NuBits Android wallet v2.0 test release

Finally it is here. The first release of a series of 3 releases. Details about all 3 releases can be found in the first post of this thread. This first release is still within the agreed 3 week period and therefore considered on time from a contractual perspective. I will ask Matthew to start with the preparations for release 2 in the next few days.

Testing

This is the first test version. The community has 1 week (till 27-Mar-15 0:00 UTC) to provide feedback in this thread. When you have already installed v1.0 make sure you have a backup of your wallet. It should automatically upgrade your wallet, but better safe than sorry. When you are starting from scratch, please allow a few hours to synchronize with the blockchain. This is a one-off. Experience learned that it might pay off to assign a ‘trusted peer’ under Settings instead of waiting for random connections. That will speed up the process. A trusted peer is an IP address of a NuBits node.

Don’t forget to backup your wallet and protect it with a pin code if you wish.

Download here

Link to NuBits Android APK v2.0 (deleted)

Link to NuBits Android APK v2.01 (deleted)

Link to NuBits Android APK v2.02

After the testing period the final version will be uploaded to the Google Play Store. Depending on your setting you will be automatically upgraded to v2.0 (or higher). You can still find the previous version v1.0 in the Play Store (search for NuBits).

Release notes v2.0:

The following functionality is included in this release:

Deterministic wallets (BIP0032) or HD wallets

Encrypt wallet with PIN code, required to send coins (under Safety, select spending PIN)

Displaying local currency in App widget User

Interface improvements

Bug fixes and performance enhancements

Known issue (fixed with v2.01)

My preliminary testing on an Android Kitkat tablet resulted in a ‘NuBits has stopped’ message only a few seconds after starting the wallet while starting from scratch. To continue; just click ‘Ok’. I’ve learned that it actually doesn’t stop but is just busy and Android sometimes thinks that it crashed and starts asking to send for crash reports etc. Just cancel the reports and wait patiently for a couple of minutes. You may have to try a couple of times. After that you can go back to the App with the task selector at the bottom. It should still show. The Peercoin client (v2.4) displays the same behaviour. With older Android versions this doesn’t seem to be a problem. Please report your Android version when you are seeing the same behaviour or none of this. I’m interested how widespread this behaviour is and which versions are affected. Hopefully this can be fixed. I’ve already send Matthew (the developer) my logs.

V2.02 might fix an issue related custodial grant received into the Android wallet as Woolly_Sammoth reported in this thread below. Still needs to be tested and confirmed. No other changes.