Release 0.3.0

AGENTS.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ adb logcat -s MeshAnd MeshAnd/SDK
 - The emulator has no real Bluetooth, so BLE must be tested on a physical phone.
 - Toolchain: AGP 9.4.1 (built-in Kotlin), Kotlin 2.4.20, Gradle 9.8.0, compileSdk 37, targetSdk 36, minSdk 24 (Android 7; Meshtastic SDK minSdk 26 overridden in the manifest, core library desugaring on).
 - Versions live in `gradle/libs.versions.toml`.
-- **App version:** `versionCode` / `versionName` in `app/build.gradle.kts` (currently 5 / 0.2.0; versionName was reset to 0.1.0 for the first public release, and versionCode keeps rising). Bump both for every APK handed out.
+- **App version:** `versionCode` / `versionName` in `app/build.gradle.kts` (currently 6 / 0.3.0; versionName was reset to 0.1.0 for the first public release, and versionCode keeps rising). Bump both for every APK handed out.
 - **Release:** `./gradlew :app:assembleRelease` signs with `signing/meshand-release.jks`, using the passwords in `keystore.properties`. Both are gitignored: **never commit them, never print the passwords.** If the properties file is missing, the release build is unsigned.
 - **Remote:** `origin` is `git@github.com:mategogiberidze/MeshAnd.git` (branch `main`).
 - **Repository rules (GitHub rulesets, 2026-10-05):**

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ What changed in each MeshAnd version. The section for a version becomes the desc
 [GitHub Release](https://github.com/mategogiberidze/MeshAnd/releases), so write it for people
 using the app, not for developers.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.3.0
+
+Chat, phone GPS for your radio, and radio details.
 
 ### New
 
@@ -29,6 +31,13 @@ using the app, not for developers.
 - MeshAnd now uses version 0.2.0 of the Meshtastic SDK (the library that talks to your radio).
   Nothing changes in how you use the app.
 
+### Updating
+
+- Install the new APK over 0.2.0. Your radio pairing, settings, trails and pins are kept.
+- MeshAnd still mostly listens. It sends a chat message or a pin only when you tap **Send**, and
+  your phone's position only to your own radio, and only while **Phone GPS** is switched on.
+- MeshAnd asks for location permission only when you switch on Phone GPS.
+
 ## 0.2.0
 
 Trails, shared pins, a GPS check, and a new look.

README.md

@@ -85,19 +85,38 @@ radio keeps re-sending an old position are flagged "GPS not updating".
 Choose who to watch, and get a notification if someone hasn't been heard for 15 minutes to
 2 hours.
 
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top">
+
+### 💬 Chat
+Every channel on your radio has its own conversation, and direct messages to one person get
+theirs. You see when a message was delivered or relayed, and get a notification for new ones.
+
+</td>
+<td valign="top">
+
+### 📡 Phone GPS for your radio
+If your radio's GPS is stuck indoors, in a car or broken, MeshAnd can give it your phone's
+location. The radio shares it with the team on its usual schedule. Off until you switch it on.
+
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
 **Also:**
 - **Stays connected in your pocket.** It works with the screen off, reconnects by itself and
   remembers your radio.
-- **Remembers trails and pins** across restarts, with one button to clear them.
+- **Radio details:** battery (or "Plugged in"), how busy the channel is, your own airtime,
+  uptime, and the radio's hardware, firmware, role and LoRa settings.
+- **Remembers trails, pins and messages** across restarts, with one button to clear them.
 - **Light or dark theme**, or follow the phone.
 - **Tells you about new versions** by asking GitHub when it opens. This is its only internet use,
   and you can switch it off.
-- **Mostly just listens.** Apart from pins you choose to send, MeshAnd never transmits anything
-  and never changes your radio's settings.
+- **Mostly just listens.** It transmits only what you choose to send (messages and pins, plus
+  your phone's position to your own radio while Phone GPS is on), and never changes your radio's
+  settings.
 - **Only shows people heard in the last 24 hours**, so old nodes don't clutter the map.
 
 ## Why it exists

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ android {
         // versionName is what people see (first public release: 0.1.0). versionCode is an internal
         // counter that must go up with every APK handed out; it stays at 4 because 0.4.0 test builds
         // with code 4 are already installed, and Android refuses to install a lower code over them.
-        versionCode = 5
-        versionName = "0.2.0"
+        versionCode = 6
+        versionName = "0.3.0"
     }
 
     signingConfigs {

site/public/index.html

@@ -437,14 +437,14 @@ <h3>Shared pins</h3>
         </article>
         <article class="card">
           <div class="ico"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-chat"/></svg></div>
-          <h3>Chat <span class="badge">Next version</span></h3>
+          <h3>Chat</h3>
           <p>Every channel on your radio has its own conversation, and direct messages to one person
             get theirs. You see when a message was delivered or relayed, and get a notification for
             new ones.</p>
         </article>
         <article class="card">
           <div class="ico"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-locate"/></svg></div>
-          <h3>Phone GPS for your radio <span class="badge">Next version</span></h3>
+          <h3>Phone GPS for your radio</h3>
           <p>If your radio's GPS is stuck indoors, in a car or broken, MeshAnd can give it your
             phone's location. The radio shares it with the team on its usual schedule. Off until you
             switch it on.</p>
@@ -463,15 +463,15 @@ <h3>Quiet-teammate alerts</h3>
         </article>
         <article class="card">
           <div class="ico"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use href="#i-battery"/></svg></div>
-          <h3>Radio details <span class="badge">Next version</span></h3>
+          <h3>Radio details</h3>
           <p>See your radio's battery (or "Plugged in"), how busy the channel is, your own airtime,
             how long it has been running, and its hardware, firmware, role and LoRa settings.</p>
         </article>
       </div>
       <ul class="also">
         <li><span><b>Stays connected in your pocket.</b> Works with the screen off, reconnects by
           itself and remembers your radio.</span></li>
-        <li><span><b>Remembers trails and pins</b> across restarts, with one button to clear them.</span></li>
+        <li><span><b>Remembers trails, pins and messages</b> across restarts, with one button to clear them.</span></li>
         <li><span><b>Only shows people heard in the last 24 hours</b>, so old nodes don't clutter
           the map.</span></li>
         <li><span><b>Light or dark theme</b>, or follow the phone.</span></li>