yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
With V 1.1361 the error is gone. :)
[Android Apps and Games] La_Globule:
Fixed!

Thanks a lot for your reactivity!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have been working most of the day fixing the build problems caused by Google forcing me to switch from proguard to R8. It is pretty disheartening to read all the bad review that were written today. I think it is time to take a loooooooooog overdue break.

Edit: FairEmail will keep being maintained and supported!
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
If you add another feature before a full month has passed, shall we take that to mean you cancelled your vacation? :p
[Android Apps and Games] greyhd:
Don't let bad reviews get you down. Bad reviews are done by people who don't understand how or what the app is used for. Enjoy your break and hope to see you back soon.
[Android Apps and Games] Ikearat:
Take a break! Go for a ride, eat some favorite foods, spend a week out hiking or exploring. When you do give yourself this well deserved time off, do not ruin it by seeking a peek at those damned reviews.

Like I tell my cow-orkers, "Don't tell me you will see me on Monday, that thought just ruins the weekend!" And as expected they take it personally and think I'm telling them I don't want to see them on Monday... people are mostly full of themselves as evidenced in the crap-reviews you get from the stupid Internet.

Marcel, we will be here when you return. That's what supporters do :)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There is a new release, version 1.1362, with some improvements:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

I like to hear opinions about the changed reply button.
[Android Apps and Games] crypta:
I really can suggest to have a read or hear into this https://www.drperlmutter.com/brain-wash/

At least the German audio book speaker does an awesome job.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
For me it is good - reply and more (three points).
[Android Apps and Games] ouzowtf:
Nice solution with the reply button!
[Android Apps and Games] Friedel25:
I like the new button and find it very easy to understand.

:good:
[Android Apps and Games] dctrbnsttr:
Much better reply button...... I don't think it's confusing now at all... Great solution!
[Android Apps and Games] Andriy U.:
I like the changed reply button.
[Android Apps and Games] Ikearat:
I like the "Edit as new" and the overall function. When only a single sender is available, the "Reply to all" is hidden.

Nicely done!

'Edit as new' should exist on all email clients. Sadly, it does not. Fixing-up a mess of an email for redistribution has always been a cut-n-paste nightmare with two windows open. On a desktop, not so bad but on a phone... this kind of thing is why email from people's phones is always crap.

Thank you Marcel, you are de-crapping email!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Given the reviews of today, the chance that I will cancel my vacation is rather slim.

You can count on bug fixes and support though.

Edit: example:

(The app actually looks good, but different notification tones per account can only be set in the Pro version, just one star ?)

My response:

(Almost all of the features are free to use, although I have put over 4000 hours of my free time into this app to protect your privacy. Therefore, your 1 star rating is * very * disappointing to me. Not everything can be free! There are no ads etc! Please rethink and support the project instead.)

It is exactly this I-want-it-all-for-free attitude which results in paying in other ways, most often in a privacy unfriendly way.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=2799345]M66B[/MENTION] , i sincerely hope you can distance yourself from these …… ridiculous , unthought-out , unreasonable reviews during your "vacation". and thank you for the continued support during "vacation". all the best for you and yours sir. :)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Note that I am not allowed to say that Google takes 30% !

So, it is either make everything free and stop with the project or a long break.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
In Swabian it says so beautifully: "What costs nothing, is worth nothing".

You can be sure in this respect: Someone who is willing to pay a higher price will appreciate it.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
My variation: "What isn't appreciated is worth nothing".

The main goal of my apps is to help people protect their privacy, not to earn money. So, without appreciating there will be no motivation.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
In other words: So the many people who are here or have paid for your apps are not recognition enough?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Everything is a balance. One star reviews are rather disappointing. Nice words and donating some money to show appreciation represent the opposite.

I have been fighting a whole day to get FairEmail building properly again with R8. This was very frustrating and as a 'bonus' there was about every hour a demotivating 1 star rating. How do you think I felt?
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Many people have already told you that you feel better if you don't read the ratings or don't take them seriously. It is your decision.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Although reviews are not meant for that, they are rather often used for support questions. So, I need to read the reviews. Not answering questions would only result in more bad reviews.
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
In this sense you are right of course ... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Marcel, I've been following this thread for over a year now, and in all that time I've never seen you take a break. You should seriously disconnect yourself from the project for at least a month or so, regardless of one star or five star reviews. You'll be fine, FairEmail will be fine, we'll all be here when you return.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
As Marcel knows I have been switched to the test version by Google for some unknown reason and thus cannot see the Playstore ratings any more , the last time I saw it was 4.7 - the highest for any app including those that fall under Editors Choice. That speaks for it self does it not?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I guess you are right.

