Wifi aware refactor mesh core (#711)

* wifi aware wip

* wifi aware wip

* starting to work

* werk

* dms work

* wip

* fix(wifi-aware): use bindSocket and scoped IPv6 instead of bindProcessToNetwork

* Merge branch 'upstream/main' into fix/wifi-aware-socket-binding

* Fix Wi-Fi Aware connectivity and UI integration post-merge

- Replace bindProcessToNetwork with bindSocket for VPN compatibility.
- Implement Scoped IPv6 address resolution (aware0) for mesh routing.
- Bridge Wi-Fi Aware incoming messages to AppStateStore for UI visibility.
- Fix syntax errors and variable name conflicts in Debug UI.

* Enhance Wi-Fi Aware robustness and debug UI display

- Clean up transport resources (sockets, server sockets, network callbacks) immediately on peer disconnection.
- Implement resolveScopedAddress to show scoped IPv6 (e.g., %aware0) in Debug UI.
- Fix Map type mismatch warning in ChatViewModel bridge.
- Filter self-ID from peer cleanup tables to prevent recursive self-removal.

* Share GossipSyncManager across transports to prevent redundant message synchronization

- Registered BluetoothMeshService's GossipSyncManager as a singleton in MeshServiceHolder.
- Modified WifiAwareMeshService to use the shared GossipSyncManager if available.
- Added background cleanup for peer mappings on socket disconnection.
- Fixed Kotlin type mismatch during nickname map merging.

* Restore VPN acquisition logic and improve peer cleanup

- Revert removal of NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN to allow hardware handle acquisition while VPN is active.
- Refactor handlePeerDisconnection to more reliably cleanup initial and routed IDs.
- Switch cleanup logging to debug level to reduce log noise.

* Fix wifi aware socket binding 2 (#536)

* Background persistence (#505)

* persistence step 1

* fix build

* messages in the background work, notifications not yet

* app state store

* DM icon shows up

* notification launches when app is closed!

* keep ui updated

* lifecycle fixes

* extensive logging, maybe revert later

* send nickname in announcement

* quit in notification

* setting in about sheet

* fix quit bitchat

* lifecycle fixes

* power mode based on background state

* stats for both direciotns

* fix graph persistence

* better counting

* count per device

* only compute when debug sheet is open? untested

* fix read receipts

* fix read receipts fully

* fix unread badge if messages have been read in focus

* foreground promotion fix

* fix app kill in notification

* adjust to new tor

* nice

* about sheet design

* bump version 1.6.0 (#524)

* Automated update of relay data - Sun Dec 14 06:06:53 UTC 2025

* bump targetSdk (#526)

* Automated update of relay data - Sun Dec 21 06:06:56 UTC 2025

* Automated update of relay data - Sun Dec 28 06:07:12 UTC 2025

* Prevent quit notification from reappearing (#530)

* shutdown sequence

* Prevent quit notification from reappearing

* Restrict force-finish broadcast

* Cancel quit shutdown on relaunch

* fix(wifi-aware): use bindSocket and scoped IPv6 instead of bindProcessToNetwork

* Merge branch 'upstream/main' into fix/wifi-aware-socket-binding

* Fix Wi-Fi Aware connectivity and UI integration post-merge

- Replace bindProcessToNetwork with bindSocket for VPN compatibility.
- Implement Scoped IPv6 address resolution (aware0) for mesh routing.
- Bridge Wi-Fi Aware incoming messages to AppStateStore for UI visibility.
- Fix syntax errors and variable name conflicts in Debug UI.

* Enhance Wi-Fi Aware robustness and debug UI display

- Clean up transport resources (sockets, server sockets, network callbacks) immediately on peer disconnection.
- Implement resolveScopedAddress to show scoped IPv6 (e.g., %aware0) in Debug UI.
- Fix Map type mismatch warning in ChatViewModel bridge.
- Filter self-ID from peer cleanup tables to prevent recursive self-removal.

