Someone asked me how to install Matrix on Android, so I told them to search for Element on the Play Store, but the app there looks scammy. It’s listed as “Element X — Secure Chat & Call” by New Vector Limited, with 4.4 stars and only 644 reviews. Is that the right app?
I installed Element from F‑Droid, but I don’t want to tell someone to install more than one app just so we can communicate.
Updating: Using that package there was an “Unexpected error: Missing CSRF cookie”
For future reference: if you are unsure about the app on the store, you can always go to the official website and get a link to the right app on the store that way. https://element.io/download
I prefer FluffyChat. Since version 2 is better than before.
Still no matrix client for android as good as any other “proprietary” chats.
Element X is the new version of Element. There’s currently 2 versions available on the store/fdroid since X is in beta.
The fdroid versions of Element X and Schildichat X both seemed to require me installing and setting up nfty to get notifications working.
What’s scammy about it? It has 2.9 stars in my gstore area. Never trust a random rating from “stores”.
https://f-droid.org/packages/io.element.android.x https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.element.android.x
And schildi
Yes that’s the app. It’s legit.
