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Android test release on Google Play in Norway
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.. meta::
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:author: str4d
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:date: 2014-08-23
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:category: android
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:excerpt: {% trans %}I2P Android and Bote have been released on Google Play in Norway, as a test run for a future worldwide release.{% endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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I2P Android has existed for over three years. In that time, it has evolved from
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a simple test project into a usable, useful Android port of the I2P router. Our
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eventual goal has been to release I2P Android on Google Play, to make it easier
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for users to discover, install and use I2P on their Android devices. After much
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work improving the user interface, fixing bugs and testing, we think that I2P
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Android is finally ready to go where the users are.
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{% trans -%}
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Initially, we are only releasing to Android users in Norway, as a test run. I2P
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Android will have far more exposure on Google Play than it has ever had before,
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and there will be bugs and usability issues that we need to fix. It will be much
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easier (and less stressful!) to respond to feedback if we only need to deal with
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reports from hundreds of users instead of thousands (already orders of magnitude
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more feedback than we have ever had).
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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Simultaneously we are making the first public release of Bote, an Android port
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of `I2P-Bote`_. Bote is private, distributed, secure email, made easy. It runs
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on top of the I2P network, and while it works as a standalone app, it will use
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the I2P Android app by default if installed. As with I2P Android, we are
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initially only releasing Bote to Android users in Norway.
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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The apps are being released on Google Play by `The Privacy Solutions Project`_.
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See their `blog post`_ for further information, and links to the Google Play
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page for Norway users.
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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As lead developer for I2P Android and Bote, I look forward to your comments. You
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are the people who will be using them, and your perspectives will help me craft
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simple, intuitive apps that make privacy accessible to everyone.
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{%- endtrans %}
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.. _`I2P-Bote`: http://{{ i2pconv('i2pbote.i2p') }}/
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.. _{% trans %}`The Privacy Solutions Project`{% endtrans %}: https://privacysolutions.no/
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.. _{% trans %}`blog post`{% endtrans %}: https://blog.privacysolutions.no/2014/08/23/i2p-on-google-play-in-norway/
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**{% trans %}Website release details{% endtrans %}**
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{% trans -%}
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We have also updated I2P Android on the website to match the release candidate
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deployed in Norway. This version will be updated with changes as we respond to
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feedback from Norwegian users, heading towards our next stable release.
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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Please note that we have upgraded the Android API to 9. This means that Froyo
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Android 2.2 will not be supported anymore; the minimum requirement is now
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Gingerbread Android 2.3.
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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Also note that if you have an earlier version of I2P Android, you will need to
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uninstall and reinstall because we have changed the release keys. Further
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information about this will be provided in a subsequent blog post.
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{%- endtrans %}
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