Let's talk about something else.

I recently bought an Amazfit Bip smartwatch, for just 55 euros and I am pretty happy with it. It works properly with GadgetBridge, so you don't need the Mi Fit app and don't need to worry about where your data is sent to. It works fine with FairEmail with the option 'Only send notifications with a message preview to wearables' enabled.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
I could never use a smartwatch. I like the look and feel of regular digital+analog watches too much.
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
lol. sounds like me trying to use a kindle that was given as a gift. just not the same. :)
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Also because Amazon is a privacy-violating choice-snatching user-disrespecting monster? :p
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There are analogue "watch faces" too:

For me new message notifications, with preview, are pretty useful and I like that I can see the weather forecast of today.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That's why GadgetBridge is important!
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Bet your smartwatch doesn't have a 10+ year battery, though. :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Bet your analogue watch does not have new message notifications and weather forecast ;)
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
I could not handle YET ANOTHER DEVICE to charge:)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The Amazfit Bip needs to be charged once a month only, which is one of the big advantages of this smartwatch!

It might look like I am promoting this smartwatch, but this is not the case, I am just happy with it.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
Oh that's pretty good! Hope one day they make a smart phone that needs to be charged once a month!
[Android Apps and Games] mrrocketdog:
might as well hope for it all while we're hoping ; like free energy , world peace and goodwill towards all people and the earth. [emoji10]

apologies and done with OT. [emoji8]
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Oh, so that's how you reply so quickly to messages on this thread. :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] ammarr:
For those who prefer analog watches, the Fossil Hybrid HR is great and also supported by GadgetBridge: https://www.fossil.com/en-ca/products/hybrid-smartwatch-hr-collider-black-silicone-/FTW7010.html
[Android Apps and Games] Ikearat:
Off Topic But Still Good

I did some simple looking around and this watch is attractive for it's price point and feature set.

I like the built-in GPS.

I am attracted to this watch for the battery life. I focus on this as my phone is also known for it's battery life, at between 11 and 15 days, the Blackview BV9500 is as amazing as this smartwatch :)

Thank you Marcel.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I cannot vouch for the built-in GPS because I don't use it. So, please check some reviews first if this is important to you.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Because there are too many questions about winmail.dat files, the next version will be able to decode winmail.dat files. The format of this Microsoft file is poorly documented, which is why I would like to receive examples. You can long press 'Support' to get my email address.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
(Lé me resetting the vacation timer again O_O )
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The winmail.dat decoder (assuming you meant this) is to reduce the number of support questions. So, still maintenance and support only!

There will be a new version this month only if really needed.

That said, developing is fun, but just not all people are.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark_Eyes_:
Thank you for this! I know Outlook doesn't support IMAP permanent flags, but is there another way to get (replied/forwarded) flags? I absolutely hate the Outlook app so there's no way in hell I'm gonna use it, but that information is very useful if not sometimes mandatory... I guess MS protocol is proprietary and close-source...
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Unfortunately, there is no other way. Using IMAP labels is the only way to do this. There are no other message attributes that can be set by IMAP.

Edit: maybe there is a Microsoft specific label for this. If you set the forward flag (indirectly) in the so much loved Outlook app ;) and send me the raw message file (via FairEmail), I will check the message properties.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
With a guy like Marcel and an app like Fairemail who would even want to try another email app? No one like him and nothing like FE
[Android Apps and Games] crypta:
It's always good to know the alternatives. So you can value better what you have. ?
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Wow. That's, like, a reverse cop-out. :p Never seen that before.

Don't try to hide behind users, Marcel. A feature is a feature! You're making an excuse so that you can do more work, as strange as that is. O_o
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Why the switch to R8 now? Did Google deprecate Proguard?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Proguard was deprecated already quite some time ago.

The big disadvantage of R8 is LNO (Line Number Optimization), which makes it hard to read stack traces.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
What is Google's explanation for this?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Please see here:

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/11/r8-new-code-shrinker-from-google-is.html
[Android Apps and Games] loyl1:
Question about importing calendar items.

It is great that we are able to move email items into our calendars. I have 4 kids, and with school at home we have many zoom calls and signup genius events.

After signing up for an event, I receive an email with the details. The body contains the details, and an "ics" file is attached.

If I bring the entire email into the calendar, it contains a ton of useless information.

If I want to use the "ics" file, the easiest way is to click on view, which gives the "select app to open it dialog". The calendar app ask to select the file to open, but there is no ics file to import.

