NativeHangouts

Small, native Mac OS X (10.11) app that enables a standalone Google Hangouts experience.

This is simply a wrapper for a WebView that opens Google Hangouts' website.

This repository is not particularly 'maintained;' it exists because I got tired of opening Chrome and enabling the Hangouts extension every time I needed to respond to something.

To Contribute:

You must have a Mac with Xcode installed

1. Clone or fork this repository.
2. Open Hangouts.xcodeproj from the root directory of the repository in Xcode.
3. Make your edits!

To Use:

Easy Method:

1. Download the zip file containing the app for the current release.
2. Extract the .app, move it to /Applications.
3. Use it!

DIY method (If the easy method won't work)

1. Follow steps 1-2 above.
2. In Xcode's (using 7.2 for this tutorial) Product menu option: -> Product -> Build For -> Running
3. Follow Xcode's instructions. If all goes well, you should see an addition to you project bar on the left. A new folder called Products will contain one item: Hangouts.app.
4. Right click Hangouts.app -> Show In Finder.
5. Move it to /Applications.
6. Use it!

Things it doesn't (but could!) do:

1. Remember how big you make it (always opens as a small box)
2. Allow zooming in on the content
3. Open a filepicker for uploading images/etc to your conversations

Things it DOES do:

1. Keeps you signed in
2. Looks kinda pretty (thanks to Google's page design, not me)
3. Stays out of your way when you don't want it
4. Allows a sound notification through when it's open and you get a message
5. Voice and video calls (you must've first done one in Safari and downloaded the required Hangouts plugin there for the app to perform this function)