Add invite-link to xstore bot to the menu or contact list

[adbenitez]

users struggle to get in contact with the xstore bot (the webxdc store bot) most users don't even know this bot exist, most of the ones that realize it exist, try to add the address manually and it fails for chatmail servers, so they end up downloading apps manually from the webxdc.org page

we could add the bot's invite link to the delta chat main menu like on DeltaLab or alternatively the bot's contact could be included by core similar to how it is done for the Statistics bot (in this case when user creates chat with the bot they still need to send a message to get the webxdc app)

[iequidoo]

Maybe just add the bot's https://i.delta.chat invite link to https://webxdc.org/apps/? Or even to https://webxdc.org/? I'd expect to have it somewhere there.

[adbenitez]

having a "open in Delta Chat" button there makes sense, but most people don't even know such site exist so it still makes sense to have a way to discover inside the app

[r10s]

having sth like that seems to be needed as as simply adding xstore@testrun.org does no longer work because of deltachat/deltachat-android#3166 - therefore, adding this PR also became part of https://github.com/orgs/deltachat/projects/71

[adbenitez]

so after some discussion we decided to add the xstore bot as a predefined contact similar to the self-reporting bot

bot flag should be set for the added bot contact

[iequidoo]

Btw, won't this be considered by app stores as "embedding" external apps into Delta Chat? Afair, some app stores forbid this. I hope i mistake here though

[hpk42]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 14:54 -0700, iequidoo wrote: Btw, won't this be considered by app stores as "embedding" external apps into Delta Chat? Afair, some app stores forbid this. I hope i mistake here though

The main problem was/is iOS probably but it seems that Telegram, for example, has no problems offering "mini-apps" (web apps + bot -- not the same as webxdc) these days. So let's not worry too much.