The work around in FairEmail is to first hit download, then hit view file.

Is this normal behavior?

Thanks in advance Marcel for your general awesomeness!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Try tapping on the little calendar icon to add the event to your calendar in another way.
[Android Apps and Games] loyl1:
I have done that, and it works well. But depending on the email it can import a large amount of text not necessary for the calendar.

It is not a big issue. The download, view, then import function is fast enough.

Thanks for your quick response.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The default calendar app allows me to edit the event before adding it to the calendar (Pixel 3a XL, Android 11).
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I have just released version 1.1363 1.1364 Yamanasaurus

Changelog/download:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/releases

This version adds winmail.dat decoding and fixes all reported bugs.

Please report any issue you discover, so it can be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
I've read that already. But it doesn't explain why Google made it hard to read stack traces.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The line numbers will be transformed to reduce the APK size. With a mapping file the line number can be restored, examples:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/tree/master/app/schemas/mapping

The Play store/services will do this automatically, as well Bugsnag, but stack traces in log files (the debug info) should be manually mapped and I have not been able to do that so far with the provided tools.

This all for just a few KB of savings.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I am reminded to take a long break about each and every day. For example this is pretty demotivating, to say the least:

Translated:

I have reported this review to Google, but I guess they will just say that it won't violate the Play store policies.
[Android Apps and Games] droidsometimes:
What the eff. :(

That rating must be trolling and/or sabotage.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
There should be a way to " mark as spam" option in play store reviews as well. Or " block with no option to unblock , ever". This is really rude, I'll mannered and pathetic!
[Android Apps and Games] fraschi51:
Do you know if it helps if we all, who know the facts better, report this review as inappropriate?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
That might help, but let's wait until Google has looked at my report.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
@ fraschi51 for now you can vote it down, so it won't be at the top anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=7350063]fraschi51[/MENTION] for now you can vote it down, so it won't be at the top anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
I am on the test version. I cant even see it :(
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Today FairEmail was downloaded more than 250,000 times in the Play store. Unfortunately the Play store shows 100K, 500K, 1M, etc downloads only.

I would like to see more downloads. So, I would appreciate it if you promoted FairEmail on social media, your weblog, etc.

Please use this link, so people can choose how to download FairEmail: https://email.faircode.eu/
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
That's probably the quickest to 250000 in recent times in play store!! Congratulations!!!
[Android Apps and Games] ouzowtf:
I just reported the two latest entries as inappropriate and not helpful.

I hope this works out.

And congrats to the 250000!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Google refused to removed the review because "it is not against the Play store policies", which IMHO nonsense.

My girlfriend read the review and she says I should stop with the project ...

In any case this is how independent developers like me are being demotivated. It is not surprising that big companies are slowly, but steadily taking over. Companies which mostly do not care about you or your privacy.

I am not giving up though, but it is rather demotivating :(
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
Sorry to hear that! Really sad state of affairs! Maybe one of your competitors is paying people to do this.
[Android Apps and Games] Namnodorel:
I wouldn't even be too sure that it's people doing this. Reading the review, there is nothing about FairEmail in there, or even any mail functionality in general. Looks like an ideal thing to bot-post under many apps in an attempt to sabotage them.
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
Other people celebrate No Nut November. You should celebrate No Nutter November. Take a break from the project and stay free of all those nutters in the Play Store!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Just came in, 1 star:

Check this:

https://benbloggt.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/is-blue-mail-really-spying/

Don't worry, the vacation will probably be long.

Edit: this review marks the end of new features. I am really done with it. Can you blame me?

The app will keep being maintained and supported, but that's it. I am going to listen to my girlfriend.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
https://lifehacker.com/what-edison-mails-security-disaster-means-for-your-emai-1843526187

And here is another really popular one with more than a million downloads on play store. I guess people dont understand basic etiquette and respect for hard work and honesty. I am sorry Marcel!
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
It is not your fault and the general support here is really appreciated!

However, it is hard to cope with this kind of unfounded unfair reviews :(

Caring hurts.

Edit: the review seems to be removed :) Maybe Google did this time.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
That seems very fair! Dont think you can recommend another app while reviewing one! Maybe against play store policy
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
[MENTION=7570546]andy356[/MENTION] November might be stormy, in fact we have a storm here (the Netherlands) currently (and high temperatures oddly).
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
"Oh, must be that hoax, people call it global warming or something." ~ Trump.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
There is no iceberg ~ Trump

This is confusing, no global warming and no icebergs.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
We are in the twilight zone! The fourth state of matter:laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] jaholm:
Hi,

what is the meaning of the colored snooze icon in contrast to the uncolored one?

