Beside for Android v0.2.0 — Release Notes & Customer Changelog

Target Repository: https://github.com/thisma-labs/beside-android-support
Live Help Center: https://thisma-labs.github.io/beside-android-support
Supported OS: Android 8.0 Oreo (API 26) through Android 14 (API 34)
Architecture: 64-bit ARM (arm64-v8a)
Release Tag: android-v0.2.0 (or v0.2.0)

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Welcome to Beside for Android v0.2.0

Beside for Android is the official, dedicated mobile client for Beside, delivering wire-speed local file and text transfers between your Android smartphone or tablet and Windows PC without cloud servers, mobile data usage, or account setup.

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Key Features & Highlights in v0.2.0

1. Thumb-Friendly 4-Tab Mobile Navigation

Designed for intuitive one-handed mobile ergonomics:

• Home Tab: Device identity card, live network status, nearby peer cards with one-tap pair/send buttons, and quick action shortcuts (Files, Folders, Messages).
• Activity Tab: Chronological transfer history with folder nesting, file size badges, and message log.
• Trusted Devices Tab: Pinned cryptographic device keys with one-tap trust revocation and rapid pairing shortcuts.
• Settings Tab: Device identity configuration, Storage Access Framework (SAF) folder picker, theme preferences, and Pro license status.

2. Deep Android Native System Integrations

• Android System Share Sheet: Share photos, videos, archives, or URLs directly from Google Photos, YouTube, Files, or browsers into Beside's outgoing queue via standard ACTION_SEND and ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE intents.
• Gallery Auto-Scan (MediaScanner): When photo or video transfers complete, Beside automatically indexes them via MediaScannerConnection. They appear instantly in your camera roll and Google Photos without requiring a device reboot.
• Foreground Service with Persistent Notification: BesideTransferService keeps transfers running at full speed in the background even when you switch apps or turn off the screen.
• Wi-Fi & Wake Locks: Automatically acquires WifiManager.MulticastLock for zero-configuration mDNS discovery, and high-performance Wi-Fi & CPU WakeLocks during streaming to maintain wire speed on aggressive battery-saving OEM roms (MIUI, HyperOS, One UI).
• Storage Access Framework (SAF): Full support for scoped storage on Android 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, allowing you to save received files directly to custom folders or SD cards.
• Hardware Android Keystore: Private device keys are encrypted at rest with hardware-backed AES-256-GCM (TEE / StrongBox).

3. Light and Dark Theme Support

• Full adaptation to your system theme preference with an instant manual toggle in the Settings tab.

4. Wire-Speed TCP Streaming (Flat 64 KB RAM Consumption)

• Streams files machine-to-machine at full Wi-Fi speeds (up to 110 MB/s).
• Streams in bounded 64 KB memory chunks, completely eliminating out-of-memory crashes on mobile devices.

5. Mutual TLS 1.3 & 8-Digit SAS Pairing

• 8-digit visual SAS code derived from the TLS 1.3 Key Exporter to verify new peers and prevent MITM attacks on untrusted public Wi-Fi.

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Official Android Distribution & SHA-256 Checksum

Package	Architecture	Size	SHA-256 Checksum
Beside-v0.2.0-Android-arm64.apk	64-bit ARM (arm64-v8a)	33.30 MB	8867cc2d82309f42cfdad3b1779114dd64b1be5bac59e8549a0d163199858c06

Official Signing Certificate Fingerprint (SHA-256)

:::text
A5:C7:E2:61:74:93:18:2B:6F:AA:CD:D1:49:10:85:3E:04:7B:6C:59:71:03:62:38:29:1A:F3:49:EE:12:08:52

Verifying Checksum

On Android (using Termux) or Linux/macOS:

:::bash
sha256sum Beside-v0.2.0-Android-arm64.apk
# Expected: 8867cc2d82309f42cfdad3b1779114dd64b1be5bac59e8549a0d163199858c06

On Windows (PowerShell):

:::powershell
Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 Beside-v0.2.0-Android-arm64.apk
# Expected: 8867cc2d82309f42cfdad3b1779114dd64b1be5bac59e8549a0d163199858c06

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Installation & Battery Optimization Tips

1. Install Unknown Apps: When downloading the APK for the first time, allow your browser to install unknown apps when prompted.
2. MIUI / HyperOS (Xiaomi / POCO / Redmi): In Settings → Apps → Beside → Battery Saver, select No Restrictions to prevent background transfer interruptions.
3. One UI (Samsung): In Settings → Apps → Beside → Battery, ensure Beside is not set to "Deep Sleeping".