diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c9cc52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
+  push:
+    branches: ["**"]
+
+jobs:
+  test-compile:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "Test P4A Compiling"
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone LXMF
+        run: git clone https://github.com/markqvist/LXMF $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/LXMF
+
+      - name: Clone LXST
+        run: git clone https://github.com/markqvist/LXST $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/LXST
+
+      - name: Clone rnsh
+        run: git clone https://github.com/acehoss/rnsh $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/rnsh
+
+      - name: Clone Reticulum
+        run: git clone https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/Reticulum
+
+      - name: Clone rnode-flasher
+        run: git clone https://github.com/liamcottle/rnode-flasher $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/rnode-flasher
+
+      - name: Clone NomadNet
+        run: git clone https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/NomadNet
+
+      - name: Clone reticulum_website
+        run: git clone https://github.com/markqvist/reticulum_website $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/reticulum_website
+
+      - name: Checkout Sideband
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: Sideband/
+          
+      # Set up caching for general cache directory
+      - name: Cache pip build cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/buildozer.spec') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-build-cache-
+      
+      # Set up caching for buildozer directories
+      - name: Cache buildozer
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.buildozer
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/**/.buildozer
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/**/.buildozer-container
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildozer-${{ hashFiles('**/buildozer.spec') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-buildozer-
+            
+      # Set up caching for Gradle
+      - name: Cache Gradle files
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/daemon
+            ~/.gradle/native
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/buildozer.spec') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
+
+      - name: Create Android SDK directory
+        run: mkdir -p ~/.android
+
+      - name: Generate debug keystore
+        run: |
+          keytool -genkeypair \
+            -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore \
+            -storepass android \
+            -keypass android \
+            -alias androiddebugkey \
+            -keyalg RSA \
+            -keysize 2048 \
+            -validity 10000 \
+            -dname "CN=Android Debug,O=Android,C=US"
+
+      - name: Attempt to build Sideband for Android (Debug)
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/Sideband
+          ./dmake devapk
+
+      - name: Upload built APK
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: android-debug
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/Sideband/sbapp/bin/*.apk
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7750d9e..08598db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ dist
 docs/build
 sideband*.egg-info
 sbapp*.egg-info
+Sideband.iml
diff --git a/DEVELOPING.md b/DEVELOPING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa2cdc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# Establishing a Development environment
+
+Looking to contribute some code to Sideband? Awesome! Follow the guide below to get the repository building on your machine.
+
+## Creating folders
+
+Sideband relies on a certain folder structure to achieve a psuedo-monorepo structure with the other Reticulum projects.
+
+To make sure that the `getrns` target runs successfully, make sure your directory tree looks like this:
+
+```
+repositories/
+├─ LXMF/
+├─ LXST/
+├─ rnsh/
+├─ rnode-flasher/
+├─ Reticulum/
+├─ NomadNet/
+├─ reticulum_website/
+└─ Sideband/
+```
+
+Below are the git repositories for some of the above folders:
+
+- `LXMF`: https://github.com/markqvist/LXMF
+- `LXST`: https://github.com/markqvist/LXST
+- `rnsh`: https://github.com/acehoss/rnsh
+- `Reticulum`: https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum
+- `rnode-flasher`: https://github.com/liamcottle/rnode-flasher
+- `NomadNet`: https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet
+- `reticulum_website`: https://github.com/markqvist/reticulum_website
+
+> Please note: in order for the docker script and `createshare` make target to work correctly, your directory **must** be laid out like this.
+
+## Required dependencies for development (Docker)
+
+If you have a Fedora-based Linux system (see [Addendum: Fedora](#addendum-fedora)) or simply would not like to install all of P4A's dependencies manually, you may choose to use the containerized build.
+
+This method requires that you have Docker installed on your system: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/
+