Selecting multiple messages (already read) with this icon and resetting snooze will not work.

The only way to get rid of this icon is to enter the message.

I have no problems with the uncolored Grey snooze icon.
[Android Apps and Games] greyhd:
I have been using your app for two weeks and had used it in the past but uninstalled it due to not understanding the layout. I reinstalled it since I care more about my privacy and your app does a great job of keeping things simple and private. I now understand the layout more after coming across an article on your app. Keep up the great work.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If I only could see the screenshot ... XDA is not very good with that ...
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
I like to know what exactly you didn't understand. Maybe there is room for improvement?

Can you also link the article?
[Android Apps and Games] jaholm:
Yes right!

Send you an email.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The snoozed icon in the accent color means that the message was woken up after being snoozed before.

As soon as you have looked at the message (expanded it) this indicator will be reset.
[Android Apps and Games] jaholm:
Yes, that's right.

But all messages are already read! So I have to enter every mess (>30) which I had already read?

I think this should work:

select messages -> mark read: snooze icon should vanish

or

select messages -> snooze -> reset: snooze icon should vanish

But nothing works!
[Android Apps and Games] greyhd:
Let me see if I can find the article, but one of the articles was from xda from Dec 2019. As for the layout, I think the icons when you open the email threw me off.
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
The next version will reset the unsnoozed indicator on resetting snoozing.
[Android Apps and Games] Nyks_:
hello everyone :)

I hope, i didnt missed it in the FAQs (github / FAQ.md):

After fairemail-installation, i had a permanent notification and everything was great. But know, the notification is gone and Fairemail didnt notifies/receives emails in the background.

After manually starting the apps, it begings to receive the emails.

Obviously the android service isnt running?! (Huawei P20 lite).

This issues is now permanent since a few weeks and system restarts.

All steps in the setup are successfully marked as done, incl. a exception rule for the battery optimazation.

Any ideas, how to recover the service?
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Your problem might be this:

https://dontkillmyapp.com/

Unless you disabled it or switched to periodically checking for new messages in the receive settings, the "monitoring" status bar notification should always be there.

Related FAQ:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq2
[Android Apps and Games] Nyks_:
Thanks for the quick reply.

I has read that FAQ-point already, but I didnt found a solution there. Is there any work-around? How could i have disabled it, and how to activate the monitoring status bar again?

"Activating checking for new messages" disables it? :-O
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
If you disable receiving in the receive settings, no messages will be received and no status bar notification will be shown.
[Android Apps and Games] nadir husain:
Boy it seems Marcel has really gone on vacation! :) Two whole days away from the forum and two whole days without any updates! Good job, Marcel - Enjoy!!
[Android Apps and Games] ouzowtf:
There were updates, just no announcements for them ;)
[Android Apps and Games] andy356:
That's good. Coding is the enjoyable part. As long as he doesn't read Play Store reviews, I consider it part of his vacation.
[Android Apps and Games] sbellon:
Hi there,

I'm already a long-time NetGuard (Pro features) user and recently switched phone (Xperia XZ2 Compact -> Xperia 5 II) and realized that the Sony Email Client that was available on the XZ2 Compact (which is - privacy considerations aside - not bad at all) is no longer available on the 5 II. I looked around and was amazed so see this fine piece of work of Marcel. I instantly bought the Pro version of FairMail (for the features and to show support).

I've set everything up and I am very satisfied.

However (there is always a however ;) I realized one missing functionality and I am not even sure where to look for it.

When connected to the Audi MMI in my A4, the old ZX2 Compact, where I was using the Sony Email Client, displayed all my accounts on the unit in the car (inbox, outgoing, archives, showing "new email" icon, etc). Now, when connecting the 5 II with FairMail to the Audi and accepting all Bluetooth permissions, no email accounts are showing up.

Now, I am wondering whether this is some Android API that FairMail is not offering while Sony Email Client was offering the API, or whether the Audi MMI somehow hard-coded known email clients and just does not recognize FairMail?

I think I could still extract the APK from the old phone, install on the new, setup the accounts and let that client run additionally in the background without any notifications just to have the connection in the car ... however ... if possible, I'd like to avoid that.

Does somebody know something about this? TIA!

(BTW: I am not talking about Android Auto ...)
[Android Apps and Games] M66B:
Maybe this FAQ can help?

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq126

Although, reading your comment it seems that there is some specific Sony API to send (bridge) more than just notifications?