* Share GossipSyncManager across transports to prevent redundant message synchronization

- Registered BluetoothMeshService's GossipSyncManager as a singleton in MeshServiceHolder.
- Modified WifiAwareMeshService to use the shared GossipSyncManager if available.
- Added background cleanup for peer mappings on socket disconnection.
- Fixed Kotlin type mismatch during nickname map merging.

* Restore VPN acquisition logic and improve peer cleanup

- Revert removal of NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN to allow hardware handle acquisition while VPN is active.
- Refactor handlePeerDisconnection to more reliably cleanup initial and routed IDs.
- Switch cleanup logging to debug level to reduce log noise.

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Co-authored-by: aidenvalue <>

* Fix wifi aware routing (#534)

* Background persistence (#505)

* persistence step 1

* fix build

* messages in the background work, notifications not yet

* app state store

* DM icon shows up

* notification launches when app is closed!

* keep ui updated

* lifecycle fixes

* extensive logging, maybe revert later

* send nickname in announcement

* quit in notification

* setting in about sheet

* fix quit bitchat

* lifecycle fixes

* power mode based on background state

* stats for both direciotns

* fix graph persistence

* better counting

* count per device

* only compute when debug sheet is open? untested

* fix read receipts

* fix read receipts fully

* fix unread badge if messages have been read in focus

* foreground promotion fix

* fix app kill in notification

* adjust to new tor

* nice

* about sheet design

* bump version 1.6.0 (#524)

* Automated update of relay data - Sun Dec 14 06:06:53 UTC 2025

* bump targetSdk (#526)

* Automated update of relay data - Sun Dec 21 06:06:56 UTC 2025

* Automated update of relay data - Sun Dec 28 06:07:12 UTC 2025

* Prevent quit notification from reappearing (#530)

* shutdown sequence

* Prevent quit notification from reappearing

* Restrict force-finish broadcast

* Cancel quit shutdown on relaunch

* fix(wifi-aware): use bindSocket and scoped IPv6 instead of bindProcessToNetwork

* Merge branch 'upstream/main' into fix/wifi-aware-socket-binding

* Fix Wi-Fi Aware connectivity and UI integration post-merge

- Replace bindProcessToNetwork with bindSocket for VPN compatibility.
- Implement Scoped IPv6 address resolution (aware0) for mesh routing.
- Bridge Wi-Fi Aware incoming messages to AppStateStore for UI visibility.
- Fix syntax errors and variable name conflicts in Debug UI.

* Enhance Wi-Fi Aware robustness and debug UI display

- Clean up transport resources (sockets, server sockets, network callbacks) immediately on peer disconnection.
- Implement resolveScopedAddress to show scoped IPv6 (e.g., %aware0) in Debug UI.
- Fix Map type mismatch warning in ChatViewModel bridge.
- Filter self-ID from peer cleanup tables to prevent recursive self-removal.

* Share GossipSyncManager across transports to prevent redundant message synchronization

- Registered BluetoothMeshService's GossipSyncManager as a singleton in MeshServiceHolder.
- Modified WifiAwareMeshService to use the shared GossipSyncManager if available.
- Added background cleanup for peer mappings on socket disconnection.
- Fixed Kotlin type mismatch during nickname map merging.

* Restore VPN acquisition logic and improve peer cleanup

- Revert removal of NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN to allow hardware handle acquisition while VPN is active.
- Refactor handlePeerDisconnection to more reliably cleanup initial and routed IDs.
- Switch cleanup logging to debug level to reduce log noise.

