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Multiple bugs
The first one appears in the password protection option in the settings menu the app prompts you about on first launch. No matter what I enter for the password, matching in both fields, the app does absolutely nothing, acts as if the confirm button is a dud. No matter what I try and change the password to, or how many times I tap, there is no response. The only way to leave the screen is by selecting cancel.
The second hiccup occurs upon the completion of sending an email. The email is sent successfully but the default notification sound plays on repeat like a broken record and does not stop until I force close the app. In the native app settings screen there is no way to grant the notification permission. Its grayed out and says android is blocking this apps ability to display notifications. No push notifications are ever displayed nor is the ability to display them a possibly. Although there is an option to ding upon new message in the settings menu, which gives the app the ability to trigger the default notification sound, it however doesn't have a settings toggle to ding when messages are sent, it does not display a notification, ever.
App was listed as 17mb, and I watched my device transfer 17mb... Once I stalled it was over 40mb, and even after I cleared the cache and the user data, it was sitting right at 30mb as I went to uninstall. It's advertised as being able to utilize multiple encryption methods when authenticating to the server yet there's no option to select which encryption method or to use no encryption which leaves the user in a process of elimination guessing game of which ports it's looking to operate on.
No disrespect intended here; Overall you've got good ideas and I like where the app might head in the future but judging by the experience I just had I don't think this app should be in stable releases yet.
Thank you for your feedback, @Taxit0m.
Just for more information what Android version are you using? Does it happen in other Android devices, that you have? Have you tried the older version of the application (v6.4)?
It is recommended to restart the application after password change.
What do you mean "push notifications"? There aren't any! That is by design.
About no sent notification, maybe your device settings are misconfigured. A toast message should be visible for a few seconds, after message is sent. Cannot reproduce the issue on test device.
it however doesn't have a settings toggle to ding when messages are sent
Cannot reproduce on test device.
App was listed as 17mb, and I watched my device transfer 17mb... Once I stalled it was over 40mb, and even after I cleared the cache and the user data, it was sitting right at 30mb
The application stores messages in a database. 'cache and the user data' is undefined in this context. If you had some messages, ~30-40 MB should be normal. Consider the fact that a message such as "Hello World!" can be 5 kilobytes or more, just from the metadata of one server sending it to another, and the message is usually sent also as html. If that message has attachments, only 40 MB is a very modest amount.
It's advertised as being able to utilize multiple encryption methods when authenticating to the server yet there's no option to select which encryption method or to use no encryption which leaves the user in a process of elimination guessing game of which ports it's looking to operate on.
Have a second look at the application screenshots in this repository.
There are two or three encryption methods possible.
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SSL/TLS is required, it's like the green lock icon, in a browser. This always happens, or the activity is cancelled, and an error displayed to the user.
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If you can add GPG (PGP) encryption to your message, see the screenshots. It isn't as easy, as it should be. Many applications have this problem.
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For the message text (not including attachments, or subject name), you can encrypt with AES or Twofish, by pressing the button near the text box.
as I went to uninstall.
Then why complain here?
