Tindroid: Tinode Messaging Client for Android

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

Getting support

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.

One-on-one conversations and group chats.
Channels with unlimited number of read-only subscribers.
In-app presence notifications.
Unread message counters.
Push 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.
Attachments and inline images.
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 is mostly functional.

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.