THTheDong·Oct 21, 2023
Presumably realm in Element for Android. https://realm.io/ "Realm by MongoDB"
See also https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1025
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element-hq / element-android
element-android
A Matrix collaboration client for Android.
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18Mentions
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What to know before exploring
What it is
A Matrix collaboration client for Android.
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Where it is used
No documented product use was verified in the last source check.
What people are saying
I can second this, I love being able to answer quickly from my mobile (I type [actually swipe] faster on mobile). It's also amazing how the push notifications clear when read…
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Also in these discussions
- element-hq/element-web · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- element-hq/element-x-android · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year18 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2019-03-18 01:07:05 UTC to 2023-10-21 03:16:55 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesMultiple accounts also https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/26 and they closed the issue for it in the Element X https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android/issues/190
A pretty basic functionality which even Messenger supports....
In Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrixit's a few weeks away. However, voice messages isn't in the initial release; it will follow shortly though. Hopefully the entirely new codebase will help resolve lag and other issues (please make sure the current issues are filed on github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues though, so we don't accidentally port them in EX...)
In Element X Matrix client now on iOS early releaseElement X is an entirely new client written in Rust + Swift UI/Jetpack Compose (https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios and https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android) which will eventually replace the legacy Element apps (https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios and https://github.com/vector-im/element-android).
The features already exist serverside; we're just working on getting them out of beta.
In Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom