DarkFi App Alpha Release

The first major release of DarkFi’s App platform. Now we just have one app: the chat. From here we expand outwards.

“we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom” - Satoshi Nakamoto

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Features:

Support for multiple rooms. Now you can access all public chans on the DarkIRC Chat network.
Rename your nick using the command: /nick john.
Fully p2p on both mobile and desktop.
Tor support (optional). Instructions to enable it are below.
Network status indicator in the top right.
Emojis!
- Add new custom emojis. See instructions below.
Shortcuts:
- Zoom in/out on desktop with ctrl+= and ctrl+-, and use 2-finger pinch on Android.
- Navigate to channels with alt+1, alt+2, … and use alt+backspace to go back.
Fractional UI scaling.

Enable Tor

Create a file called use_tor.txt inside the app’s data folder.

Platform	Path	Example
Linux	`~/.local/share/darkfi/app/`	`/home/alice/.local/share/darkfi/app/`
Android	`/sdcard/Android/data/darkfi.darkfi_app/files/`	`/sdcard/Android/data/darkfi.darkfi_app/files/`
Mac	`~/Library/Application Support/darkfi/app/`	`/Users/Alice/Library/Application Support/darkfi/app/`
Windows	`{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}/darkfi/app/`	`C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Roaming\darkfi\app\`

For example on Linux:

touch /home/alice/.local/share/darkfi/app/use_tor.txt

Then when you start the app, you should see:

10:30:47 [INFO] Setup P2P network [tor]

To install new fonts (TTF, OTF formats), copy the file to the app’s font folder.

If the folder doesn’t exist, then you can just create it.

Platform	Path	Example
Linux	`~/.local/share/darkfi/app/font/`	`/home/alice/.local/share/darkfi/app/font/`
Android	`/sdcard/Android/data/darkfi.darkfi_app/files/font/`	`/sdcard/Android/data/darkfi.darkfi_app/files/font/`
Mac	`~/Library/Application Support/darkfi/app/font/`	`/Users/Alice/Library/Application Support/darkfi/app/font/`
Windows	`{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}\darkfi\app\font\`	`C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Roaming\darkfi\app\font\`

Then when you start the app, you should see:

10:43:45 [INFO] Loaded custom font: "/home/alice/.local/share/darkfi/app/font/my-custom-font.ttf"

Copy the file emoji.txt into your app’s data folder.

Platform	Path	Example
Linux	`~/.local/share/darkfi/app/`	`/home/alice/.local/share/darkfi/app/`
Android	`/sdcard/Android/data/darkfi.darkfi_app/files/`	`/sdcard/Android/data/darkfi.darkfi_app/files/`
Mac	`~/Library/Application Support/darkfi/app/`	`/Users/Alice/Library/Application Support/darkfi/app/`
Windows	`{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}/darkfi/app/`	`C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Roaming\darkfi\app\`

Then after restarting the app, you should see the new emoji list.

If you get the error “VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found”, then install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.