Sideband Files

This release adds support for LXST voice calls on Android, to and from all other LXST telephony clients over Reticulum. It also fixes a number of issues with BLE stability and power consumption on some android devices, and adds a whole range of other improvements and fixes.

Changes - Updated LXST to version 0.4.1 to include Android audio backend - Added voice call support on Android - Added voice call notification channel on Android - Added low-latency output mode configuration for LXST on Android - Added ability to start Sideband at device boot on Android - Added call profile selection to voice screen - Added automatic incoming call profile configuration - Added missed call notifications - Added a call log to the voice screen - Added reject button to the voice screen - Added ability to connect to RNode devices over WiFi and Ethernet - Added WiFi connection option to RNode hardware configuration - Added window size and position persistence on desktop - Added interference stats to status output for RNode interfaces - Unified notification toast display to always use in-application rendering regardless of platform - Fixed BLE pairing not working on some Android versions due to missing location permission check - Fixed recently received keys not being persisted on Android if the app had been running for less than 5 minutes - Fixed a regression in Android service RPC signature, that would cause live-tracking to not initiate - Fixed BLE connection timeouts occurring with some combinations of Android devices and nRF52-based RNodes - Fixed high BLE power consumption with some combinations of Android devices and RNodes - Fixed intermittent packet corruption on some RNode types when using BLE and device was configured at high on-air bitrates - Fixed contact appearance updates from bulk telemetry transfers for new contacts - Fixed text field rendering bug on Android - Implemented Kivy/SDL2 workaround for slow window resize updates on Linux - Implemented a workaround for Android intents dropped by Kivy at launch which was leading to external actions (share, etc.) being ignored if the foreground app had been closed.

This release has initially been uploaded with an Android APK and the platform-independent whl package. Binary builds for Windows and macOS coming later.