New FrostWire for Android 0.4.15 finally here

October 20, 2010October 20, 2010 ~ gubatron ~ 1 Comment

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If you haven’t restarted your FrostWire you better do so now to get the automatic update. If you haven’t installed FrostWire at all on your Android then this is probably one of the best times to go and try it since it just got a lot better to use.

The Peer browsing functionality just got a lot better after 0.4.15, we reimplemented big part of our networking framework and FrostWire can now communicate using UDP or TCP as it pleases, all it’s internal messaging can now be configured independent of the IP transport layer and now we can experiment what kinds of transport we should use for what messages.

Other than that we fixed some usability issues suggested by our tester community, so we think 0.4.15 will be a great release, but still there’s a lot more coming before we hit the Android Market.

Now try it, enjoy it and break it, then let us know so we can fix it, the comments section is all yours for feedback and ideas. (And no, we’re not doing 3G anytime soon, it’s too slow and your carrier won’t like you very much if you start doing p2p over their 3G network)

Changelog

FrostWire 0.4.15
– UX-Upgrade: New option to navigate to downloads from FrostWire Logo’s Menu (only present if there are any Downloads [active or finished])
– UX-Upgrade: Hitting “Back” on Chat or Search tabs won’t get you back to the Desktop, you’ll be taken to the Browse screen. Too many users getting lost.
– UX-Fix: Tab heights should now look the same across all devices [slimmer] (Thanks Dan Jackson for screenshot)
– UX-Fix: When submitting a search, File Type selectors are automatically hidden to have more space for search results.
– UX-Fix: When typing a search with the virtual keyboard, hitting ‘Return’ now hides the virtual keyboard.
– UX-Fix: Focus bug when trying to long press on yourself in Browse Peer Screen.
– Core-Upgrade: Rewrote delivery mechanism of ‘Browse Host’ messages. Browsing now works 99% of the time.
– Core-Upgrade: FrostWire can now be _configured_ to send messages via TCP or UDP as need be.
– Bug-Fix: Possible Force Close when search results arrived.

About FrostWire for Android
FrostWire for Android is the first P2P client written for the Android Operating System. It features a new p2p protocol designed specifically for mobile and embedded devices that allows users in a Local Area Network or across the internet to Browse, Search, Download and Offer files in a peer to peer fashion, no central servers are involved.

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New FrostWire for Android 0.4.12 available now

October 15, 2010October 16, 2010 ~ gubatron ~ 1 Comment

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A new release of FrostWire for Android is out after a week of long wait. The wait however is well worth the update since this new release features new functionality, the user interface is friendlier, search gets considerably better, and you have more control over your download queue.

If you want to know more in detail of all the other bug fixes and upgrades go ahead and read this changelog.

FrostWire 0.4.12
– New Feature: Delete files from the “Downloads” screen. (featured invented by Travis Rhodes, thanks)
– New Feature: “Cancel all Downloads”. Stops and removes ALL unfinished transfers, no matter what their state is.
– New Feature: The first time the application runs the user must accept the terms of use or else the application won’t continue.
– UX-Upgrade: Search is now friendlier and more obvious to use for the new user.
– UX-Upgrade: When browsing a peer the last clicked file type button will appear selected (like in Search)
– UX-Upgrade: D-Pad can now be used to click on items.
– UX-Upgrade: Visual Feedback upon List Item Touch.
– UX-Upgrade: Pressing ‘Done’ on search virtual keyboard starts a search.
– UX-Fix: Manual Listening Port couldn’t be set higher than 65000 (thanks votaguz)
– Core-Upgrade: Flood control mechanisms to reduce message forwarding.
– Core-Upgrade: Smarter search algorithm, improved result accuracy, reduces network load.
– Bug-Fix: Searches with single quotes would yield no results.
– Bug-Fix: Now the application shuts down properly.

New FrostWire for Android 0.4.8 available tonight

October 5, 2010 ~ gubatron ~ Leave a comment

Lots of fixes since yesterday, the two you will notice are a better layout when browsing a peer with your screen like a landscape picture.
The other is a new feature that allows you to remove unwanted Peers from your list, say you see somebody sharing 0 files and you don’t like leechers… bam, remove it.
The removed peer will be blacklisted during the lifetime of your FrostWire session.

