Testing Magnet

Project Magnet application is already available in the stores, click here to download it from the Apple Store and Google Play

You can also download the latest version of the Magnet client (app-release.apk) for Android at our GitHub Releases page and contribute to our project opening github issues.

Although Magnet client is developed for Android and iOS, because of the restrictions to distribute iOS applications outside of Apple Marketplace you can only download executables for Android.

There are many ways to download and install the Magnet client:

1. Direct download in your Android device: open the browser and go to the URL where the releases are hosted, GitHub Releases page. Click on the app-release.apk file and the installation process should be launched automatically.

   (Please note that for installing apps from sources other than the Play Store, as in this case, you need to enable in settings -> security the flag “Unknown sources”.)

2. Installation via your laptop. In case you want to install the apk from your laptop you can do just download the app-release.apk to any folder in your computer and install it using Android developer tools via the command:

   adb install app-release.apk

   (Please note that for doing so you need to enable USB Debugging in your Android device settings)

In order to fully test magnet, you need Beacons. A beacon is an object that advertises how it can be reached (its URL) via Bluetooth Low Energy or WiFi (mDNS). You can use “real” beacons or you can configure your laptop to emulate one. You can check all the info about this at the Beacons Wiki Page.