[META] Features / improvements

[alexsland]

This is a meta issue that regroups all issues & ideas regarding the following topics :

• New features
• Improvements
• Ideas

Following subjects can be linked to issues that are closed but not implemented yet, you can re-open those issues when starting to work on one of them

• Support multi-devices Support multi-devices #14
• Create a network/onion library Create a network/onion library #18
• Create directory services Create directory services #19
• Create support service Create support service #21
• Initial desktop app Initial desktop app #27
• Add feature : mark contact as verified Add feature : mark contact as verified #735
• Think about a way of having temporary accounts Think about a way of having temporary accounts #1010

UI/UX improvements

• [UI] Unify colors [UI] Unify colors #562
• [UI] Display infos under messages [UI] Display infos under messages #561
• [UI] Create generic "large blue button" component & use it everywhere [UI] Create generic "large blue button" component & use it everywhere #885
• [UI] Add badge for each conversation [feat]: add badge on chats lists #1093
• [UI] Add badge notif on bottom tab menu for new message [UI] Add badge notif on bottom tab menu for new message #1014
• [UI] Add badge notif on bottom tab menu for contact request [UI] Add badge notif on bottom tab menu for contact request #1013
• [UI] When scanning for first time, don't display camera permission right away : instead display a button "activate camera" [UI] When scanning for first time, don't display camera permission right away : instead display a button "activate camera" #1106
• configure API locales dynamically (Configure locales dynamically #817)

Improvements

• Improve delete conversation Improve delete conversation #806

Classic chat features

• Implement group conversations Implement group conversations #43
• Implement multi-destination envelopes (conversation) Implement multi-destination envelopes (conversation) #178
• Implement self-destruct messages Implement self-destruct messages #84
• Implement rich messages Implement rich messages #85
• Implement "is typing" feature Implement "is typing" feature #293
• Implement "message read" feature Implement "message read" feature #733
• Implement wizz/yo like feature Implement wizz/yo like feature #794

Async messaging

It can be implemented in various ways. Only one could be done to consider it present in the app.

• Add trusted-contacts based async communication Add trusted-contacts based async communication #36

VOIP

As we have the VoIP entitlement in the iOS app we are required to have a VoIP functionality in Berty.

Multiple account on same device

• Implement sigchain rebase Implement sigchain rebase #144
• make database object hot-swappable (at runtime) #303

Performance optimizations

• Make Sqlcipher threadsafe (make sqlcipher thread safe again #89)
• Configure SQL indices (Configure SQL indexes #386)

Ideas

• use "api_version" to display a message "your contact use a too old version of the app"
• setup TLS beween client and node API Implement TLS authentication on nodeapi & graphql #217 -

[moul]

new idea (readme updated):

• use "api_version" to display a message "your contact use a too old version of the app"