FrostWire 0.4.8 - New Feature: Remove Peer. It will remove the peer from your list and black list it during the session's lifetime.9 - UX-Upgrade: Typos and updates in the UI's text (thanks James W. Wilson) - UX-Upgrade: Warning on disconnect if there are any active transfers. - Bug-Fix: Issue with shared file count if user unshared all files one by one and then unshared all in bulk. - Bug-Fix: Generic socket errors caused by older clients in the network. - Bug-Fix: Issues with GPS and Network location providers. Location updates will only be requested every 5 minutes if location providers are available.

New FrostWire for Android v.0.4.7 Out!

October 5, 2010 ~ gubatron ~ Leave a comment

A new FrostWire for Android is out, start or restart your FrostWire for an automatic update. If you have not installed it yet, then go right now to frostwire.com/android and install it on your android device.

This new version gets ready for the fast growth of the first peer to peer mobile network in the planet. Now your FrostWire will limit itself to a number of connections to guarantee optimal performance and use less resources. Even though you’ll be connected to about 30 other peers, your searches will reach the entire network in less than a second thanks to the power of peer to peer algorithms.

FrostWire 0.4.7 features an even smaller installer (only 357Kb) and it improves the user experience by taking care of more details and improved networking core.

Read the full Changelog since 0.4.6 for more details on this update.
FrostWire 0.4.7 - Installer size reduced to 357K - New Feature: "/me" in the Chat room is replaced with your nickname. IRC old school 3rd person. - UX-Upgrade: Peer list shows the version number. If your FrostWire is old, it will appear in red. - UX-Upgrade: Search and Chat tabs are disabled when disconnected. - UX-Upgrade: Context aware display of Go to: Home | My Files. - UX-Upgrade: Offer to change nickname for first time users will re-appear if the user tilts the phone to use keyboard. - Core-Upgrade: Improved port handling for LAN interaction. - Core-Upgrade: Better maintenance of Peer List and revisited ping heuristics. - Bug-Fix: Force Close when trying to browse yourself if disconnected. - Bug-Fix: Force Closes when trying to manage incoming and outgoing candidate peer lists.

FrostWire 0.4.6 - New Feature: Go to My Files - New Feature: Clear Chat. Long press on the text box to make this appear. - New Feature: Share your Documents,Pictures,Photos and Audio via email, android's bluetooth service, sms and via web services (e.g. twitter, facebook, flickr) - New Feature: "Copy" search a result (to share it via private message or to everyone in the chat). - Upgrade: Considerable optimization of object management when displaying peers, files, transfers and chat messages. - Bug-fix: Deleting too many individually unshared files could cause a bug where no files of that type would be shared. - Bug-fix: Cleans all temporary files on exit. - Installer size reduced 16%.

FrostWire for Android Alpha now Open

September 21, 2010September 23, 2010 ~ gubatron ~ 1 Comment

Early Adopters Wanted!

Many of our alpha testers and early adopters are already saying FrostWire is an app that should be on every phone. Help us make this vision come true and take our alpha installer for a ride on your Android device.

It’s still labeled alpha because it’s still very far from being complete and it needs a lot more testing, but the core functionality is there already and it needs plenty of testing until it’s ready to be a 5 star app on the Android marketplace.

Download it for free at http://frostwire.com/android

FrostWire 0.4.5 - Networking-Upgrade: Fixes in search routing algorithm to avoid redundant message forwarding. - UX-Upgrade: Touching the FrostWire logo shows a menu to Go Home, See About or Show FrostWire some love. - UX-Upgrade: Several optimizations for smoother scrolling and better resource management. - UX-Upgrade: Tapping on someone's nickname on the Chat will autotype @Nickname on the text box. - UX-Upgrade: New icons for Settings, Home and Love. - UX-Fix: Private messages take you to the Chat tab, not the Chat Activity by itself. - UX-Fix: When a file's shared state is changed using the padlod icon the number of shared files of its kind gets updated. - UX-Fix: Padlock icons are not shown on search results. - Bug-fix: Downloading the same file twice from the same peer would fail. Memory referencing issues fixed.

