Orbot 16.1.1 was just pushed out publicly to everyone on Google Play after a long multiple RC and beta period. YES, Orbot is still going to exist, with a really exciting roadmap ahead. More on that soon!

Thanks to @bitmold @sisbell @pgerber and @eighthave for all the great work, not to mention the core Tor dev team making all things mobile better every day!

Highlights include:

* True arm64 tor binaries now! * Key fixes to VPN mode to handle loss of network access * Improvements to Tor idle/sleep behavior and resume after network drops ... and much more!

Github (with APKs): https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot/releases/tag/16.1.1-BETA-2-tor-0.4....

APK: https://guardianproject.info/releases/Orbot-16.1.1-BETA-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc-ful... (.asc)

F-Droid: soon!

/** 16.1.1-BETA-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc / Wed Aug 7 13:33:30 2019 -0400 / bbf5fcb3fb346e9bba712d12bf4934cf925cb2bd **/

bbf5fcb3 (tag: 16.1.1-BETA-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update service for VPN mode and startup fixes ea7f3f10 update gitignore cf19750d update fastlane and gradle to support split apks builds, CI and more cd80e850 (tag: 16.1.1-BETA-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.1-BETA-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc bfb5eab1 Merge branch 'master' of github.com:n8fr8/orbot d02fb582 instead of DisableNetwork, let's try NEWNYM when the network returns - we've had issues of losing connectivity setting DisableNetwork, so we are trying a new approach - now using DormantClientTime out settings, to have client go to sleep when it is not used - when we receive a network connectivity notification, we call NEWNYM to refresh circuits d5e570a5 Merge pull request #247 from bitmold/low_dpi_launcher_icon 767a8596 Launcher icon was out of date on low resolution devices. 7d11984b (tag: 16.1.0-RC-3-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-RC-3-tor-0.4.0.4-rc e146f703 make sure to kill existing pdnsd, and set the new ports properly c6bfc491 send ports on start request, even if tor is already running d3963516 keep apps around as static variable, enable user to refresh be5b8d88 make sure we don't have any orphaned pdnsd processes 72ff7dd2 Merge branch 'ejo4041-mergeDebugJniLibFolders_issue' 07e34239 (ejo4041-mergeDebugJniLibFolders_issue) Merge branch 'mergeDebugJniLibFolders_issue' of https://github.com/ejo4041/orbot into ejo4041-mergeDebugJniLibFolders_issue be6feea8 Merge branch 'master' of github.com:n8fr8/orbot d2005234 update gradle 929cb6b6 pdnsd must be named with a .so extension to be included c0afffeb don't build plain armeabi anymore 4321ae49 update native libs c7e9b01f Merge pull request #244 from bitmold/vpn_app_ui_glitch fc0b035a After following the BUILD file, could not build the apk because of a issue mentioned in #217: Execution failed for task :orbotservice:mergeDebugJniLibFolders. This change fixes that. 7b832f19 Fixed VPN App UI for apps that were disabled or uninstalled d084aa6c (tag: 16.1.0-RC-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-RC-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc 79afbe05 bind pdnsd to virtual address within VPN 9ff0b00c fix VPN code to support dynamic DNS port for Tor f1e572e8 use standard string keys for intent values 361ea26d ports can be set to "auto" so allow letters as well

/** 16.1.0-RC-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc / 8 July 2019 / e60c07ed0ffc8360db4dfcdeffd8578945b38d0b **/

Thanks to @bitmold @sisbell @pgerber and @eighthave for all the great work, not to mention the core Tor dev team making all things mobile better every day!

