TelegramClient is a Squeak-Client for the widely used Telegram-Messenger. It aims to provide features such as Authentication, Contacts, Message and Media sending and a minimal UI as well as as a Zen-mode and receiving messages in the background.
This Project is part of the "Softwaretechnik" Lecture 2020 at the Hasso Plattner Institute.
| ✨ | Feature |
|---|---|
| 🔓 | Authenticate yourself in your Telegram-Account |
| ✉️ | Send messages to other users |
| 💬 | Display open Chats in a List |
| 📫 | Receive messages |
| 🆕 | Create new chats |
| 🔔 | Receive push notifications |
| 🌍 | Start Telegram via WorldMenu |
| 🚶 | Logout |
We currently only support Squeak 5.3.
Open a Workspace and evaluate the following command in it:
Metacello new
baseline: 'TelegramClient';
repository: 'github://hpi-swa-teaching/TelegramClient/packages';
load.-
Install the following prerequisites:
- Last compatible FFI version. For Squeak version 5.3 use
Metacello new configuration: 'FFI'; load.to install it. - JSON package from SqueakSource.
- Animations package GitHub.
- Last compatible FFI version. For Squeak version 5.3 use
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Check our release page for an online installer in the form of a SAR file. Install this SAR file in your Squeak image.
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Click the Telegram entry in the Apps WorldMenu or execute the command
TCUTelegram newWithTCCCore. The menu is only available if you already started the app once or installed the app via a release SAR file.
For further information or manual setup take a look in our setup guide.
The wiki has a lot of useful information for continuing the development of this project. Feel free to add new information to the wiki.
Pre-Releases are created automatically whenever a commit is added to the develop-branch. Releases should created before each client meeting and can simply be done by merging develop into master.
Group 13 of the 2020 SWT I module included Rohan Sawahn, Jonas Schmidt, Frederik Wollny, Stefan Spangenberg, Lukas Laskowski, and Niklas Schilli. Feel free to add your names to the list.