FrostWire 0.4.4 - New Feature: Auto update. - New Feature: Change your nickname by long pressing on your own name on the Browse Peers screen. - New Feature: "Padlock" button when browsing your shared files to toggle sharing status without much hassle. - Networking-Upgrade: New Peer Exchange policies result in considerable bandwidth. - Search/Transfer-Upgrade: All peers involved in a file transfer are now keeping a metafrost file when finished, thus announcing themselves in search results as confirmed sources for that file. Metafrost files are now kept in folders by type to not put a strain on the file system as more and more files are shared. - UX-Upgrade: Chat tab now shows the number of unread messages. - UX-Upgrade: When starting up FrostWire will ask new users to change their nickname. - UX-Upgrade: When disconnected you are taken to the home screen so you won't be confused by things not working. - UX-Upgrade: Application search results now include version number. - UX-Upgrade: Search Result Batch Downloads (using checkboxes) - UX-Upgrade: Search results are cleared before new results are in. - UX-Upgrade: Checkboxes auto-clear when you start a batch download. - UX-Upgrade: Failed, Out of sources and Timed out transfers can now be individually deleted from the list of transfers. - Bug Fix: Fixes SQLite 'where' clause bug with multiple keyword queries. Search will yield more results as everyone updates. - Bug Fix: Incoming repeated Search responses are short circuited. Distinct results are forwarded only once. Traffic savings. - Bug Fix: Fixes logic issues for optimal LAN packet delivery. You should feel faster peer browsing and discovery. - Bug Fix: Audio player when browsing yourself works as expected. - Bug Fix: Possible Force Close when pinging peer list and a peer says good bye.

FrostWire for Android is real and it gives your phone super powers #adHocMobileSocialFileSharingNetwork

September 4, 2010September 5, 2010 ~ gubatron ~ Leave a comment

This is a quick update for those of you that are not part of the Alpha Tester community on FrostWire for Android.

Don’t you think your smartphone is the most social device you own?
It was about time we could use our phones for more than talking, texting, emailing, micro-blogging, web-browsing and media creation/consumption. Your phone probably has a lot of stuff that you’ve been putting on it which could well be shared with others but never makes it out since it’s not very easy to do so.

We can’t think of any parent who has a smartphone with a high resolution camera who hasn’t taken hundreds of pictures and videos of her/his kids and doesn’t want to share with family and friends, same goes for all the party people every night, never uploading or sending hundreds of pictures to friends who would love to keep those fun memories for themselves… so many pictures and videos lost when they get a new phone or if they happen to reformat their phone’s memory. Those pictures you see on Facebook or Flickr, that’s but a fraction of all the pictures sitting on phones and cameras out there, it’ll only get worse as more and more people upgrade their cheap “dumb-phones” to smartphones.

We have this device which is probably the best representation of our real “social profile”, initially created to interact in one of the most intimate forms (voice) with our “social graph”, a device that is conveniently with us at all times, for some almost like an extension of ourselves. For some mysterious reason we can’t understand, smart-phones are crippled with inconvenience when it comes to sharing their contents with others: Slow transmission speeds (bluetooth and it’s device pairing), bad or non-existent file management tools (iPhone or Android phones don’t come with a file manager when it’s a fact your phone stores plenty of files, not everybody is dumb to understand a file manager, right?), bandwidth limitations (3g), distance limitations (bluetooth and it’s device pairing), file size limits (try attaching large files on emails), you name it, it’s almost like they don’t want you to use your phone to share files. We feel this is a great contradiction: “the most social ever device can’t easily share files“.

So we couldn’t just sit and wait for others to solve this problem and we set out to build the best file sharing app we could ever think off, An app specifically meant to run on Smart-phones, that if adopted by enough people it would instantly create one of the largest, real-time ad-hoc social networks, created by you and the people near you, no central entity peering over what you do, by the people, for the people.