* fix wifi aware routing

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Co-authored-by: aidenvalue <>

* unify connection tracker for ble and wifi (#537)

* unify connection tracker for ble and wifi

* cleanup nicely

* Wifi aware skip bluetooth (#538)

* unify connection tracker for ble and wifi

* bluetooth optional

* refactor mesh core

* tests

* share gossip

* refresh peer list more often

* patches: wifi aware mesh refactor core (#549)

* Refactor WifiAware memory management and lifecycle handling

* Fix Wi-Fi Aware reconnection by ensuring callback unregistration and session watchdog

* fix(wifiaware): allow WifiAwareController to restart service if session drops

* Enhance WiFi Aware logging with network request timeouts and detailed callback status

* Ensure explicit release of WiFi Aware network callbacks on failure or disconnection

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Co-authored-by: aidenvalue <>

* fix: wifi aware mesh private dms (#561)

* fix(wifi-aware): restore peer check and remove aggressive session restarts

* synchronized access to sockets.

* clear old peer socket `onClientConnected` if one was found.

* address second round of review

* fix: Restart publish session on termination in WifiAwareMeshService

* fix: cleanup connection tracker resources when handling peer disconnection without active socket

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Co-authored-by: aidenvalu3 <>

* fix(mesh): address memory leaks and background persistence issues in Wi-Fi Aware

- Move message persistence and background notifications for Wi-Fi Aware into the service layer via MeshCore hooks.
- Fix memory leak in MainActivity by properly detaching WifiAwareMeshDelegate on pause.
- Ensure BluetoothMeshService is initialized before WifiAwareMeshService to guarantee shared GossipSyncManager instance.
- Deduplicate persistence logic from MainActivity delegate.

* wifi aware working

* more robust

* fragments work

* new files

* wifi improvements

* handshake works

* improve

* wifi mesh more robust

* fix review

* check for support

* wifi aware fixes

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Co-authored-by: aidenvalue <>
Co-authored-by: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
Co-authored-by: aidenvalu3 <erendentman@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: a1denvalu3 <43107113+a1denvalu3@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: CC <cc@ggg.local>

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/onboarding/PermissionManager.kt

@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ class PermissionManager(private val context: Context) {
 
     private val sharedPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
 
+    private fun shouldRequireWifiAwarePermission(): Boolean {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) return false
+        val enabled = try {
+            com.bitchat.android.ui.debug.DebugPreferenceManager.getWifiAwareEnabled(true)
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+            true
+        }
+        if (!enabled) return false
+
+        return try {
+            com.bitchat.android.wifiaware.WifiAwareSupport.isSupported(context)
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if this is the first time the user is launching the app
      */
@@ -69,6 +85,11 @@ class PermissionManager(private val context: Context) {
             Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
         ))
 
+        // Wi‑Fi Aware: Android 13+ requires NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES runtime permission
+        if (shouldRequireWifiAwarePermission()) {
+            permissions.add(Manifest.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES)
+        }
+
         // Notification permission intentionally excluded to keep it optional
 
         return permissions
@@ -209,6 +230,20 @@ class PermissionManager(private val context: Context) {
             )
         )
 
+        // Wi‑Fi Aware category (Android 13+)
+        if (shouldRequireWifiAwarePermission()) {
+            val wifiAwarePermissions = listOf(Manifest.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES)
+            categories.add(
+                PermissionCategory(
+                    type = PermissionType.WIFI_AWARE,
+                    description = "Enable Wi‑Fi Aware to discover and connect to nearby bitchat users over Wi‑Fi.",
+                    permissions = wifiAwarePermissions,
+                    isGranted = wifiAwarePermissions.all { isPermissionGranted(it) },
+                    systemDescription = "Allow bitchat to discover nearby Wi‑Fi devices"
+                )
+            )
+        }
+
         if (needsBackgroundLocationPermission()) {
             val backgroundPermission = listOf(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION)
             categories.add(
@@ -308,6 +343,7 @@ enum class PermissionType(val nameValue: String) {
     BACKGROUND_LOCATION("Background Location"),
     MICROPHONE("Microphone"),
     NOTIFICATIONS("Notifications"),
+    WIFI_AWARE("Wi‑Fi Aware"),
     BATTERY_OPTIMIZATION("Battery Optimization"),
     OTHER("Other")
 }