The web chat moved from the in-app Google flow to NikoAuth (auth.n1ko.dev); the old bridge no longer exists, so sign-in was impossible: the WebView follows /api/auth/start out to the SSO host, and every non-chat host opens in the system browser. Sign-in now leaves for the system browser on purpose: the app intercepts /api/auth/start and appends app=1, and the server answers the finished callback with the /app-auth App Link, which hands the fresh session back into the app's WebView (google blocks its own login inside WebViews, so that round trip cannot happen in-app).
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NikoGPT for Android
Open-source Android client for the NikoGPT web chat (chat.n1ko.dev) — a thin, auditable WebView shell around the same web interface that runs in the browser. No analytics, no trackers, no third-party SDKs: the whole app is one activity and a handful of resources.
- Android 10+ (
minSdk 29), targets Android 15. - Everything the web app can do: conversations, attachments (system file picker), images, generated files, settings, themes.
- Downloads go through Android's
DownloadManager(with your session cookies), links to other sites open in the system browser. - Open in the browser only:
chat.n1ko.devloads inside; anything else leaves the app. - TLS errors are never bypassed, no cleartext traffic, no backup.
- Day/night theme follows the system; the page keeps its own theme setting.
- Back gesture navigates the chat history, pull-to-refresh reloads.
Install
Download the APK from the releases page: https://git.n1ko.dev/Niko/nikogpt_android/releases
Latest build: https://git.n1ko.dev/Niko/nikogpt_android/releases/download/v1.2.3/nikogpt-android-1.2.3.apk
Open the APK on the phone (allow installing apps from this source when Android asks). The APKs are signed with the project's release key; Android may still warn because the app is installed from outside Play.
Build
Requirements: JDK 17, Android SDK (platform 35, build-tools 35.0.0).
./gradlew assembleDebug # app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
./gradlew assembleRelease # release; signed with the keystore when configured
Or just open the project in Android Studio.
Release signing
The published APKs are signed with the project's release keystore
(keystore.properties + the .jks file, both outside git). To build them
yourself, create a keystore and point keystore.properties at it:
keytool -genkeypair -v -keystore nikogpt.jks -alias nikogpt \
-keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
cat > keystore.properties <<EOF
storeFile=../nikogpt.jks
storePassword=...
keyAlias=nikogpt
keyPassword=...
EOF
./gradlew assembleRelease
Installing over a debug-signed build requires uninstalling it first (the
signatures differ). The release certificate's SHA-256 must be listed in
web.android_cert_sha256 in the bot config for App Links verification.
Sign-in
All credentials live on NikoAuth (auth.n1ko.dev): password, e-mail codes,
2FA and Google. The app opens the login in the system browser — Google
refuses WebView logins, and a WebView never shares the browser's cookie jar —
and comes back through a verified App Link
(https://chat.n1ko.dev/app-auth?...) once the login is done; the server
hands the fresh session to the app's WebView on that link. Requires the
release certificate's SHA-256 in the bot's web.android_cert_sha256 for
App Links verification.
Structure
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
app/src/main/java/dev/n1ko/nikogpt/MainActivity.kt |
the whole app: WebView setup, file chooser, downloads, back handling |
app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml |
WebView + progress bar + retry screen |
.forgejo/workflows/build.yml |
CI: builds the APK on tags |
License
MIT — see LICENSE. The Tabler-based icons used by the web chat come from f.n1ko.dev/assets/ui (MIT).