No need to build profiles or sign up to anything, just open the application, connect and you’re part of a “social network” that starts with you and the files that represent who you are. If you want to put it in the hyped terms of the social media slang, it’s a real time social network where members get together for one common interest, their files.

There’s no central entity looking over your shoulder, we think human interaction is meant to occur from people to people. When you go to a cafe and start a conversation with someone you don’t tell the “barista” to record and relay all your words to a person, no intermediaries should be necessary for two people to share information.

We think our phones were initially built for that one on one communication, and now that they’re more than phones it’s about time they help some of us have social super-powers. With the chat features we believe that not only it will be a social-file-sharing app, but it’ll be a great way to break the ice if you find yourself in a place full of strangers (given the software will have mass adoption of course).

DOWN TO EARTH NOTE & PREDICTION: The social aspects of FrostWire for Android will only be truly appreciated once it’s adopted by a critical mass. In the surface it’ll feel just like a cool file sharing app, but it only takes a little imagination to think how it could be a very powerful social networking tool if over half of your city had a smartphone running it (then multiply by every city in the world). We’ll see.

Philosophical Vision aside, what did we do?

We can now say we have built the first mobile-p2p-file-sharing application in the world (please correct us otherwise if you’re already sharing files with lots of other phones, we also want to learn from competition).

Thanks to the Alpha Tester community feedback and to some inspiring technological events that occurred during the development of the application we decided to extend the sharing possibilities outside of the Local Wi-Fi network (the original concept was only for local network file sharing), now FrostWire for Android can interact with other peers via the Internet using a Wi-Fi Internet enabled connection. We think you’ll have a greater chance to serendipitously meet other FrostWire users in person if they get used to launch the application everytime they’re on a Wi-Fi internet enabled network.

When we saw that Apple launched Face-Time on the iPhone 4 and we saw that they were doing it ONLY via Wi-Fi (using standard port mapping and NAT traversal tech), and people took it like Kool-Aid (as in no revolt for lack of 3G support), we thought: “hell, we are network geeks, we can do that and better blindfolded with one hand tied to our backs”. Jokes aside (all the respect to the Cupertino coders), a couple of weeks later we had all the code for port mapping and peer rendezvous, we immediately noticed how the application usage and feedback from users surged almost exponentially . The app was more useful once you could use it over longer distances while still keeping all the core design for super fast transfers on a local level.

Currently the app is doing almost everything we intended, it allows browsing files from other peers, suggesting files (from your phone or other phone) to other peer or many (via chat-room), it allows downloading files (even large ones, tested up to 1Gb files) locally and over the internet, and it now supports pure p2p search.

We are now focusing on making sure the user experience is as convenient and natural as it can be, so expect an open beta announcement in the following weeks, and an appearance on all android markets shortly after that.

More will be revealed in time. This is only the beginning of what’s in store.

For the adventurous of heart
If you don’t mind trying software that might crash (or even break your phone) you can go ahead and install the latest alpha installer. Try it at your own risk, (If you have issues, it’s expected, it’s still alpha and we’re working on it with well over 300 testers that drill us with no compassion), the app can be highly addictive, it can be quite fun to look at other people’s shared files.

Now go! don’t be a freeloader and break your phone for the sake of freedom and privacy.

Introducing FrostWire for Android

June 15, 2010January 22, 2011 ~ gubatron ~ 39 Comments

Update: Installer now available to the public and it also allows sharing files over the Internet (Wi-Fi only)

Phones and SmartPhones are social devices by nature; we can talk, text, email, browse the web, run applications and access our favorite social networks.

Even though SmartPhones are more capable every day the technology world has a fixation on “cloud” and “cloud based social networking”, it’s almost as if we’re forgetting how powerful computers (and now SmartPhones) can be used to truly enhance the way we interact with the people around us.

Sharing files can be an issue
For example, record a video from your phone video camera and try sending it to people next to you, if it’s more than a minute long you won’t be able to send it via email because it’s too large. You’ll be forced to upload it to the web — or deal with the nuances and shortcomings of Bluetooth, which is slow and cumbersome to set up. Now imagine sending that same video to 6 other people in the room.

