Package Details: android-messages-desktop 5.7.1-3

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/android-messages-desktop.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: android-messages-desktop
Description: Android Messages as a cross-platform desktop app
Upstream URL: https://github.com/OrangeDrangon/android-messages-desktop
Keywords: android
Licenses: MIT
Submitter: yochananmarqos
Maintainer: yochananmarqos
Last Packager: yochananmarqos
Votes: 8
Popularity: 0.31
First Submitted: 2018-07-15 23:46 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-12-12 21:05 (UTC)

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drewbs commented on 2026-01-01 18:20 (UTC)

I haven't had a chance to dig much but it looks like this person has forked OrangeDragon's work and has done quite a few updates. https://github.com/LanikSJ/android-messages-desktop

drewbs commented on 2025-12-26 16:03 (UTC)

Yeah I agree it's an upstream issue. Basically the tray icon is gone.

I'll go report it if I can't find an open ticket.

yochananmarqos commented on 2025-12-13 20:35 (UTC)

@drewbs: I added a patch, but it seems it didn't actually do anything.

@chowbok: Yeah, I noticed that.

Either way, it's an upstream issue, I don't see anything else I can do on the packaging side.

chowbok commented on 2025-12-13 12:32 (UTC)

drewbs: I'm getting the same errors in XFCE. Curiously, it works if I start it a second time immediately after getting the messages.

drewbs commented on 2025-12-12 04:41 (UTC)

Getting an error in KDE Plasma (6.5.4-1)...

"A JavaScript error occurred in the main process" Uncaught Exception: Error: Invalid GUID format - GUID must be a string

Then a bunch of text referencing .js files. Followed by another error with a similar message but longer.

Also, the tray icon seems to be missing even this libappindicator installed. This replaced libappindicator-gtk3 awhile back.

drewbs commented on 2024-11-29 15:47 (UTC) (edited on 2024-12-10 17:55 (UTC) by drewbs)

[Edit] Found the error. In case anyone runs into it, I had to replace nodejs-lts-hydrogen for nodejs.

This will not build for me after the latest update..

error minimatch@10.0.1: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "20 || >=22". Got "18.20.5" error Found incompatible module. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command. ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... -> error making: android-messages-desktop-exit status 4 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required: android-messages-desktop - exit status 4

yochananmarqos commented on 2024-07-06 20:42 (UTC)

@stefnix: This depends on electron20 which already optionally depends on libappindicator-gtk3.

stefnix commented on 2024-07-06 20:32 (UTC)

@yochananmarqos - please add libappindicator-gtk3 as an optional dependency for the tray indicator to work in wayland sessions.

HighValueWarrior commented on 2024-06-21 22:04 (UTC) (edited on 2024-07-04 02:13 (UTC) by HighValueWarrior)

No tray icon, after plasma 6.1.1

Update

** I fixed with libappindicator-gtk3 - needed for wayland tray icon.

yochananmarqos commented on 2023-12-30 20:57 (UTC)

@uint2048_t: As far as I know that value is already the default. You can always copy the desktop file to userspace and edit the Exec line.