+Additionally, [rootless Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) should be used to minimize any possible attack surface on your system. Never run a script you haven't vetted with sudo! The `./dmake.sh` script uses `set -ex` and is designed to be used with rootless docker.
+
+After configuring docker, you can replace any use of the `make` command with `dmake` (i.e. `./dmake devapk`) to run make commands in the container, building it on demand if needed. 
+
+Example:
+
+```
+./dmake devapk
+```
+
+(or if running in sbapp, it is smart enough to run itself in Sideband regardless of where it is called from)
+
+```
+../dmake devapk
+```
+
+## Required dependencies for development (Native)
+
+Until this repository has a `flake.nix` added, you will need to manually download the following dependencies using your Operating System's package manager.
+
+- `make`
+- `adb` (available as a part of the `android-tools` package on Fedora, `adb` on Debian/Ubuntu, `android-platform-tools` on Brew Casks)
+- `python3`/`python3-dev(el)` (must be available as `python`, on Ubuntu try `apt install python-is-python3`)
+- `patchelf`
+- `patch`
+- `perl`
+- `portaudio19-dev`
+- `libopus-dev`
+- `libogg-dev`
+- `buildozer` (see https://buildozer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)
+    - buildozer's PyPI hosted version is very far behind, therefore you should install from source at https://github.com/kivy/buildozer.git; this is easy with pipx `pipx install git+https://github.com/kivy/buildozer.git`.
+    - buildozer needs `wheel` to run, but it is not currently marked as a dependency. If you are using pipx, you will need to inject it with `pipx inject buildozer wheel`.
+- all of buildozer's Android dependencies
+  - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS packages `git zip unzip openjdk-17-jdk python3-pip autoconf libtool pkg-config zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libtinfo5 cmake libffi-dev libssl-dev`
+  - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS packages `git zip unzip openjdk-17-jdk python3-pip autoconf libtool pkg-config zlib1g-dev libncurses-dev libtinfo6 cmake libffi-dev libssl-dev`
+  - Fedora 41 `git zip unzip java-17-openjdk java-17-openjdk-devel python3-pip autoconf libtool pkgconf-pkg-config ghc-zlib-devel ncurses-devel ncurses-compat-libs cmake libffi-devel openssl-devel`
+
+In the root directory of the repository, use `pip install .` to install the package from `setup.py`. The use of a `venv` is strongly recommended.
+
+Make sure you manually install `Cython<3.0` into your Python install or `venv`, as buildozer will need it for Android.
+
+### Addendum: Fedora
+
+As many users of Kivy have noted before, some of Python4Android's recipes do not compile correctly on Fedora/RHEL. For this project, one package of interest is [`freetype-py` and its native dependency](https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/blob/develop/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype/__init__.py), which is a direct dependency of pillow, the ubiquitous Python image editing library.
+
+This is due to the fact that Fedora and several other distros include default versions of toolchains, which prompts python4android to abstain from downloading its own. [This issue has been encountered by many other users.](https://groups.google.com/g/kivy-users/c/z46lSJXgbjY/m/M1UoWwtWAgAJ)
+
+If you can't use Docker, use of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is therefore recommended for developing this project. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is not supported, as its `cmake` version (even with backports) is below the minimum 3.24.
+
+Sideband does run fine on Fedora, however.
+
+## Compiling and testing Sideband on an Android device
+
+With a correctly configured environment, run the following command to create a development APK.
+
+```
+make devapk
+```
+
+You can then install it to a connected device with
+
+```
+make devinstall
+```
+
+If you would like your release to be signed for release, you must configure the following four environment variables:
+
+- `P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS`
+- `P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWD`
+- `P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE`
+- `P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS_PASSWD`
+
+With `./dmake`, omitting any of these values will cause it to default to the `debug.keystore` generated with each install of the Android SDK.
+
+After it is configured correctly, you may build it with
+
+```
+make apk
+```
+
+and install it to a connected device with
+
+```
+make install
+```
+
+The output will be placed in `./sbapp/bin/sideband-*.apk`.
+
+If you have multiple devices connected at once (for example, while developing the BLE interface between devices), you may use `devinstall-multi` or `install-multi` in place of `devinstall` and `install` respectively.
+
+If using an Android that provides the ability to toggle DCL via storage (like GrapheneOS), make sure to enable it for Sideband, as it must load its Cython executables.
+
+## Compiling and testing Sideband for other platforms
+
+For Windows, use the following command: (make sure you have `PyInstaller` in your venv, and you are on Windows, as PyInstaller removed cross-compilation)
+
+```
+make build_win_exe
+```
+