If social interaction can happen directly between two or more people that’s the way it should be: phone to phone. Your messages and data should never have to travel all over the internet if they need to end in another device in the same room.

When you want to share files with the people near you, you shouldn’t need cables. You shouldn’t even need an internet connection. We think Wi-Fi connectivity and FrostWire is all you should ever need on your phone.

FrostWire for Android allows multiple Android users connected to a Wi-Fi network to Chat and Share Files at very high speeds in a peer to peer fashion, no third parties involved

Update: By popular demand FrostWire now goes beyond the local Wi-Fi network by allowing users in different Wi-Fi networks to connect through the Internet.

With FrostWire for Android you’ll now be able to do things you could not do before:

Schools

Teachers and students can chat and share class related material like documents, notes and rich media. Teachers are always looking for ways to engage with students and FrostWire will be a great opportunity to connect to your class.

Conferences

Speakers will now be able to deliver presentation slides and related material straight from their Android device to all the attendees, who can in turn help seed the content.

Bars, Cafes, Libraries, Public Squares, Movie Theathers, Airports

Break the ice and meet new people with the Wi-Fi chat. Some of us are shy in real life but we’re very good at interacting online. Use FrostWire to find each other or to get something you need from the people connected in the same venue. Whenever you find yourself in front of an open Wi-Fi network and lots of people there’s an opportunity to use FrostWire and engage in a new social behavior, Short Range Social Networking.

Living Rooms. Home Parties Being an Android application it will run on your Google TV. Have some pictures you took during the day, send them to your TV or with anyone else in the room.

Nights out with friends, Family Trips We’re tired of all the rain checks when we go out with our friends — they never send those pictures or videos! With FrostWire you can now just grab the ones you like right away.

Subway cars

With the Froyo Release, Android phones can become Wi-Fi hotspots. Put enough people with Android phones and FrostWire in a subway car and the daily commute becomes a lot more fun.

Data Exchange without censorship In countries like China and Iran where there are strict controls over the internet, true peer to peer applications on Wi-Fi networks can provide a safe way to exchange information.

What FrostWire for Android IS
FrostWire for Android is Peer to Peer client that allows chatting, browsing, searching, and transfering files between Android devices either locally (on the same Wi-Fi network) or over the Internet (if the Wi-Fi network is internet enabled)

It implements a new p2p protocol meant for WiFi networks and mobile devices, keeping in consideration things like battery life, packet de-congestion on the WiFi hotspot.

The name of this protocol is MetaFrost, we will release all the specifications once it’s matured enough for the Open Source community to implement compatible clients.

In our tests we’ve been able to transfer files at average data rates of up to 1.2Mb/s, the closer to the Wi-Fi hotspot you are the faster the transfer will be.

Tight integration with the desktop version is coming soon, and as of now it’s free.

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What FrostWire for Android IS NOT
FrostWire for Android is not a BitTorrent or Gnutella client.

Why? Because the wireless carriers can barely deliver your emails and web pages at this point. Also because you would be breaking your wireless carrier contract if you did P2P networking on their infrastructure.

Connectivity is not very reliable on 3G/EDGE and your phone will do more harm than good to the health of the existing internet P2P networks (by just leeching intermittently) and not to mention the limitations of space and battery that we still face on mobile devices.

Mark your Turf

FrostWire for Android will more fun if you have some friends around you. If you find an Open Wi-Fi network with lots of people to connect to it will make sense marking your territory, we think the best way to mark your territory will be with FrostWire Stickers

Changelog and Feature set
FrostWire 0.4.6 - New Feature: Go to My Files - New Feature: Clear Chat. Long press on the text box to make this appear. - New Feature: Share your Documents,Pictures,Photos and Audio via email, android's bluetooth service, sms and via web services (e.g. twitter, facebook, flickr) - New Feature: "Copy" search a result (to share it via private message or to everyone in the chat). - Upgrade: Considerable optimization of object management when displaying peers, files, transfers and chat messages. - Bug-fix: Deleting too many individually unshared files could cause a bug where no files of that type would be shared. - Bug-fix: Cleans all temporary files on exit. - Installer size reduced 16%.


