Todos & ideas for RetroShare Mobile

[defnax]

We need to stay light and easy on rs mobile like Whatsapp/Telegram.

for me main ideas/todos (not sure if everything is done, every place has i think more todos which i doesnt listed yet)

Basics Done:
✔️ Distant chats
✔️ Chat rooms
✔️ Send Emojis

Todo:

• connection is lost after phone is on stand by mode #62

• • Set own Profile/Avatar Picture (for show to direct friends)

• Private Chat (direct chat)

• Distant Chat Status (Todos & ideas for RetroShare Mobile #64 (comment))

• Notify new Friend Requests for accept

• Show Friends Avatars (direct friends)

• Would be great if i can view Contacts (gxs) and direct friends in the Friends View, via switch something

• Show all Private, Distant Chats, Rooms in the Chats List too, at the moment only joind rooms there visible.

• Send single files (todo: Single file share plus cleanup RetroShare#2444)

• Tor support (todo: V0.6 tor control RetroShare#2437)

• Send Voice Message (for 1:1 Chats, Todos & ideas for RetroShare Mobile #64 (comment))

• Set your Status Message

• Status for your profile (Online, Busy, Away, Offline..)

• Send Pictures 🟡

• Send Stickers

• Send Gifs/Webp ( animated rs mobile to rs mobile , static on qt chat, rs chat ui doesnt supports yet animated)

• Video player for downloaded videos in the Chat

• Edit Profile ( edit Name & Avatar, issue: https://gitlab.com/elRepo.io/retroshare-wrapper-dart/-/issues/1)

• Count new messages (Todos & ideas for RetroShare Mobile #64 (comment))

• Display last chat time stamp

• Display last chat text strings maximum 2 lines

for the future:

• Mails ( dont know if we need it on rs mobile?)
• Voice & Video Chat

a advanced retroshare mobile app (more complex or only keep it for the desktop rs only)

• Activity Stream
• Forums/Boards/Channels/Wire/Wiki
• FileSharing

[defnax]

Only for Retroshare mobile app not for Desktop.

When want send a voice message via private chat or distant chat, (only for 1:1 not for chat rooms) updated the todo list.
10-60 seconds maximum record and send the audio file.

• Send a Voice Message

https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_sound
https://pub.dev/packages/audio_recorder

// Import package
import 'package:audio_recorder/audio_recorder.dart';

// Check permissions before starting
bool hasPermissions = await AudioRecorder.hasPermissions;

// Get the state of the recorder
bool isRecording = await AudioRecorder.isRecording;

// Start recording
await AudioRecorder.start(path: _controller.text, audioOutputFormat: AudioOutputFormat.AAC);

// Stop recording
Recording recording = await AudioRecorder.stop();
print("Path : ${recording.path},  Format : ${recording.audioOutputFormat},  Duration : ${recording.duration},  Extension : ${recording.extension},");

[defnax]

issues (tested on bluestacks 10/2021):

1. Profile generation endless loop not finishing
2. Add Friend via Retroshare id or cert gets errors
3. No notify when some one want or added you as friend ( importend to accept new FR's )
4. Start distant chat will work from desktop to rs mobile, desktop user needs to start the chat to get a chat
5. the distant message from rs mobile to desktop rs will be not sended
6. Other Chat rooms dont work for me, joind but cant chat
7. Attach image not worked

[defnax]

there no kind of info the the rs mobile distant chat is etablished, no status or if the chat is active.
i know gxs contacts hasnt yet a status. maybe it wil come too, but when the chat is etablished show something green border or else, and show yellow, red when user is offline or not reachable

basic idea:

Avatar Circle color:

1. Yellow Pending (in progress)
2. Green etablished (connected with chat partner)
3. Red ( Contact is offline, no reachable or has left the chat)

But when this fixed, we need direct chat too.
Without the status we dont know if the contact is realy online to talk.

[defnax]

Ideas:

• Count new messages
• Display last chat time stamp
• Display last chat text strings maximum 2 lines

https://cybdom.tech/flutter-tutorial-messengerish-app-ui/

Idea where to place the Friends View