e60c07ed (HEAD -> master, tag: 16.1.0-RC-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc, public/master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) update to 16.1.0-RC-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc 9e54cd6e set PDNSD server IP to 192.168.200.1 for local VPN network 0.0.0.0 allowed outside access to DNS port in some cases b7d100ca fixes #239 #229 #227 #205 and other VPN / DNS issues moved PDNSD daemon to load from the .so native path f9c1486c Merge pull request #241 from bitmold/fix_hs_dialog_crash f1b00157 Merge branch 'sisbell-sisbell_236a' 65ee380d (sisbell-sisbell_236a) Merge branch 'sisbell_236a' of https://github.com/sisbell/orbot into sisbell-sisbell_236a 1c386959 Fixes #236: Separate Constants For VPN, TOR and MAIN_APP ce85e951 Fixed crash I introduced with the NoPersonalizedLearningEditText 324b35ea (tag: 16.1.0-BETA-6-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-BETA-6-tor-0.4.0.4-rc b6135386 Merge branch 'sisbell_236a' of https://github.com/sisbell/orbot into sisbell-sisbell_236a 124273fd (newport/master) Merge branch 'sisbell-sisbell_237' 43d807fd (sisbell-sisbell_237) remove minSDK from OrbotService manifest 45369a2a Merge branch 'sisbell_237' of https://github.com/sisbell/orbot into sisbell-sisbell_237 4a79476e Merge pull request #234 from bitmold/vpn_request_cancel_bug_fixes b0cf7424 Merge pull request #233 from bitmold/no_vpn_refresh_btn e448c18b Merge branch 'bitmold-remove_orfox' f3211aca Fixes #236: Separate Constants For VPN, TOR and MAIN_APP 8c232f73 Fixes #237: Upgrade to Gradle 5.x 2ebd3384 Fixes VPN Request Cancel Bugs cde49d1a Removes the refresh button on the VPN Selection screen 351ef96f (bitmold-remove_orfox) Removes references to Orfox since it is being completely replaced with the Tor Browser for Android. Conversations surrounding this can be found here https://blog.torproject. org/comment/281767#comment-281767 and here https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29955 656d39b7 (tag: 16.1.0-BETA-5-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-BETA-5-tor-0.4.0.4-rc 814fbb31 reset default ports to 9050, 8118 but make them dynamic if needed - ports will be checked and if not available, increment +1 - new setting add to allow static setting of http port value 827b905e ensure we are putting the right value in 144a4ed5 small change to attempt to address localization glitches c4062678 Merge branch 'master' of github.com:n8fr8/orbot ecdff5ce remove unused settings for root and transproxy 811c09aa Merge pull request #226 from bitmold/removed_unused_eclipes_prefs_folder 0361fb9a Merge pull request #225 from bitmold/missing_hidden_service_str 510118eb Merge branch 'master' of github.com:n8fr8/orbot f0103bf4 Removed unused Eclipse IDE settings files. I think there are old Eclipse build files in the root of the repository that should also get deleted but I'm not 100% sure if some of them are still used  or not 768bbf94 The string resource "hidden_service_request" was missed in the "hidden service" to "onion service"rename in #222 53940073 Merge pull request #223 from bitmold/farsi_settings_crash_no_custom_prefs f0eede1d Merge pull request #222 from pgerber/onion-service aea140cf Merge pull request #221 from pgerber/dns-ttl 7887e119 fixes Farsi settings crash f58ef4c0 (tag: 16.1.0-BETA-4-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-BETA-4-tor-0.4.0.4-rc dd3a8b0b improve how bridge lines are configured 553528cb make sure to use the request shell for exec() 1f36689b make sure we set HOME env variable some devices don't have it for their sh commands dc942cde Rename hidden services to onion services 2a0a116c Fix onion service only working intermittently in VPN mode 77d979cd (tag: 16.1.0-BETA-3-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-BETA-3-tor-0.4.0.4-rc eb13e155 don't use 'UpdateBridgesFromAuthority' as it seems to cause a hang 67b69164 update built-in bridges 97a32ccf add ' UpdateBridgesFromAuthority' to help keep people connected to bridge aeb54c7e (tag: 16.1.0-BETA-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc) update to 16.1.0-BETA-2-tor-0.4.0.4-rc 6dffafcb add dynamic display of SOCKS and HTTP port proxy value 397391f0 remove hardcoded port values, make it all dynamic

/** 16.1.0-BETA-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc / 31 May 2019 / 417e4fcd0720be57328d63a96d2c9fc0e119330f **/

Thanks to @bitmold @sisbell and @eighthave for all the great work, not to mention the core Tor dev team making all things mobile better every day!

