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{%- endtrans %}
.. meta::
:author: str4d and meeh
:author: str4d
:date: 2014-08-23
:category: android
:excerpt: I2P Android and Bote have been released on Google Play in Norway, as a test run for a future worldwide release.
:excerpt: {% trans %}I2P Android and Bote have been released on Google Play in Norway, as a test run for a future worldwide release.{% endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
I2P Android has existed for over three years. In that time, it has evolved from
a simple test project into a usable, useful Android port of the I2P router. Our
eventual goal has been to release I2P Android on Google Play, to make it easier
for users to discover, install and use I2P on their Android devices. After much
work improving the user interface, fixing bugs and testing, we think that I2P
I2P Android has existed for over three years. In that time, it has evolved from
a simple test project into a usable, useful Android port of the I2P router. Our
eventual goal has been to release I2P Android on Google Play, to make it easier
for users to discover, install and use I2P on their Android devices. After much
work improving the user interface, fixing bugs and testing, we think that I2P
Android is finally ready to go where the users are.
Also please note that we have upgraded the Android API to 9, this means that
Froyo Android 2.2 will not be supported anymore, and the lowest requirement is
now Gingerbread Android 2.3. Also if you have an earlier install of I2P, you
need to reinstall because we have also changed the release keys.
Initially, we are only releasing to Android users in Norway, as a test run.
A timely response to PST's suggestions to mass surveillance of the Norwegian people.
Mass surveillance is about limiting our freedom, never has our own privacy been
more at stake. This won't benefit the people, and is not the solution.
I2P Android will have far more exposure on Google Play than it has ever had before,
and there will be bugs and usability issues that we need to fix. It will be much
easier (and less stressful!) to respond to feedback if we only need to deal with
reports from hundreds of users instead of thousands (already orders of magnitude
more feedback than we have ever had).
Simultaneously we are making the first public release of Bote, an Android port
of I2P-Bote. Bote is private, distributed, secure email, made easy. It runs on
top of the I2P network, and while it works as a standalone app, it will use the
I2P Android app by default if installed. As with I2P Android, we are initially
only releasing Bote to Android users in Norway.
As lead developer for I2P Android and Bote, str4d look forward to your comments. You
are the people who will be using them, and your perspectives will help me craft
simple, intuitive apps that make privacy accessible to everyone.
We advice people from Norway to visit https://blog.privacysolutions.no for more information
about the Goole Play release and download links.
{%- endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
Initially, we are only releasing to Android users in Norway, as a test run. I2P
Android will have far more exposure on Google Play than it has ever had before,
and there will be bugs and usability issues that we need to fix. It will be much
easier (and less stressful!) to respond to feedback if we only need to deal with
reports from hundreds of users instead of thousands (already orders of magnitude
more feedback than we have ever had).
{%- endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
Simultaneously we are making the first public release of Bote, an Android port
of `I2P-Bote`_. Bote is private, distributed, secure email, made easy. It runs
on top of the I2P network, and while it works as a standalone app, it will use
the I2P Android app by default if installed. As with I2P Android, we are
initially only releasing Bote to Android users in Norway.
{%- endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
The apps are being released on Google Play by `The Privacy Solutions Project`_.
See their `blog post`_ for further information, and links to the Google Play
page for Norway users.
{%- endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
As lead developer for I2P Android and Bote, I look forward to your comments. You
are the people who will be using them, and your perspectives will help me craft
simple, intuitive apps that make privacy accessible to everyone.
{%- endtrans %}
.. _`I2P-Bote`: http://{{ i2pconv('i2pbote.i2p') }}/
.. _{% trans %}`The Privacy Solutions Project`{% endtrans %}: https://privacysolutions.no/
.. _{% trans %}`blog post`{% endtrans %}: https://blog.privacysolutions.no/2014/08/23/i2p-on-google-play-in-norway/
**{% trans %}Website release details{% endtrans %}**
{% trans -%}
We have also updated I2P Android on the website to match the release candidate
deployed in Norway. This version will be updated with changes as we respond to
feedback from Norwegian users, heading towards our next stable release.
{%- endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
Please note that we have upgraded the Android API to 9. This means that Froyo
Android 2.2 will not be supported anymore; the minimum requirement is now
Gingerbread Android 2.3.
{%- endtrans %}
{% trans -%}
Also note that if you have an earlier version of I2P Android, you will need to
uninstall and reinstall because we have changed the release keys. Further
information about this will be provided in a subsequent blog post.
{%- endtrans %}