LiveDrop v0.1.7.0

LiveDrop v0.1.7.0

LiveDrop is a nearby file-sharing utility for Windows PCs and Windows 10 Mobile devices using Google Quick Share and Microsoft Nearby Share.

Features

• Discover and share with Google Quick Share peers.
• Discover and share with Microsoft Nearby Share peers.
• Select any file type from the app or Windows share sheet.
• Send multiple selected files in one transfer.
• Receive files into Pictures/LiveDrop.
• Includes ARM and x64 packages for supported Windows devices.

Install the included RetiredLake.cer certificate before installing the Appx bundle when Windows requires sideload trust.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.6

LiveDrop v0.1.5.6

This maintenance release improves the Windows 10 Mobile app tile presentation.

Changes

• Uses the transparent LiveDrop logo treatment for the Windows Phone tile.
• Preserves Google Quick Share and Microsoft Nearby Share support.
• Remains update-compatible with v0.1.5.5.

Install the included RetiredLake.cer certificate before installing the Appx package when required by Windows.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.5 — Initial Product Release

LiveDrop v0.1.5.5

This is the initial product release of LiveDrop, a simple file sharing utility for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows PCs.

Features

• Share files with nearby devices using Google Quick Share.
• Share files with compatible Windows devices using Microsoft Nearby Share.
• Discover available peers over the local network.
• Choose which sharing services are active.
• Receive files automatically into Pictures/LiveDrop.
• Send files from the Windows share sheet.
• Select files directly from the app.
• Set the broadcast hostname shown to nearby devices.
• Check for and install future LiveDrop updates.
• View the app version, project link, and privacy policy from About.

Install the included RetiredLake.cer certificate before installing the Appx package when required by Windows.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.4

LiveDrop v0.1.5.4 saves received files to Pictures/LiveDrop.

• Received files are saved under the user Pictures/LiveDrop folder.
• Pictures/LiveDrop is created before the first temporary transfer file is written.
• All save-location status messages now say Pictures/LiveDrop.
• Fresh installs select Google Quick Share by default.
• The package identity and RetiredLake publisher remain unchanged from v0.1.5.3.
• Protocol behavior is unchanged.

Validation:

• ARM and x64 builds completed successfully.
• The bundle wrapper is explicitly versioned 0.1.5.4 and contains AppxSignature.p7x.
• Outer and nested package signatures verify with the RetiredLake certificate.
• A local Windows install upgraded from v0.1.5.3 to v0.1.5.4.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.3

LiveDrop v0.1.5.3 changes the received-file destination to Documents/LiveDrop.

• Received files are saved under the user Documents/LiveDrop folder.
• Documents/LiveDrop is created before the first temporary transfer file is written.
• A protected app-local Documents/LiveDrop fallback retains received files when Windows denies access to the user Documents library.
• Fresh installs select Google Quick Share by default.
• The package identity and RetiredLake publisher remain unchanged from v0.1.5.2.

Validation:

• ARM and x64 builds completed successfully.
• The bundle wrapper is explicitly versioned 0.1.5.3 and contains AppxSignature.p7x.
• Outer and nested package signatures verify with the RetiredLake certificate.
• A local Windows install upgraded from v0.1.5.2 to v0.1.5.3.
• No protocol implementation was changed.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.2

LiveDrop v0.1.5.2 fixes the received-file destination and keeps the package update path intact.

• Fresh installs select Google Quick Share by default.
• Received files are saved under the user profile Downloads/LiveDrop folder.
• Downloads/LiveDrop is created before the first temporary transfer file is written.
• A protected app-local fallback retains received files when Windows denies user-folder access.
• The package identity and RetiredLake publisher remain unchanged from v0.1.5.1.

Validation:

• ARM and x64 builds completed successfully.
• The bundle wrapper is explicitly versioned 0.1.5.2 and contains AppxSignature.p7x.
• Outer and nested package signatures verify with the RetiredLake certificate.
• A local Windows install upgraded from v0.1.5.1 to v0.1.5.2.
• No protocol implementation was changed.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.1

LiveDrop v0.1.5.1 fixes the UWP outbound transfer failure reported as “A method was called at an unexpected time.”

• Configures the outbound StreamSocket before connecting.
• Stages selected files into LiveDrop-owned storage before transfer.
• Handles Quick Share bandwidth-upgrade retry control frames.
• Refreshes discovered peer endpoints and expires peers after 10 seconds without discovery traffic.
• Includes signed ARM and x64 packages in the appxbundle.

Packaging correction:

• The bundle wrapper is explicitly versioned as 0.1.5.1.
• The bundle wrapper is signed with the same RetiredLake certificate as v0.1.5.0.
• The package identity and publisher remain unchanged so v0.1.5.0 can update in place.

Validation:

• A local Windows install upgraded successfully from the v0.1.5.0 bundle to v0.1.5.1.
• Repeated real transfers from the installed x64 build to a Windows Phone LiveDrop peer completed successfully, including JPG, WEBP, and PNG files.
• The Quick Share loopback protocol fixture passed.
• The outer bundle and nested ARM/x64 package signatures verify with the RetiredLake certificate chain.

LiveDrop v0.1.5.0

LiveDrop 0.1.5.0 is the sending and receiving interoperability hotfix.

• Received PDFs, images, videos, and other file types use one user-facing destination: Public/Downloads/LiveDrop.
• Outgoing Quick Share and Microsoft Nearby file reads use partial sequential/ranged streams, avoiding the Windows A method was called at an unexpected time failure from exact-load reads.
• Quick Share tolerates valid encrypted bandwidth-upgrade control frames, answers keep-alive requests, and keeps interleaved control payloads independent while reassembling them.
• Quick Share reports the derived security PIN so it can be compared with the other device when the peer requests verification.

The Public Downloads path is preferred. If Windows denies access to it, LiveDrop falls back to the current user's Downloads folder, then to the app's private Downloads/LiveDrop folder so a received transfer is not lost.

Physical Android and Windows peer testing remains recommended for protocol coverage; the signed ARM and x64 packages have passed the local transfer and packaging checks.

LiveDrop v0.1.4.17

LiveDrop 0.1.4.17 is a Quick Share handshake and transfer safety hotfix for local testing.

• Reuses the production Quick Share session in a loopback smoke fixture and verifies a complete handshake, file receive, and byte-for-byte comparison.
• Rejects loopback and local-interface routes in Quick Share and Microsoft Nearby adapters, and rejects literal loopback addresses in the shared socket connector.
• Retains the 0.1.4.16 handling for Android BYTES progress/control payloads and expected setup-frame ordering.

The package is signed with the current RetiredLake store certificate. This build is for local validation only; physical Android and Windows peer testing remains required before publishing a GitHub release.

LiveDrop v0.1.4.16

LiveDrop 0.1.4.16 fixes Quick Share interoperability on Windows and Windows 10 Mobile.

• Handles Quick Share BYTES control payloads, including progress and cancellation, without treating them as file payloads.
• Waits for the expected paired-key, introduction, and response frames when Android sends an early progress frame.
• Ignores payload acknowledgements while receiving DATA frames.
• Keeps the current RetiredLake store certificate and the prior file identity, filename, keep-alive, and safe-disconnect fixes.

The ARM/x64 bundle is signed with the RetiredLake store certificate. Physical Android and Windows peer testing remains required for final interoperability confirmation.