barely working

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/mesh/BluetoothMeshService.kt

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class BluetoothMeshService(private val context: Context) {
                 val packet = BitchatPacket(
                     version = 1u,
                     type = MessageType.MESSAGE.value,
-                    senderID = myPeerID.toByteArray(),
+                    senderID = hexStringToByteArray(myPeerID),
                     recipientID = SpecialRecipients.BROADCAST,
                     timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis().toULong(),
                     payload = messageData,
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ class BluetoothMeshService(private val context: Context) {
                         val packet = BitchatPacket(
                             version = 1u,
                             type = MessageType.MESSAGE.value,
-                            senderID = myPeerID.toByteArray(),
+                            senderID = hexStringToByteArray(myPeerID),
-                            recipientID = recipientPeerID.toByteArray(),
+                            recipientID = hexStringToByteArray(recipientPeerID),
                             timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis().toULong(),
                             payload = encryptedPayload,
                             signature = signature,
@@ -633,6 +633,27 @@ class BluetoothMeshService(private val context: Context) {
         Random.nextBytes(randomBytes)
         return randomBytes.joinToString("") { "%02x".format(it) }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert hex string peer ID to binary data (8 bytes) - exactly same as iOS
+     */
+    private fun hexStringToByteArray(hexString: String): ByteArray {
+        val result = ByteArray(8) { 0 } // Initialize with zeros, exactly 8 bytes
+        var tempID = hexString
+        var index = 0
+        
+        while (tempID.length >= 2 && index < 8) {
+            val hexByte = tempID.substring(0, 2)
+            val byte = hexByte.toIntOrNull(16)?.toByte()
+            if (byte != null) {
+                result[index] = byte
+            }
+            tempID = tempID.substring(2)
+            index++
+        }
+        
+        return result
+    }
 }
 
 /**

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/mesh/MessageHandler.kt

@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@ class MessageHandler(private val myPeerID: String) {
                 if (encryptedPayload != null) {
                     val packet = BitchatPacket(
                         type = MessageType.DELIVERY_ACK.value,
-                        senderID = myPeerID.toByteArray(),
+                        senderID = hexStringToByteArray(myPeerID),
-                        recipientID = senderPeerID.toByteArray(),
+                        recipientID = hexStringToByteArray(senderPeerID),
                         timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis().toULong(),
                         payload = encryptedPayload,
                         signature = null,
@@ -493,6 +493,27 @@ class MessageHandler(private val myPeerID: String) {
         }
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Convert hex string peer ID to binary data (8 bytes) - same as iOS implementation
+     */
+    private fun hexStringToByteArray(hexString: String): ByteArray {
+        val result = ByteArray(8) { 0 } // Initialize with zeros, exactly 8 bytes
+        var tempID = hexString
+        var index = 0
+        
+        while (tempID.length >= 2 && index < 8) {
+            val hexByte = tempID.substring(0, 2)
+            val byte = hexByte.toIntOrNull(16)?.toByte()
+            if (byte != null) {
+                result[index] = byte
+            }
+            tempID = tempID.substring(2)
+            index++
+        }
+        
+        return result
+    }
+
     /**
      * Shutdown the handler
      */

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/mesh/PacketProcessor.kt

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class PacketProcessor(private val myPeerID: String) {
         
         Log.d(TAG, "Processing packet type ${packet.type} from $peerID")
         val DEBUG_MESSAGE_TYPE = MessageType.fromValue(packet.type)
-        // Process based on message type (exact same logic as iOS)
         when (MessageType.fromValue(packet.type)) {
             MessageType.NOISE_HANDSHAKE_INIT -> handleNoiseHandshake(routed, 1)
             MessageType.NOISE_HANDSHAKE_RESP -> handleNoiseHandshake(routed, 2)

app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/protocol/BinaryProtocol.kt

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ data class BitchatPacket(
     ) : this(
         version = 1u,
         type = type,
-        senderID = senderID.toByteArray(),
+        senderID = hexStringToByteArray(senderID),
         recipientID = null,
         timestamp = (System.currentTimeMillis()).toULong(),
         payload = payload,
@@ -104,6 +104,27 @@ data class BitchatPacket(
         fun fromBinaryData(data: ByteArray): BitchatPacket? {
             return BinaryProtocol.decode(data)
         }
+        
+        /**
+         * Convert hex string peer ID to binary data (8 bytes) - exactly same as iOS
+         */
+        private fun hexStringToByteArray(hexString: String): ByteArray {
+            val result = ByteArray(8) { 0 } // Initialize with zeros, exactly 8 bytes
+            var tempID = hexString
+            var index = 0
+            
+            while (tempID.length >= 2 && index < 8) {
+                val hexByte = tempID.substring(0, 2)
+                val byte = hexByte.toIntOrNull(16)?.toByte()
+                if (byte != null) {
+                    result[index] = byte
+                }
+                tempID = tempID.substring(2)
+                index++
+            }
+            
+            return result
+        }
     }
 
     override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
@@ -233,7 +254,12 @@ object BinaryProtocol {
             val result = ByteArray(buffer.position())
             buffer.rewind()
             buffer.get(result)
-            return result
+            
+            // Apply padding to standard block sizes for traffic analysis resistance
+            val optimalSize = MessagePadding.optimalBlockSize(result.size)
+            val paddedData = MessagePadding.pad(result, optimalSize)
+            
+            return paddedData
             
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             return null
@@ -242,9 +268,12 @@ object BinaryProtocol {
     
     fun decode(data: ByteArray): BitchatPacket? {
         try {
-            if (data.size < HEADER_SIZE + SENDER_ID_SIZE) return null
+            // Remove padding first - exactly same as iOS
+            val unpaddedData = MessagePadding.unpad(data)
             
-            val buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(data).apply { order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN) }
+            if (unpaddedData.size < HEADER_SIZE + SENDER_ID_SIZE) return null
+            
+            val buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(unpaddedData).apply { order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN) }
             
             // Header
             val version = buffer.get().toUByte()
@@ -270,7 +299,7 @@ object BinaryProtocol {
             if (hasRecipient) expectedSize += RECIPIENT_ID_SIZE
             if (hasSignature) expectedSize += SIGNATURE_SIZE
             
-            if (data.size < expectedSize) return null
+            if (unpaddedData.size < expectedSize) return null
             
             // SenderID
             val senderID = ByteArray(SENDER_ID_SIZE)
@@ -324,25 +353,3 @@ object BinaryProtocol {
         }
     }
 }
-
-/**
- * Compression utilities - temporarily disabled for initial build
- */
-object CompressionUtil {
-    private const val COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD = 100  // bytes
-    
-    fun shouldCompress(data: ByteArray): Boolean {
-        // Temporarily disabled compression
-        return false
-    }
-    
-    fun compress(data: ByteArray): ByteArray? {
-        // Temporarily disabled compression
-        return null
-    }
-    
-    fun decompress(compressedData: ByteArray, originalSize: Int): ByteArray? {
-        // Temporarily disabled compression
-        return null
-    }
-}