by filing bug reports and feature requests. Vote for existing feature requests you find most valuable.
If you speak a language other than English, translate the apps into your language. You may also review and improve existing translations.
If you are a UI/UX expert, help us polish the app UI.
Use it: install it for your colleagues or friends at work or at home. Please contact us if you want to participate in closed testing.

One-on-one conversations and group chats.
Channels with unlimited number of read-only subscribers.
Video and audio calling.
Attachments, inline images and videos, voice messages.
Unread message counters.
Push notifications and in-app presence notifications.
Message status notifications: message delivery to server; received and read notifications; typing notifications.
Markdown-style formatting of text, e.g. *styled* → styled. Implemented as spannable.
Editing sent messages, replying and forwarding messages.
Trusted account badges: verified account, staff, etc.
Form messages suitable for chatbots.
File attachments, inline images and videos, voice messages.
Muting/un-muting conversations and other granular permission management.
Integration with Android's stock Contacts.
Invite contacts to the app by SMS or email.
Transport Level Security - https/wss.
Offline mode.

SDK contains no Android-specific dependencies.

Demo avatars and some other graphics are from https://www.pexels.com/ under CC0 license.

Background patterns from http://subtlepatterns.com/, commercial and non-commercial use allowed with attribution.

The contacts.vcf contains a list of contacts which can be used for testing. Push it to your emulator using command

adb push contacts.vcf /sdcard/contacts.vcf

If you want to use the app with your own server and want push notification to work you have to set them up:

Register at https://firebase.google.com/, set up the project if you have not done so already.
Download your own config file google-services.json and place it to the app/ folder of your copy of Tindroid project. The config file contains keys specific to your Firebase/FCM registration.
Copy Google-provided server key to tinode.conf, see details here.
Recompile the app. If you add google-services.json incorrectly the app will compile but will later crash with non-obvious exceptions.