Parlons! on Android

Choose this if: you want to install one app and chat, without arranging an account server. Your identity, contacts and chats live on this phone. It connects through the Parlons relay network.

Install and create your identity

1. Download Parlons! 0.6.149 for Android on your phone.
2. Open the APK and tap Install. If Android asks, allow your browser to install apps.
3. Open Parlons!, choose your language and tap Create new identity.
4. Write all 24 words on paper, in order. Check them, then tap I've saved them. Keep them private: they control your identity and may also control a wallet.
5. Allow notifications. Open the three dots → Settings, enter Your name, and tap Set.
6. Check the Network tab: Connected means at least one relay is connected. You are ready to add a contact below.

Already have an identity? Use the backup and moving guide before restoring it. Creating a new identity gives you a different address. Restoring the same seed on several running devices is not a way to synchronise chats.

Keep it working: allow the app to run in the background in Android's battery settings. Update by installing the newer APK over the existing app; back up before uninstalling or clearing its data.

Your first conversation

1. Ask your friend for their contact address or contact QR, not their pairing invitation.
2. Open Contacts → + Add (Desktop: Add contact).
3. On Android, scan their QR or paste the full address. On Desktop, paste it. Tap Introduce myself.
4. Wait for their device to answer the introduction. If it is offline, the contact may not appear immediately.
5. Open the contact's chat, type a message and press the send arrow. Ask them to reply.

To let someone add you, share your address from Contacts. Keep the whole address intact. People using different Parlons versions can message each other.

Everyday use

• Messages: open Chats, choose the conversation and type. A queued indicator means waiting; one tick means a relay has the message; two ticks mean the recipient's device confirmed it. A read indicator depends on read receipts being enabled.
• Photos and files: open a chat and use Attach. On Android choose Photo library or Private file, select the item and send it. For Desktop's file-transfer options, see the app manual.
• Calls: use Voice call or Video call in an Android chat or the Parlons panel inside minimaCore Desktop/minimaDesk, and allow microphone/camera access. The standalone MaximaNode chat app does not carry call audio or video.
• Groups: on Android open Chats → New group, name it, select contacts and tap Create.
• Notifications: allow notifications and background operation in Android settings. Cloud additionally needs its account host to stay online.
• Payments: in a wallet-enabled one-to-one chat, choose Attach → Send payment, select Minima or MxUSD and enter the amount. Check the recipient and amount before confirming. Payments settle on the public Minima blockchain; encrypted chat does not make them anonymous. Chat-only guest accounts do not offer payments. Payment instructions.

Back up before you need it

The 24 words recover an identity, not your old chat history. Write them on paper and store them privately. Do not send them to anyone or enter them on a website. Keep any separate wallet phrase too.

• Parlons! Android: Settings → Keys & security → Back up identity… creates an encrypted .pbk. It includes identity, contacts and settings, but not chat history.
• Parlons Cloud: More → Settings → Keys & backup → Back up account… creates an encrypted .pbk including contacts and chat history. Media and private-file payloads are not included.
• Desktop: record your seed; read backups and moving before changing computers.

Save the backup somewhere other than the device being backed up, and keep its password safe. It cannot be recovered for you. To use one account on several phones, pair them to a host; do not run copies of the same seed independently.

If something does not work

Full instructions: Parlons! manual, Cloud manual, Node manual. If you report a problem, include the app name, version, device and exact error. Never include seeds, passwords or unused pairing invitations.