SchildiChat for Android

SchildiChat for Android is a Matrix Client based on Element Android with some extras and tweaks.

Discussion: #android:schildi.chat
Release announcements: #android-announcements:schildi.chat

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SchildiChat comes in two variants:

The FCM variant uses Google's FCM push notifications. If you have the Google Play Store installed on your device, this is likely the version that you want.
The FOSS (free and open source) variant does not include any proprietary libraries, and thus does not support Google's FCM push notifications. If you are particularly privacy-aware and want to avoid any contact with Google servers, this is likely the version that you want. However, depending on your setup, this version might result in a higher battery usage and delayed messages.

While the variants differ in whether they support FCM push notifications, they both do support UnifiedPush, which allows users to choose an alternative push provider. Please refer to the UnifiedPush website if you are interested in how to set this up.

Depending on the installation method, you can get either stable releases only, or beta releases, if you want to help testing the latest features and don't mind some extra bugs. All official sources to install SchildiChat are listed in the following.

Easy installation

Source	Variant
Google Play Store	FCM
F-Droid (*)	FOSS
(*) Built by the F-Droid team. Updates often delayed for a couple of days.

Fast stable updates from the SpiritCroc F-Droid repo

App name	Variant
SchildiChat[f]	FOSS
SchildiChat[g]	FCM
SchildiChat (*)	FCM
(*) Updates compatible with the version from Google Play Store.

Beta releases from the SpiritCroc test-builds F-Droid repo

App name	Variant
SchildiChat.Beta[f]	FOSS
SchildiChat.Beta[g]	FCM

Direct downloads for the latest stable version