FAQ¶

• Table of contents
• FAQ
  • About BEEM
    • What does BEEM mean?
    • Do you guys have a XMPP groupchat room?
    • Why BEEM needs those crazy permissions ??
    • Can I use BEEM in my own project ?
  • Common issues
    • I use a Google Apps account and I can't connect with BEEM !!! 

About BEEM¶

What does BEEM mean?¶

BEEM means "Boost your Eyes, Ears and Mouth"

Do you guys have a XMPP groupchat room?¶

Yes. You can find us at beem@conference.elyzion.net. You can also find us on the IRC at the channel #beem on freenode network.

Why BEEM needs those crazy permissions ??¶

Here is a list of the different permissions used by BEEM

Permission	Need
android.permission.INTERNET	to access the internet connection
android.permission.VIBRATE	to set vibrate on Beemç notifications
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE	to stock the avatar datas on the SDCARD
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE	to check the connectivity status
com.beem.project.beem.BEEM_SERVICE	Custom permission which will be used to allow other applications to use the Beem service

Can I use BEEM in my own project ?¶

You can use the source code of beem (in free or paid apps http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html ) as most as you want as long as you respect the requirements of the gplv3 : http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

We have no commercial business around BEEM but we will really glad if other people can bring back to the upstream their ameliorations.

If you have any question we will be glad to help you.

Common issues¶

I use a Google Apps account and I can't connect with BEEM !!! ¶

The Gtalk server use a non standard authentication scheme : they don't use the user part of the jid to authenticate but instead they use the full jid.
Starting to Beem-0.1.5 version, you can use an option in the advanced preferences to use the full jid to authenticate.
For previous version, if the domain part of your JID is not gmail.com or googlemail.com you have to enter in BEEM a jid in this form : user@example.com@example.com