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Both freenet.ini and seednodes.fref seem to be outdates (showing references to 1486, when the latest release is 1486).

This behaviour can be observed when the node is shutdown for a long period of time (say, a month). It could be that the opennet peers are not responding / online and the node doesn't tries to announce itself.

This is how the logs look like when the node is bootstrapped into the network (e.g. has opennet peers):

I/System.out: Read 7 opennet peers from /data/user/0/org.freenetproject.mobile/app_data/openpeers-41027
I/System.out: Read 0 old-opennet-peers from /data/user/0/org.freenetproject.mobile/app_data/openpeers-old-41027
I/System.out: Not attempting immediate announcement: dark peers=0 open peers=7 old open peers=0 - will wait 1 minute...

Otherwise it will report as follows:

I/System.out: Attempting announcement to seednodes...

Related code:

• https://github.com/freenet/fred/blob/next/src/freenet/node/OpennetManager.java#L358
• https://github.com/freenet/fred/blob/next/src/freenet/node/Announcer.java#L87

It should be nice to have a downloadable link for testing in the installation instructons (direct) link to assets.

A download button could be a solution.

Freenet current main page is a mix of admin panel and bootstrap site from where the user can start to explore the network. While it's functional it may expose too much functionality and list indexes with random content that may put off most people.

I'll like to have a clean, sleek, helpful bootstrap site with links to help pages, plugins (default and recommended), and link to the default admin UI.

Action items

• Mock up / similar pages
• HTML template (should be only html, css)
• Content writing, helpful links for a new comer to Freenet
• Clean enough to be the main page to access daily (no big logos, titles, useless content)

Currently we've only beta releases. Once we release a production ready app we must have a way to release beta/test updates through Fdroid.

Review fdroid beta/production channels support. Some releases updates can be ignored with https://f-droid.org/docs/Build_Metadata_Reference/#UpdateCheckIgnore. This mean we can setup 2 packages, 1 for production and 1 for beta/testing.

In order to pull dependencies without having to copy them from project to project freenet-mobile/fred should define the dependencies as transitive. As well as being able to work with upstream freenet/fred without having to have a custom branch/mirrored repo (since needed changed to work on Android are already present in upstream).

Describe the solution you'd like

• Define transitive dependencies
• Investigate a way to have a single build.gradle with both legacy dependencies (fred-ext) and newer ones

There are situations where the app may get stuck in an error status and reports "Error starting Freenet" / "Restart... re-install if error persist".

In these scenarios, where the notification ("Freenet is running") is present it seems the app is stuck for good and ultimately it needs to be uninstalled and installed again.

Currently you can start the node on battery while the configuration is to "only on power" is set on. User should be asked to confirm the action, informing them of the configuration.

Add about Freenet mobile and Freenet Project. Add donate link to freenetproject.org

Add version number.

Functionality to export/import WoT identity and node keys (node refs?).

This is important to preserve own pseudo-identity on the network (ie, a journalist)

Update node to the latest release: https://freenetproject.org/freenet-build-1487-released.html

As mentioned #12 the version number displayed by Android on "App info" screen is 0.0.9. That version is from build.gradle and is currently manually updated.

The android version should

• Be the same as the release version and
• Be updated automatically

Sharesite silently fails to insert a freesite when no activelink is provided. It fails to create an activelink due to lack of javax.imageio package.

https://freenetproject.org/freenet-build-1489-released.html

Point to https://freenetproject.org/pages/help.html#can-i-get-trouble-if-i-run-a-node.

The checkbox must be shown if there is no confirmation. Once confirmed the "Play" button will be enabled.
The text and link can be accessed through the configuration section.

Include description into the repo's readme: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.freenetproject.mobile/

• [ ]: Include description into readme
• [ ]: Add multiple readmes for ES, DE, FR, PT

For performance reasons avoid:

• Load any plugin
• Updates over freenet/other type of updates (blocked by d8)

I can't seem to find the version number in the user interface. I've looked in settings and the main screen. The version number in the Android application manager entry shows 0.0.9 event though I'm running the latest release. Can it be added to the main screen or in the settings?

your latest release, v0.2.2beta, has versionCode 293. The previous one, v0.2.1beta, had versionCode 295 – thus you DECREASED it – which is an absolute no-go: Android refuses to accept this as update, as it considers it a downgrade. Please fix ASAP (setting versionCode to 296 or higher) – and please also replace the APK then 😉 Thanks!

• https://developer.android.com/training/sharing/receive
• https://www.raywenderlich.com/6613761-sharing-in-android-10-getting-started

For example: https://travis-ci.org/github/desyncr/fred/jobs/710225539#L300

https://freenetproject.org/freenet-build-1486-released.html

• Use fastlane structure: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/7353#note_456424703
• Use proper version tags: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/7353#note_456424704
• Use tag rather than commit hash: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/7353#note_456424705

See https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/7353

Often, (but not always) when re-opening the app after having already started it, it says "Error starting Freenet. Restart the application and try again. If the error persists reinstall the application". Freenet still works if I open a browser and go to 127.0.0.1:8888, but the button to open it in a browser is gone while it is displaying that error. On the web interface clicking the shutdown button causes it to stop, and have the Start Freenet button when the app is next opened, as expected

Sharesite (https://github.com/freenet/plugin-sharesite) is an easy to use and lightweight solution for creating and updating Freesites easily.
It's an official plugin and has a web UI for creating and maintaining multiple Freesites.

The UI is functional and the site edition is made using a markdown-like syntax.

