yaxim

yaxim - a lean XMPP/Jabber client for Android

Code Quality Rank: L1

Programming language: Java

License: GNU General Public License v3.0 only

Tags: XMPP    

Latest version: v0.9.9

README

yaxim (Yet Another XMPP Instant Messenger)

yaxim is a lean Jabber/XMPP client for Android. It aims at usability, low overhead and security, and works on low-end Android devices starting with Android 4.0.

Check the yaxim homepage for latest news and downloads.

Features

• Easy configuration and usability, using one XMPP account
• Keeping your connection when the phone is started and on mobile/WiFi network changes
• Chatting with friends and in group chats
• Sending and receiving of text messages, images and files
• Managing of your contact list
• more...

Links

• Google Play (recommended, with auto-updates)
• F-Droid (this version uses a different signing key, not interchangeable with official yaxim binaries!)
• Download APK
• Screenshots
• Project Home
• Source on GitHub
• Translation

Build Instructions

yaxim is written in Java and source code is maintained in git. The official repository is yaxim-org, whereas experimental development work happens in ge0rg's repo. You will need Android Studio 3.x to compile the app.

To compile yaxim, the following steps need to be taken:

# fetch source code from github
git clone https://github.com/yaxim-org/yaxim.git
cd yaxim

# initialize submodules
git submodule init
git submodule update

# you can stop here, or go on to compile with gradle:

# compile and install debug version of yaxim or Bruno
gradle installYaximDebug
gradle installBrunoDebug

# compile release APKs for both
# create RELEASE_STORE_FILE according to http://stackoverflow.com/a/25391891/539443
gradle assembleRelease

License

• yaxim is licensed under GNU GPLv2 (see LICENSE.txt)

• MemorizingTrustManager is MIT licensed.

• android-remote-stacktrace is MIT licensed.

MIT License

android-remote-stacktrace: Copyright (c) 2009 Mads Kristiansen, Nullwire ApS

MemorizingTrustManager: Copyright (c) 2010 Georg Lukas

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.