# Main Screen

When you sign in to the application for the first time, the application will check if there is an avatar. If an avatar is unavailable, you will be offered to select a photo from the gallery or take a selfie.

/client-android/media/avatar_setup/en.png

Later, you will be able to change the avatar in the profile settings.

The main screen consists of two parts:

  1. Recent

  2. Contacts

Every block can be collapsed (folded) by tapping on the arrow button which is next to the block name.

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# Recent

In this section, the app will display 24 chats that have been recently active. To open all chats, you will need to scroll down to the end of the list and tap on the History button.

/client-android/media/chat_history/en.png

To learn more about chats, please check this section.

# Address book

# User statuses

Each user in the address book will be displayed with one of the following statuses:

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/online/en.pngOnline

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/mobile/en.png — online from a smartphone or tablet

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/from_terminal/en.png — online from a hardware or software SIP/H.323 endpoint

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/in_cloud/en.png — recent activity: this network status is given to a user who previously signed into the mobile application, but is currently offline.

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/owner/en.png — the Owner of an ongoing conference

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/busy/en.png — Busy (in a video call or conference)

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/away/en.png — Away (away from keyboard for a certain time period, 15 minutes by default)

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/dont_disturbed/en.png — Do Not Disturb (can be set manually by a user)

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/offline/en.png — Offline

/client-android/media/gui/statuses_addr_book/unknown/en.png — Unknown (e.g., an account does not exist or is created on an external server which if not federated with your server instance. This status may also be assigned to an existing user on the same server which has not been yet added to the address book).

# User profile

To go to the user profile, tap on the contact name in the address book and tap on Information in the pop-up window. Here, you will be able to:

/client-android/media/user_profile/en.png

# How to find a contact

To find a user, enter TrueConf ID or username in the search field (the search field is also available in the main menu).

/client-android/media/search_user/en.png

# How to add a new contact

To add a user to the address book, find this user as it is described above and tap on /client-android/media/gui/add_contact/en.png.

/client-android/media/add_user/en.png

Please note that you don’t have to add users manually. Instead, your TrueConf Server administrator can organize your address book and customize user groups automatically.

# How to block or delete a contact

To make sure that a user cannot call you or send messages, you can go to this user's profile, tap on /client-android/media/gui/more_ms/en.png and select Block.

To delete a contact from the address book, tap and hold on this user's name and tap on Delete contact in the pop-up window.

/client-android/media/delete_user/en.png

You can also delete a contact by going to the user profile. To do it, tap on /client-android/media/gui/more_ms/en.png and select Delete contact.

# Call history

In the main menu select the Call history option.

/client-android/media/history_calls/en.png

Besides, the call history with the selected contact is available in this user's profile.

# Organizing address book

# Address book display

By default, users are displayed by groups in the address books. To display users’ names instead of groups, disable the Show groups checkbox in the Settings → Contacts section.

/client-android/media/group_deactivate/en.png

# Adding user groups

You can easily add contacts to different groups. To create a new group, tap on the /client-android/media/gui/plus/en.png button in the address book and tap on Create group. Then, you will need to enter the group name and tap on the Create button.

/client-android/media/add_group/en.png

# Editing or deleting groups

To delete or edit a group, you will need to:

  1. Go to the list of groups in the address book (if they are not visible, enable the group display).

  2. Find the group, tap and hold on the group name and select Edit group or Delete in the context menu.

# Bulk actions

You can select multiple users to perform one of the following actions:

/client-android/media/gui/create_conference/en.pngcreate a conference

/client-android/media/gui/group_chat/en.pngcreate a group chat

/client-android/media/gui/more_go/en.pngcreate a group or delete selected users.

To select multiple contacts, tap on each of these users’ avatars:

/client-android/media/group_operations/en.png

# Global user list

In the main menu select the Global user list option to view the list of user from federated TrueConf Server instances.

/client-android/media/global_contacts/en.png

This menu item may not be available if TrueConf Directory integration is not set up on your server.