+Wheels for other platforms can be built with 
+
+```
+make build_wheel
+```
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59c91b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# exercise extreme caution when bumping this docker image to the newest ubuntu LTS version
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+# for rationale behind each of these dependencies, consult the native section of DEVELOPING.md
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+  apt update \
+  && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y curl git libffi-dev python-is-python3 python3-dev python3-wheel python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv libssl-dev autoconf openjdk-17-jdk cmake libtool libssl-dev libncurses5-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libtk8.6 libgdm-dev libpcap-dev unzip zip wget apksigner build-essential libopus-dev libogg-dev portaudio19-dev patchelf pipx \
+  && apt install --reinstall python3  \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/archives/*
+
+# need to run as root for a rootless docker runtime
+# the repository folders owned by 1000 on the host are mounted to 0 on the container; this is intentional and unchangable
+
+# add pipx 
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/root/.local/bin
+
+# install & inject wheel
+RUN pipx install git+https://github.com/kivy/buildozer.git@abc2d7e66c8abe096a95ed58befe6617f7efdad0
+RUN pipx inject buildozer wheel
+
+# needed for some transitive deps, like rnsh
+RUN pipx install poetry==2.1.1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f5ed59..1914718 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ upload:
 	@echo Ready to publish release, hit enter to continue
 	@read VOID
 	@echo Uploading to PyPi...
-	twine upload dist/sbapp-*
\ No newline at end of file
+	twine upload dist/sbapp-*
diff --git a/dmake b/dmake
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ae8b253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmake
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+# any of the tasks that require adb should be run on the host, not the guest docker container
+# ad-hoc docker usb passthrough sounds miserable...
+if [ $1 == "install" ] || [ $1 == "devinstall" ] || [ $1 == "install-multi" ] || [ $1 == "devinstall-multi" ]; then
+    echo "Command requiring adb detected, running on host..."
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068 # goal is to re-split
+    make -C sbapp $@
+    exit 0
+fi 
+    
+if [[ -z $P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE ]]; then 
+    echo "P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE is not set correctly! Using default debug keystore..."
+    P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE=$(realpath ~/.android/debug.keystore)
+    P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS=androiddebugkey
+    P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWD=android
+    P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS_PASSWD=android
+fi
+
+# will hit caches automatically, unless the dockerfile was changed
+# buildozer writes to its own venv, so it can't be --read-only even though it really should be
+# /root/.buildozer has some build artifacts that are reused, and since they are dependent on the libraries available at compile-time, they must be isolated from ~/.buildozer as these may have different fingerprints
+# ~/.cache, on the other hand, may be reused because pip is smart enough to download/rebuild native dependencies if they wouldn't be compatible
+docker build --network=host -t sideband-dmake .
+docker run \
+    --rm \
+    --tty \
+    --network=host \
+    --tmpfs /tmp:rw,exec \
+    -e P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS=$P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS \
+    -e P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWD=$P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE_PASSWD \
+    -e P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE="/keystore.jks" \
+    -e P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS_PASSWD=$P4A_RELEASE_KEYALIAS_PASSWD \
+    -v "$(realpath $(dirname "$0")/..):/repositories:rw" \
+    -v "$(realpath ./.buildozer-container):/root/.buildozer:rw" \
+    -v "$(realpath ./sbapp/.buildozer-container):/repositories/Sideband/sbapp/.buildozer:rw" \
+    -v "$(realpath ~/.cache):/root/.cache:rw" \
+    -v "$P4A_RELEASE_KEYSTORE:/keystore.jks:ro" \
+    -v "$(realpath ~/.android):/root/.android:rw" \
+    -v "$(realpath ~/.gradle):/root/.gradle:rw" \
+    sideband-dmake \
+    /bin/bash \
+    -c \
+    "python3 -m venv --system-site-packages /tmp/venv \
+    && source /tmp/venv/bin/activate \
+    && cd /repositories/Sideband \
+    && pip install -e . \"Cython<3.0\" \
+    && make -C sbapp $@"
diff --git a/recipes/codec2/__init__.py b/recipes/codec2/__init__.py
index 81aa527..fd63c0a 100644
--- a/recipes/codec2/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/codec2/__init__.py
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 from os.path import join
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from pythonforandroid.recipe import Recipe
 from pythonforandroid.toolchain import current_directory, shprint
+import os
 import sh
 
