regression: wire-android evolution misses apk artifacts

[ehdis]

I was consuming wire-android apk's for installation from https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android and noticed (very late) thats not the current official repo anymore. While looking into https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android-reloaded I do not see any apk files in the release section anymore. For the usage on alternate operation systems its important to be able to have the apk package for installation. What's the current state regarding such artifacts? I would appreciate any feedback, thanks!

PS: Opening issues under wire-android-reloaded is not possible

[DiagonalArg]

I'm having the same issue. I noticed that f-droid is taking from wire-android, and so is quite behind:

Added on 2022-09-02
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.wire/

[DiagonalArg]

PS: Opening issues under wire-android-reloaded is not possible

Note this issue, where there's discussion about how to open issues.

[ehdis]

Note this issue, where there's discussion about how to open issues.

On the end of the mentioned route is https://support.wire.com/hc/requests/new

Whether here or there - the problem is that no one from the wire team handle such community requests.

Thus, the participation of the community is not honored!

[DiagonalArg]

@ehdis / I've tried also. I've got people giving up on Wire. If I don't see a response, I may have to do the same.

[ehdis]

Even the official site is pointing to https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android-reloaded to get the apk package!

https://wire.com/en/app-download#hs_cos_wrapper_module_16982325963245_

I would really appreciate any feedback! Thanks!

[DiagonalArg]

They are taking /zero/ community input. :/

[mikofaur]

Voting this up - it would be really nice if the apk was added to the latest release on https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android-reloaded/releases
Thanks!

[tmspzz]

Noted

[DiagonalArg]

Looks like some progress is being made. Thank you.

This is the email I received in response to my request:

Hello,

We acknowledge the issue of missing artifacts and the outdated F-Droid version. However, we are excited to share that we have a positive update in the works for the F-Droid, which will be included in our upcoming releases. While we understand that adding APK artifacts to our GitHub repository is a concern, it's essential to clarify that this isn't our current top priority. Nevertheless, we do recognize its importance, and it is indeed on our backlog for future consideration.

Your patience and understanding are greatly appreciated as we work towards a more comprehensive and updated solution. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us. Thank you for your support and interest in our project.

All the best,
Wire Support Team

https://wire.com/en/

[ehdis]

Is this an official apk release ( com.wire.android-v4.5.0.8350474.apk )?
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android/releases/tag/v4.5.0
It seems to not having an apk cert included for fingerprint checks (META-INF/CERT.RSA).

For instance the legacy apk shows following fingerprint (custom script that uses keytool -printcert):

$ ls -1 Wire/wire-prod-release-3.82.38.apk |xargs -n1 bash  printcert.sh 
1626e3f85dfd8434f78666444861f4e5c8fb377a284c1c304cb9d585288fa352

[DiagonalArg]

@ehdis / that's the legacy one.

Legacy: Wire-Android

New: Wire-Android-Reloaded

Wait! Guess what! They've mirrored the two! You're right, there's an apk for v4.5.0! (Though not 4.5.1.)

Wait again ... That's the /only/ release with an .apk. And F-Droid isn't updated. Hmmm.

Why won't they give us an issue tracking over there?? Grr.

[ehdis]

New release unfortunately without APKs
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android/releases/tag/v4.7.0
albeit
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android/releases/tag/v4.6.3
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android/releases/tag/v4.6.1
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android/releases/tag/v4.6.0
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android/releases/tag/v4.5.4
...
do have ones. Any commitment planned? Just for clarity, thanks!

[DiagonalArg]

4.6.4 is also missing it. So they've dropped the ball on the last two.

[yamilmedina]

Thank you for raising your hand again on this. We've just uploaded 4.7.0 . Regarding 4.6.4, it was never released in practice, and we just went for 4.7.0, so now the releases are clean again.

As of now, we are working to migrate our current CI solution, so this should be a problem of the past when this is completed.