new

• background persistence: bitchat can now run in the background to support the mesh even if you leave the app
• improved tor: self-compiled arti library reduces APK size from 150 MB to 10 MB
• bug fixes and improvements

What's Changed

• feat: Tablet orientation fix for landscape mode by @developerchunk in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/490
• mesh optimization: suppress relay of reassembled packets by setting TTL=0 by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/492
• refactor app constants: service UUID for BLE by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/494
• Fix direct peer detection by binding on per-connection first ANNOUNCE and never dropping ANNOUNCE as duplicates by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/502
• fix connection attempt counter tracker by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/503
• Fix: do not reject empty packets that arent message type by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/510
• refactor app constants: service UUID for BLE by @callebtc in https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/500