 # For debugging, clean with
 # buildozer android p4a -- clean_recipe_build codec2 --local-recipes ~/Information/Source/Sideband/recipes
 
 class Codec2Recipe(Recipe):
+    # recipe for building codec2 from https://github.com/markqvist/codec2
+    
     url = "https://github.com/markqvist/codec2/archive/00e01c9d72d3b1607e165c71c4c9c942d277dfac.tar.gz"
+    sha512sum = "2f8db660592e19b7f853c146793ccbde90f1d505663084f055172c8e5088a9fc2ddb588cc014ed8dec46a678ec73aaf654bbe77ff29f21caa7c45fb121f2281f"
+    
     built_libraries = {'libcodec2.so': 'build_android/src'}
 
     def include_flags(self, arch):
@@ -41,10 +47,18 @@ class Codec2Recipe(Recipe):
             # cd = sh.cd("build_android")
             os.chdir("build_android")
             cmake = sh.Command('cmake')
+            gcc = sh.Command("gcc")
 
             shprint(cmake, *flags, _env=env)
-            shprint(sh.make, _env=env)
-            sh.cp("../src/codec2.h", "./codec2/")
+            
+            # before running the make, we need to compile `generate_codebook` from the codec2 repository for the architecture we are on
+            # allowing it to be compiled with the rest of the 
+            with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+                shprint(gcc, "../src/generate_codebook.c", "-o" f"{tmp}{os.sep}generate_codebook", "-lm")
+                
+                env_tmp = env | {"PATH": f"{env['PATH']}{os.pathsep}{tmp}"}
+                shprint(sh.make, _env=env_tmp)
+                sh.cp("../src/codec2.h", "./codec2/")
 
 
 recipe = Codec2Recipe()
diff --git a/recipes/codec2/generate_codebook b/recipes/codec2/generate_codebook
deleted file mode 100755
index b4ed668..0000000
Binary files a/recipes/codec2/generate_codebook and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/recipes/opusfile/__init__.py b/recipes/opusfile/__init__.py
index 27d0f29..472e12d 100644
--- a/recipes/opusfile/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/opusfile/__init__.py
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ class OpusFileRecipe(Recipe):
             # env['LDFLAGS'] += openssl_recipe.link_dirs_flags(arch)
             # env['LIBS'] = openssl_recipe.link_libs_flags()
             
-            from rich.pretty import pprint
-            pprint(env)
             time.sleep(5)
 
             configure = sh.Command('./configure')
diff --git a/sbapp/Makefile b/sbapp/Makefile
index d0f9028..49114eb 100644
--- a/sbapp/Makefile
+++ b/sbapp/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cleanlibs:
 	
 cleanall: clean cleanlibs
 
-pacthfiles: patchsdl injectxml patchpycodec2
+patchfiles: patchsdl injectxml patchpycodec2
 
 patchsdl:
 	# Pach USB HID behaviour
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ patchpycodec2:
 injectxml:
 	# mkdir /home/markqvist/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/main/xml
 	# Inject XML on arm64-v8a
-	mkdir -p .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/sideband/src/main/res/xml
 	mkdir -p .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/sideband/templates
-	cp patches/device_filter.xml .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/sideband/src/main/res/xml/
-	cp patches/file_paths.xml .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/sideband/src/main/res/xml/
 	cp patches/AndroidManifest.tmpl.xml .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/sideband/templates/
 	cp patches/p4a_build.py .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/sideband/build.py
 	
