Jami on Pinephone [ IM and VOIP ]

[p1trson]

Hello folks, if you're struggling to find a secure and free(as in freedom) software IM and VOIP client for Pinephone, this is suited for you. With latest changes it is currently possible to build jami client for the pinephone and have it in _usable_ state with nearly all features working out of box! To get familiar with Jami more, visit:
https://jami.net/

The above applies for jami-qt client (not the gnome one!) and Phosh

What works:
- importing account / registering
- sending messages
- receiving messages
- calling and receiving audio calls
- calling and receiving video calls*
- adding new contacts
- sending / receiving attachments

What doesn't work:
- *pinephone camera (e.g if you're on video call, you see the other side, but they don't see you) - UPDATE see thread and https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ja...issues/287
- ui is generally not scaled well (but not unusable) without scale-to-fit, but with scale-to-fit it's usable for daily driver (see https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ja...issues/257)
- squeekboard must be popped up / minimized manually when chatting (see https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ja...issues/281)
- there are relatively many small UI quirks which are more annoying than showstoppers
- the UI gets nearly unusable when screen rotation is performed (it's better to have it fixed in portrait when using Jami)
- the led indication for e.g new message, incoming/missed calls is not triggered at all
- there are no packages in any of the pinephone OS distributions, you have to build/compile on your own

Tested the compilation on:
- arch linux arm (latest updates) with Phosh

Screenshots:
see https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ri...note_26254

Steps to build / compile:
- see: https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/jami-client-qt but iin my case it was:

Code:

git clone https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/ring-project.git
cd ring-project/
./make-ring.py --init
sudo ./make-ring.py --dependencies --qt
sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-svg make dbus-c++ qca qt5-quickcontrols2 qt5-webengine qt5-tools doxygen qrencode qt5-graphicaleffects qt5-quickcontrols qt5-wayland  autoconf automake
./make-ring.py --install --qt
scale-to-fit net.jami.jami-qt

then you launch it as per docu:

Code:

./make-ring.py --run --qt

Feel free to report any other observations / tweaks and or bugs!

Cheers