FrostWire 0.4.5

 - Networking-Upgrade: Fixes in search routing algorithm to avoid redundant message forwarding.

 - UX-Upgrade: Touching the FrostWire logo shows a menu to Go Home, See About or Show FrostWire some love.

 - UX-Upgrade: Several optimizations for smoother scrolling and better resource management.

 - UX-Upgrade: Tapping on someone's nickname on the Chat will autotype @Nickname on the text box.

 - UX-Upgrade: New icons for Settings, Home and Love.

 - UX-Fix: Private messages take you to the Chat tab, not the Chat Activity by itself.

 - UX-Fix: When a file's shared state is changed using the padlod icon the number of shared files of its kind gets updated.

 - UX-Fix: Padlock icons are not shown on search results.

 - Bug-fix: Downloading the same file twice from the same peer would fail. Memory referencing issues fixed.
FrostWire 0.4.4

 - New Feature: Auto update.

 - New Feature: Change your nickname by long pressing on your own name on the Browse Peers screen.

 - New Feature: "Padlock" button when browsing your shared files to toggle sharing status without much hassle.

 - Networking-Upgrade: New Peer Exchange policies result in considerable bandwidth.

 - Search/Transfer-Upgrade: All peers involved in a file transfer are now keeping a metafrost file when finished, thus announcing themselves in search results as confirmed sources for that file. Metafrost files are now kept in folders by type to not put a strain on the file system as more and more files are shared.

 - UX-Upgrade: Chat tab now shows the number of unread messages.

 - UX-Upgrade: When starting up FrostWire will ask new users to change their nickname.

 - UX-Upgrade: When disconnected you are taken to the home screen so you won't be confused by things not working.

 - UX-Upgrade: Application search results now include version number.

 - UX-Upgrade: Search Result Batch Downloads (using checkboxes)

 - UX-Upgrade: Search results are cleared before new results are in.

 - UX-Upgrade: Checkboxes auto-clear when you start a batch download.

 - UX-Upgrade: Failed, Out of sources and Timed out transfers can now be individually deleted from the list of transfers.

 - Bug Fix: Fixes SQLite 'where' clause bug with multiple keyword queries. Search will yield more results as everyone updates.

 - Bug Fix: Incoming repeated Search responses are short circuited. Distinct results are forwarded only once. Traffic savings.

 - Bug Fix: Fixes logic issues for optimal LAN packet delivery. You should feel faster peer browsing and discovery.

 - Bug Fix: Audio player when browsing yourself works as expected.

 - Bug Fix: Possible Force Close when pinging peer list and a peer says good bye.
FrostWire 0.4.3

 - UX-Upgrade: Chat window should receive messages even if you're not looking at it. Layout updates.

 - UX-Upgrade: Transfer screen will autoscroll to the bottom to show the newest additions.

 - UX-Upgrade: When files are downloaded file names are marked in a different color.

 - UX-Upgrade: No more multiple FrostWire icons on the notification bar. A number will display how many finished transfers you have.

 - UX-Upgrade: Download indicator now stays after all downloads are finished if transfers have not been cleared. It will display in orange the number of finished transfers so you can go back to your finished downloads even if disconnected.

 - UX-Fix: Fixed size of "Delete" icon.

 - Bug Fix: Internet Discovery toggle bug fix.

 - Bug Fix: Force Close when starting a download of more than 15 checked files.

 - Bug Fix: Force Close when setting Simultaneous Uploads to 0. (thanks Steven Peterson, Eric O'Brian)
FrostWire 0.4.2

 - New Feature: New Setting to discover (or not) peers over the internet. Limit your searching to your LAN only if you need to.

 - UX-Upgrade: Thumbnails are shown when browsing your own pictures and videos.

 - UX-Upgrade: New search controls.

 - UX-Upgrade: Batched downloads start faster.