@@ -51,26 +48,95 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard .buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists
 else
 	@(echo Prebaking build before patching files...)
 	@(sleep 2)
-	-(buildozer android release)
+	(buildozer android release)  # this mustn't be ignored, or else the release will indubitably fail
 	@(echo Prebake finished, applying patches and rebuilding...)
 	@(sleep 2)
 endif
 
+createshare:
+	# NOTICE: if the git refs of each repository here are not pinned, the build will NOT be deterministic!
+	mkdir -p ../../dist_archive
+	rm -vrf ../../dist_archive/*
+	# mirrors
+	# reticulum.network
+	cp -fv ../../reticulum_website/docs/manual/Reticulum\ Manual.pdf ../../dist_archive
+	cp -fv ../../reticulum_website/docs/manual/Reticulum\ Manual.epub ../../dist_archive
+	-(rm -rf ../../dist_archive/reticulum.network)
+	cp -frv ../../reticulum_website/docs ../../dist_archive/reticulum.network
+	# unsigned.io (mirror from https://git.liberatedsystems.co.uk/jacob.eva/openCom-Companion/src/branch/master/Dockerfile)
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../dist_archive && \
+	rm -rf ./unsigned.io && \
+	wget -q https://liberatedsystems.co.uk/unsigned_io_archive.zip && \
+	unzip -q unsigned_io_archive.zip && \
+	rm unsigned_io_archive.zip  && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	# build wheels
+	# rns, rnspure, lxmf, lxst, nomadnet, rnsh
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../Reticulum && \
+	rm -rf ./dist && \
+	python3 ./setup.py bdist_wheel && \
+	cp -fv ./dist/* ../dist_archive && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../Reticulum && \
+	rm -rf ./dist && \
+	python3 ./setup.py bdist_wheel --pure && \
+	cp -fv ./dist/* ../dist_archive && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../LXMF && \
+	rm -rf ./dist && \
+	python3 ./setup.py bdist_wheel && \
+	cp -fv ./dist/* ../dist_archive && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../LXST && \
+	rm -rf ./dist && \
+	python3 ./setup.py bdist_wheel && \
+	cp -fv ./dist/* ../dist_archive && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../nomadnet && \
+	rm -rf ./dist && \
+	python3 ./setup.py bdist_wheel && \
+	cp -fv ./dist/* ../dist_archive && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	
+	$(eval cwd := $(shell pwd))
+	cd ../../rnsh && \
+	rm -rf ./dist && \
+	poetry build && \
+	cp -fv ./dist/* ../dist_archive && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+	# rnode firmware source zip
+	cd ../../dist_archive && \
+	curl -L https://github.com/markqvist/RNode_Firmware/archive/refs/heads/master.zip --clobber -o RNode_Firmware-master.zip && \
+	cd $(cwd)
+
 fetchshare:
+	mkdir -p ./share/pkg
 	-(rm ./share/pkg/*)
+	mkdir -p ./share/mirrors
 	-(rm ./share/mirrors/* -r)
-	cp ../../dist_archive/rns-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
-	cp ../../dist_archive/rnspure-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
-	cp ../../dist_archive/lxmf-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
-	cp ../../dist_archive/nomadnet-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
-	cp ../../dist_archive/rnsh-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
-	cp ../../dist_archive/RNode_Firmware_*_Source.zip ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/rns-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/rnspure-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/lxmf-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/lxst-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/nomadnet-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/rnsh-*-py3-none-any.whl ./share/pkg/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/RNode_Firmware-*.zip ./share/pkg/
 	zip --junk-paths ./share/pkg/example_plugins.zip ../docs/example_plugins/*.py
-	cp -r ../../dist_archive/reticulum.network ./share/mirrors/
-	cp -r ../../dist_archive/unsigned.io ./share/mirrors/
-	cp ../../dist_archive/Reticulum\ Manual.pdf ./share/mirrors/Reticulum_Manual.pdf
-	cp ../../dist_archive/Reticulum\ Manual.epub ./share/mirrors/Reticulum_Manual.epub
-	cp -r ../../rnode-flasher ./share/mirrors/
+	cp -rfv ../../dist_archive/reticulum.network ./share/mirrors/
+	cp -rfv ../../dist_archive/unsigned.io ./share/mirrors/
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/Reticulum\ Manual.pdf ./share/mirrors/Reticulum_Manual.pdf
+	cp -fv ../../dist_archive/Reticulum\ Manual.epub ./share/mirrors/Reticulum_Manual.epub
+	cp -rfv ../../rnode-flasher ./share/mirrors/
 	-(rm ./share/mirrors/rnode-flasher/.git -rf)
 
