search

stanford-oval / almond-android

The Almond Android App
Other
12 stars 8 forks source link

Can't configure matrix account #70

Closed szimszon closed 6 years ago

szimszon commented 6 years ago

Hi,

I wonder if you could help me.

I tried to set up a matrix account in Almond with "configure matrix" it asks me for e-mail or phone number. I earlier noticed that Almond recognise matrix account like @localpart:domain.org so I tried with a custom made account like @almond:oregpreshaz.eu (the actual HS is mtrx.oregpreshaz.eu and is defined in DNS SRV record) after I'm asked about the password I typed and hit enter but nothing happens. Even I can't see anything in my server's log... Do this assistant work only with HS: matrix.org? Do I have to set e-mail address for my almond matrix account?

gcampax commented 6 years ago

That is correct, the current code is only set to work with the matrix.org home server. I am going to transfer this issue to the underlying library containing the matrix communication code.

We also require people to sign up with a 3pid (either email or phone) because it allows us to tie the matrix identity to the Android address book, so that we can show a trusted name rather than a username for incoming requests.

Note though that Matrix is only useful for "Communicating Assistant" functionality, which allows you to share your third-party devices and services with other users that also use Almond (using hidden messages). You cannot, at this time, use Almond to send and receive messages directly on Matrix.

gcampax commented 6 years ago

This issue was moved to Stanford-Mobisocial-IoT-Lab/thingengine-core#18