johanw666 / Signal-Android

Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picker. Option to treat view-once media as normal media. Option to ignore remote deletion. Choose between FCM or websocket notification delivery.
https://johanw.home.xs4all.nl/Signal/signal-jw.html
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
246 stars 16 forks source link

Add a note about relationships with mainline signal #62

Open AvrahamTsaban opened 1 year ago

AvrahamTsaban commented 1 year ago

I think README.md should have a few lines modified in its top to reflect what is unique about this fork, and how frequently are mainline updates merged (approximately).