417e4fcd update version to 16100003 aka 16.1.0-BETA-1-tor-0.4.0.4-rc 7ae000d0 fix pdnsd/VPN support dde1957d Merge pull request #219 from bitmold/delete_minimalperm_manifest a251d52f Merge pull request #218 from bitmold/ndk_app_platform_warning eda464bb remove incorrect torFile assignment a1c5806a update tor-android to 0.4.0.4-rc ad2e875b We no longer use the minimalperm product flavor so there's no need to keep this manifest file in app/src 917e49f5 Removes warning on ndk-build where the target API for NDK (16) is greater than the sdk version defined for the project. Since nothing was specified in the manifest it defaulted to 1 but we can set  this to Orbot's minSdkVersion of 16 to get rid of this warning f83a98f4 Merge branch 'sisbell-issue_199' ff7d3dd5 (sisbell-issue_199) Merge branch 'issue_199' of https://github.com/sisbell/orbot into sisbell-issue_199 7c2cfc3e Merge pull request #212 from sisbell/issue_211 1316fd65 Merge branch 'bitmold-no_personalized_learning_kb' e3fd4afa (bitmold-no_personalized_learning_kb) Merge branch 'no_personalized_learning_kb' of https://github.com/bitmold/orbot into bitmold-no_personalized_learning_kb aa8ad867 Merge pull request #204 from bitmold/unreferenced_classes 16826a49 Merge branch 'bitmold-removed_obsolete_version_checks' 17154609 (bitmold-removed_obsolete_version_checks) Merge branch 'removed_obsolete_version_checks' of https://github.com/bitmold/orbot into bitmold-removed_obsolete_version_checks 0e4b42a7 add close bracket 4cee987c Merge branch 'master' into removed_obsolete_version_checks 08c35bd3 Remove unused resources. ae4ce1c9 Fixes #211: Resource Not Found on Command Line Build 2fb7e05a Merge pull request #210 from eighthave/fastlane 57120100 rename all metadata locale dirs after the Fastlane/Play names baced180 setup Fastlane to upload to Google Play d2feefdd Removed Obsolete @TaretApi Annotations for API Levels that are lower than Orbot's minimum, API Level 16 a32452e7 Make text inputs in Orbot declare that they do want to opt out of IME personalized learning. Of course, IMEs may ignore this request, but it's a nudge in the direction of Tor's general philosophy on user privacy, particularly with regards to minimizing the footprint that a Tor app leaves on the user's device. 7d8e41a6 Removed Constraint Layout Dependency 5d04d418 Removed Unused Classes 2b6abd7e Removed Obsolete Version Checks cd6560fa Merge pull request #202 from bitmold/no_constraint_layout a5d5c99f (public/master, gl/master) remove unused launcher art 9257b66f don't shrink or minify for now 56917567 (tag: 16.0.6-BETA-2-tor-0.3.5.8) many small changes to support new binary loading, startup and more - improved handling of port conflicts - fixed loading of tor binary on arm64-v8a - changed how w e execute shell commands 8ed080f9 Removed Constraint Layout Dependency 2a76b7af (tag: 16.0.6-BETA-1-tor-0.3.5.8) updated to SDK 28, added android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission fb14c76c fixed strings with two many \ escapes 45575772 updating to tor-0.3.5.8-rc to add support for Android Q 22d5ffdf update gradle tools 76796fea Merge pull request #200 from eighthave/fastlane-supply 6ba0cecc add .gitlab-ci.yml setup with errorprone 3face00a build gradle to 4.4.1, and make gradlew verify the download 69bd7fe9 move app store graphics into fdroid/fastlane file layout f93c11e7 Merge pull request #190 from SkewedZeppelin/master 8ab13f63 Fixup bad indentation from 6e4b7008 12b91c44 Expose PreferIPv6 and NoIPv4Traffic options 8ad76680 Move Google repo above jcenter d4befad1 cleanup and binary loading fixes 2d4e2a5f update tor to 0.3.5.6-RC 0f314214 (tag: 16.0.5-RC-2-tor-0.3.4.9) update to 16.0.5-RC-2-tor-0.3.4.9 2c59c848 ensure startForeground() is always immediately called - since we use startForegroundServce() we must ensure the receiving service complies!

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