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Multi-account support in Settings
Maybe, at first, before this is not implemented - we can easily allow to run multiple application instances on one device with different config.json files? Or allow to clone or install application multiple times with different names.
As workaround, I install "App Cloner" application on Android and clone Riot app with different name, so now I can run several copies of Riot with different accounts, and they goes online together normally.
This isn't really blocked on design - I think it would be fine to port over the design from Matrix Console.
I mean what is its specific design of the multi-account implementation that I think @ara4n referred to? What it looks like, in or other words.
I downloaded Matrix Console and although I was unable to connect to my home server due to some errors (probably because too old), here's part of the UI.
As mentioned in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-android/issues/576#issuecomment-458310468 :
In Riot desktop/web the account switch could be another vertical bar left of the community bar with profile picture icons indicating the added accounts.
It should look & feel like multiple accounts in the Gmail app:
You can select a different account by clicking on its thumbnail or by swiping to the right in the thumbnails area. I've seen this behavior in a couple other Google apps. However, they seem to have changed to a simple drop-down menu in other apps like contacts.
I also get three distinct push-notifications, each of which contains all the notifications for the specific account.
Like with e-Mail, there are some reasons why people would end up with multiple accounts.
The biggest blocker for me using Riot.im to communicate with most of my friends today, is I have a private instance my phone connects to for work. Having to choose to use riot only at work or only with friends is awful.
My phone is also running AOSP so I can't use the proprietary "work profile" feature. It would make me very happy if this feature was prioritized. Can we bounty this thing? :)
@lrvick, I have the same problem and also waiting this feature, but as workaround - I use App cloner to have two Riot apps with different logins, other variant is use https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/mini-vector-android.html for second account.
App Cloner is proprietary and could easily inject malware. I also can't find any open alternatives. Not seeing any workaround in my case short of hand compiling my own alternate-named APKs with every update.
Here is opensource apps that can clone: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/ https://island.oasisfeng.com/ Also you can use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.lavadip.miniVector/ for second account without using clone app. But build-in multi-account support will be much better! :)
Any updates so far? The design from gmail would be pretty nice, as @ludwigbald already mentioned.
But not only gmail is using this Frontend to support multiple accounts, see telegram.
riot-android will not get any new features, but riotX has an issue https://github.com/vector-im/riotX-android/issues/26
Here is opensource apps that can clone: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/ https://island.oasisfeng.com/ Also you can use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.lavadip.miniVector/ for second account without using clone app. But build-in multi-account support will be much better! :)
From my point of view, the workaround using two or more application instances is not good for mobile phone application. Riot.im is allready consuming batterie. I don't think to run multiple application is compatible with the idea to reduce the batterie consumsion.
Here is opensource apps that can clone: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/ https://island.oasisfeng.com/ Also you can use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.lavadip.miniVector/ for second account without using clone app. But build-in multi-account support will be much better! :)
From my point of view, the workaround using two or more application instances is not good for mobile phone application. Riot.im is allready consuming batterie. I don't think to run multiple application is compatible with the idea to reduce the batterie consumsion.
I agree, app cloning isn't a proper solution to this issue. A proper solution would be implementing multiple accounts into Element.
