Wauwl is a chat messenger based on XMPP (Jabber), suitable for Google Talk/+, Facebook and other XMPP services. Registration with a Google Talk/Google+ account is automated using OAuth2. Other services require manual setup.

Wauwl has been developped with the latest Android API’s and communicates with XMPP services through an Android Service. It also has a smart way of dealing with small and large screens for Phone and Tablets. Wauwl requires Android version 3 or higher.

Functions and capabilities

• Tested with Google+, Facebook Chat, Ejabberd
• Support for TLS en SASL for save encrypted communication
• VCard support
• For each contact the last 50 messages are kept in memory
• Separate service for XMPP communication
• Register with Google Talk/+ through your Google account (oauth2)
• Display most common Smileys in messages
• Messages can be copied or shared through other apps
• Set nicknames for contacts
• Send and handle subscription request
• Roster supports groups
• Smart support for small and large screens
• Multi language support: English, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese and French

User interface

swipe-left

hide rosterlist

swipe-right

show rosterlist

double tap

show/hide offline contacts in roster

long-tap on roster

show roster contact menu

single-tap on a message

show message menu

Supported XEP’s

• XEP0012 Last activity
• XEP0092 Version
• XEP0199 Ping

Download

Wauwl can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.

Account Examples

See this page for some connection examples.

Credits

Wauwl uses the Smack XMPP library asmack: https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/smack/

Screenshots and documentation

Nexus 7

Mainscreen: left the roster with contacts, right a conversation with a contact.

 

Main menu

 

Action double-tap hides the offline contacts in roster

 

Action swipe-left hides the roster

 

Tap on ‘Available’ top right shows status menu and shows our current status or availability

 

Main menu subscribe to action: specify an address (jid) and add it to roster

 

Roster menu

Info

shows information about selected contact

Nickname

changes nickname of contact

Remove

removes subscription and contact from roster

 

Message menu

Bounce

bounce message back to sender

Copy

copy message to clipboard

Share

share message through other apps

 

Galaxy SII

Screenshots on a Samsung Galaxy SII with screen resolution 480×800.

   

 

Enjoy!