• Expand DE translations
• Add translations for the currently supported languages: ES, FR, PT
• Add screenshots

See https://gitlab.com/snippets/1895688

When out of WiFi I can't to check/verify if Freenet Mobile status is compatible with my configuration of preserving data. For that I check the Toast notification, but it always says "Freenet is running", when I open the app it says it's paused.

I'd like to Toast notification to state the current status: Paused, Running, Stopped etc.

Installation steps:

• Including configuring "unknown sources"
• Downloading the APK

Usage:

• Start and stop
• The notification

Describe the main features and configuration options:

• Preserve data, preserve battery, Freenet web
• How to find content and navigate Freenet
• Point to other resources and mention Darknet
• Talk about the limitations of using freenet mobile (vs a complete node or darknet)

Walk-through script:

Presentation/Introduction
What is Freenet?
What is Freenet mobile?
    Use cases
Walk-through
    How to install
        Install through F-droid
        Manual install
    Running
        Start and stop, pause and resume
        The notification
        How to find content and navigate Freenet
    Configuration options
        Battery and data saving options
        Freenet Web
        Node configuration with FProxy
Limitations
    When to run a Desktop/server node instead

Notes

Include translations/subtitles for spanish, english, german, portuguese, french

When configurations such as "Preserve battery" are changed (on, off) the app don't pick it up. The node needs to be restarted to be taken into account. While this is in general not a problem it can be annoying.

Describe the solution you'd like
The configuration should be picked up without having to restart the node.

See questions from: https://www.reddit.com/r/Freenet/comments/i21dca/freenet_mobile_01_beta/

I have Preserve Battery enabled. When I unplug the phone, then opennet is disabled, but darknet is still enabled, meaning it is still running Freenet and sending/receiving data to darknet nodes it is connected it. I'm assuming this will mean it will continue to use power.

Move these dependencies:

compile 'com.github.desyncr:onion-common:0.0.2'
compile 'com.github.desyncr:onion-fec:0.0.2'
compile 'com.github.desyncr:mantissa:0.0.2'
compile "com.github.desyncr:lzmajio:0.95.2"
compile "com.github.desyncr:bitcollider-core:0.0.2"
compile 'com.github.desyncr:freenet-ext:0.60.2'

To freenet-mobile org.

Looks like you forgot to sign the freenet-mobile-release-0.2.1.apk before attaching it to its release:

DOES NOT VERIFY
ERROR: No JAR signatures
package: name='org.freenetproject.mobile' versionCode='291' versionName='0.2.1' compileSdkVersion='30' compileSdkVersionCodename='11'

Could you please check and fix? Thanks!

Analyse if uptime can be retrieve from jFCP library.

RFP: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/7353

Ship a clean bookmarks configuration for the mobile node. The default bookmarks points to various uncensored indexes that make a bad first impression.

Describe the solution you'd like
Ship a clean bookmark configuration (empty, or with carefully selected non-index freesites).

Describe alternatives you've considered
We currently ship with our own bootstrap site, but the user will eventually land on the index page of Fproxy.

To avoid scrapping on known IP and Ports it'd be convenient to randomize them.

Describe the solution you'd like
On setup the IP to bind and the Port should be configured under these ranges: "bindTo 127.x.y.z (with x,y,z each 1-254) with port between 5001 and 32767 (inclusive interval)"

Bindings to look for:

• Fproxy's
• FCP's

Additional context
These settings may be changed each start up.

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void freenet.node.MasterKeys.changePassword(java.io.File, java.lang.String, java.util.Random)' on a null object reference
at freenet.node.Node.changeMasterPassword(Node.java:4642)
at freenet.clients.http.SecurityLevelsToadlet.handleMethodPOST(SecurityLevelsToadlet.java:197)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at freenet.clients.http.ToadletContextImpl.callToadletMethod(ToadletContextImpl.java:747)
at freenet.clients.http.ToadletContextImpl.handle(ToadletContextImpl.java:660)
at freenet.clients.http.SimpleToadletServer$SocketHandler.run(SimpleToadletServer.java:1055)
at freenet.support.PooledExecutor$MyThread.innerRun(PooledExecutor.java:249)
at freenet.support.PooledExecutor$MyThread.realRun(PooledExecutor.java:189)
at freenet.support.io.NativeThread.run(NativeThread.java:156)

Support exchanging noderefs through QR or similar.

https://freenet.mantishub.io/view.php?id=1343

ArneBab: desyncr: a next step for spreading would be to share the app via NFC: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/39218/sending-an-application-apk-through-nfc
ArneBab: That way you with smartphone could just tell a friend "let’s connect" and tap the phones together. After startup the app of your friend could ask to tap once more to connect.

• MDNSDiscovery
• Make F2F first-class in Freenet UI: See https://www.reddit.com/r/Freenet/comments/lblvdq/how_would_you_improve_freenet/gm2yrxs/

Currently on Android (and other platforms as well, TBC) the following message is shown at start up:

I/System.out: Not enough entropy available.
    Trying to gather entropy (randomness) by reading the disk...
    You should consider installing a better random number generator e.g. haveged.

Describe the solution you'd like
A Secure RNG should be used to generate entropy. On Android: https://developer.android.com/reference/java/security/SecureRandom

Additional context
By gathering entropy from the disk the startup can take various minutes depending on the Device.

This is done to clean up the Java VM (currently there's not way to do that).

• Offer support channel on Gitter
• Integrate with Github (evens, etc)