 - UX-Bug Fix: Force close when changing manual listening port fixed.

 - UX-Bug Fix: Clicking on the Active Downloads button won't reload the Transfer's screens if you're already standing on it.

 - UX-Bug Fix: About screen can be scrolled down. Includes Thanks to alpha testers.

 - Bug Fix: Search results outside local Wi-Fi network couldn't start a download.
FrostWire 0.4.1

 - Bug Fix: NPE when changing simultaneous upload setting.

 - Bug Fix: Multiple NPEs when handling Search Requests and Search Responses.

 - Bug Fix: Chat messages and Private Messages back to work.
FrostWire 0.4.0

 - New Feature: Search.

 - Bug Fix: Completed,Failed,Cancelled,Timed Out file transfers won't change status to "Out of Sources" if peer leaves.
FrostWire 0.3.10 (file transfer breaks backwards compatibility)

 - New Feature: New Setting to limit the number of concurrent uploads.

 - Upgrade: Better rendering of active download(s) progress.

 - Upgrade: File transfer management optimizations (which break compatibility)

 - Bug Fix: Correct display of concurrent uploads and downloads.

 - Bug Fix: 'Application' Download bug fixed.

 - Bug Fix: Multiple Force Close issues fixed.
FrostWire 0.3.9 (breaks backwards compatibility):

 - Upgrade: Rewrite File transfer. Considerably faster transfer startup, progressive file validation,

   Minimizes Disk/IO and Garbage Collection. Swarming friendly algorithm.

 - Upgrade: New File Transfer state: 'Waiting...' at start of transfer. (Cancellable state)

 - Upgrade: Improves robustness of Message delivery.

 - Upgrade: Automatic Peer Browse retries, updates peer list when peer is unreachable.

 - Upgrade: Faster internal messaging between network core and UI.

 - Upgrade: Protocol Message Types re-arranged for new message queue management strategies.

 - Upgrade: About page shows name of current Wi-Fi network

 - Bug Fix: Peers leaving won't appear again on Peer List.

 - Bug Fix: Multiple NPEs on Browse Peer when a responses would arrive too soon.
FrostWire 0.3.8:

 - Upgrade: Improved Peer Discovery and Peer List maintenance.

 - Upgrade: Adds new 'failed' state to downloads. We were abusing the 'timeout' state.

 - Upgrade: Smarter caching of file counts by kind should yield faster browsing responses.

 - Upgrade: Fixes potential IO (Index Out of Bounds) errors when reading the last part of a file from the socket.

 - Upgrade: When user is leaving it will also be asked if it's ok to leave while UPLOADs are going on.

 - Bug Fix: When user is leaving now there's a negative option on the dialog. (thanks Phase3d)

 - Bug Fix: Patches a NPE when fecthing Application info from .apks that have not been installed. Still to be fixed.
FrostWire 0.3.7:

 - Update: Longer TCP timeouts (20 seconds)

 - Bug Fix: Found NPE when fetching Application info on some phones.

 - Bug Fix: Misc. NPEs handled.
FrostWire 0.3.6:

 - New Feature: Sharing Android Package Files (.apk)

 - New Feature: Configuring an arbitrary manual port when UPnP is not an option (between 1000 and 65535 inclusive)

 - Bug Fix: Several force close issues fixed.
FrostWire 0.3.5:

 - New Feature: Show number of active Uploads.

 - New Feature: Delete multiple (checked) files.

 - Upgrade: Refactors on File Transfer, leaner code.

 - Upgrade: Faster Ping message creation (battery savings)

 - Bug Fix: Right text coloring, Numbering on Shared/Unshared files.

 - Bug Fix: File transfer errors and time outs are displayed correctly.

 - Bug Fix: Tilting the phone while browsing remote files recovers state as expected.

 - Bug Fix: No more repeated files when browsing peer.
FrostWire 0.3.4

 - Bug Fix: Private messages and "Copy & Share" over the internet work
FrostWire 0.3.3

 - New Feature: Fine grained sharing.

 - Upgrade: Faster retrieval of shared files.

 - Upgrade: Faster browsing of your own files.

