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[April 2020] Push and Windows 10X support

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@COM8 COM8 released this 05 Apr 15:26
· 600 commits to master since this release
v.0.25.0.0
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I've invested a lot of time and effort since the last release ([March 2020] Bug Fixes and Refactoring) into UWPX.
The first part of the time I spent into making sure UWPX supports the new Windows 10X dual screen layout.
To archive this, I had to update the MasterDetailsView control provided by the Windows Community Toolkit (PR).

All the rest of my time went into adding push support to UWPX.
Therefore I've started to develop my own push server for UWPX, based roughly on the Conversations Push Proxy by @iNPUTmice.
This is still a work in progress topic. If you can't wait for it, you can play around with it by enabling it via Settings -> Accounts -> Enable push. Since it's still work in progress do not expect it to work all the time, or even at all 😅.

To get more information about the push setup and how it works, you can continue reading here.

If you enable the debug settings (press 5 times on the app version on the settings page to enable the debug mode) you get even more information about the current push status and can request a test push notification from the server (in case it's running).

Please report bugs here!

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Known bugs

  • Not receiving offline messages #27
  • MUC subject changing leads to an account disconnect #34
  • MUC Errors broken #58
  • Chat image downloads not updating #69
  • UWPX hangs after receiving contact request #107

Changes

  • Windows 10X support (CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit#3173)
  • Added a new MUC configuration control
  • Push support phase 1 (still work in progress)
  • "Enter to send" is now enabled by default
  • Added an "Enter to send" teaching tip
  • Fixed NullReferenceException for the MUC join delay

Examples

Windows 10X support

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New MUC configuration control

configuration

Enter to send teaching tip

Annotation 2020-03-26 164007

Push demo

push

How can I get this App?

There are three ways how you can get access to the app.

1. Microsoft Store:

The simplest way is to just download it via the Microsoft Store.

2. Sideload:

If you don't want to use the Microsoft Store for getting access to UWPX you can also sideload a pre build app.
For this head over to releases and download the latest UWPX-Installer.exe.
Once downloaded, double click it and then click on install.

For this to work you first have to enable Sideload app in your Windows settings! Click here for more information about this.

⚠️ Windows will try to warn you that this is a malicious installation program. This is because I did not sign it with a valid developer certificate - you can ignore it. ⚠️

3. Build it by your own

Short version:
  1. Install Visual Studio 2019
  2. Clone the repository with Visual Studio 2019
  3. Build the project for your target platform (e.g. x64)
  4. Install the app on your target system:
    Here you can find more information about: How to install UWP apps, using the developer mode.
Long version:

An extended guide on how to build UWP with images to guide you through can be found here.

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