 - Upgrade: P2P Peer List Exchange on 'handshake' and when you have few Peers available.

 - Upgrade: Support for remote chat, remote private message, remote "copy & share" file.

 - Upgrade: Audio playback is now done through a much simpler audio player inside the application (works for now)
FrostWire 0.3.2

 - Bug Fix: Internal and Visible Peer lists are cleared upon disconnection.

 - Bug Fix: FrostWire says good bye properly to all peers and to altamira.

 - Bug Fix: Memory Leaks fixed in Altamira.

 - Upgrade: Altamira keeps track of the last time a peer received a peer list for smarter behaviour.

 - Upgrade: FrostWire now says hello back to unknown peers (pong upon first encounter)
FrostWire 0.3.1

 - Bug Fix: Android XML Parsing patch for all phones running < Froyo. UPnP should work on all pre-Froyo phones.

 - Bug Fix: Fixes issue where UPnP map attempt would happen only the first time FrostWire opened.

 - Update: Distances between peers shown in meter,meters,Km.,Kms.

 - Update: About screen now shows information about internal & external ports.
FrostWire 0.3.0

 - New Feature: NAT-UPnP support to connect to other FrostWire's over the Internet (via Wi-Fi only)

 - New Feature: Ability to select multiple files and perform other actions on them.

 - New Feature: Ability to rename files. This will make it easier to search images and videos taken with Android phones.

 - Bug Fix: Fixes WiFi auto connect/disconnect issues.

 - Bug Fix: Fixes WiFi connectivity issues when switching to other hotspots.

 - Bug Fix: Fixes intermittent (double connected message) connection issues.

 - Bug Fix: When disconnected FrostWire won't try to connect if you tilt the device.
FrostWire 0.2.0

 - Bug Fix: Fixes crash when sending a message to the chat if user is not connected (thanks adwin)

 - Bug Fix: When the phone was tilted during file browsing the current list of files got lost.

 - Upgrade: Avoids possible situation where FrostWire cannot know about itself. Faster startup.

 - Upgrade: Custom looking checkboxes. (FrostWire.Theme in place)

 - Upgrade: Multiple UI/Text corrections.

 - New Feature: Select multiple files from another user to perform batched downloads. (download enquement pending, so take it easy)

FrostWire 0.1.0 - code name "Von Neumann" - New Feature: Peer auto discovery on the Wi-Fi network. - New Feature: Wi-Fi network availability awareness. - New Feature: Introducing MetaFrost Mobile P2P protocol version 1 - New Feature: Setting to send Geo-Location information to other peers. - New Feature: Displays distance to other peers if available. - New Feature: Settings to Share/Unshare files by file type. - New Feature: Users can be identified by nickname. - New Feature: Community Chatroom over Wi-Fi. - New Feature: Sends private chatroom message to another user. - New Feature: "Copy & Share" your own files in the Community Chatroom to all participants. - New Feature: "Copy & Share" other user's files in the Community Chatroom to all participants. - New Feature: "Copy & Share" files with another user via Private Message. - New Feature: Community Chatroom has 'history' support if user presses D-pad up or down. - New Feature: Community Chatroom has 'history' support if user gestures up or down on the text field. - New Feature: Community Chatroom messages can be cleaned with commands "/cls","/clear" and "clear screen". - New Feature: Browse, Filter, Open and Delete your own shared files. - New Feature: Browse, Filter and Open other user's files. - New Feature: Download other user's files when browsing. - New Feature: Download shared files from chat. - New Feature: Download multiple files at the same time. - New Feature: Open downloaded files. - New Feature: Context menues are available upon Long Click on almost every user interface element. - New Feature: Screen orientation awareness on every screen. - New Feature: FrostWire Status bar indicates number of ongoing downloads. - New Feature: Share picture files. - New Feature: Share video files. - New Feature: Share document files. - New Feature: Share audio files. - New Feature: Connect/Disconnect from local p2p network. - New Feature: "Love FrostWire?" Tip/Donation support to development team. - Pending Feature: Share application files (.apk)