 release:
@@ -79,25 +145,37 @@ release:
 postbuild:
 	$(MAKE) cleanrns
 
-apk: prepare prebake pacthfiles fetchshare release postbuild
+apk: clean prepare prebake patchfiles createshare fetchshare release postbuild
 
-devapk: prepare prebake pacthfiles fetchshare debug postbuild
+devapk: clean prepare prebake patchfiles debug postbuild
 
 version:
 	@(echo $$(python ./gv.py))
 
 install:
-	adb install bin/sideband-$$(python ./gv.py)-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a-release.apk
+	adb install -r bin/sideband-$$(python ./gv.py)-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a_x86_x86_64-release.apk
+
+devinstall:
+	adb install -r bin/sideband-$$(python ./gv.py)-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a_x86_x86_64-debug.apk
+
+install-multi:
+	adb devices | tail -n +2 | cut -sf 1 | xargs -iX adb -s X install -r ./bin/sideband-$$(python ./gv.py)-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a_x86_x86_64-release.apk
+
+devinstall-multi:
+	adb devices | tail -n +2 | cut -sf 1 | xargs -iX adb -s X install -r ./bin/sideband-$$(python ./gv.py)-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a_x86_x86_64-debug.apk
 
 console:
 	(adb logcat | grep "python\|sidebandservice")
 
 getrns:
-	(cp -rv ../../Reticulum/RNS ./;rm ./RNS/Utilities/RNS)
+	(cp -rv ../../Reticulum/RNS ./)
+	-(rm ./RNS/Utilities/RNS) # created by the create_symlinks target in Reticulum
 	-(rm ./RNS/__pycache__ -r)
-	(cp -rv ../../LXMF/LXMF ./;rm ./LXMF/Utilities/LXMF)
+	(cp -rv ../../LXMF/LXMF ./)
+	-(rm ./LXMF/Utilities/LXMF) # ditto
 	-(rm ./LXMF/__pycache__ -r)
-	(cp -rv ../../LXST/LXST ./;rm ./LXST/Utilities/LXST)
+	(cp -rv ../../LXST/LXST ./)
+	-(rm ./LXST/Utilities/LXST)
 	-(rm ./LXST/__pycache__ -r)
 	-(rm ./LXST/Utilities/__pycache__ -r)
 
diff --git a/sbapp/buildozer.spec b/sbapp/buildozer.spec
index b6b8594..9ab9926 100644
--- a/sbapp/buildozer.spec
+++ b/sbapp/buildozer.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ version.regex = __version__ = ['"](.*)['"]
 version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py
 android.numeric_version = 20250220
 
-requirements = kivy==2.3.0,libbz2,pillow==10.2.0,qrcode==7.3.1,usb4a,usbserial4a,able_recipe,libwebp,libogg,libopus,opusfile,numpy,cryptography,ffpyplayer,codec2,pycodec2,sh,pynacl,typing-extensions,mistune>=3.0.2,beautifulsoup4
+requirements = kivy==2.3.1,libbz2,pillow==10.3.0,freetype-py==2.2.0,qrcode==7.3.1,usb4a,usbserial4a,able_recipe,libwebp,libogg,libopus,opusfile,numpy,cryptography,ffpyplayer,codec2,pycodec2,sh,pynacl,typing-extensions,mistune>=3.0.2,beautifulsoup4,filetype
 
 android.gradle_dependencies =  com.android.support:support-compat:28.0.0
 #android.enable_androidx = True
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ android.ndk = 25b
 android.skip_update = False
 android.accept_sdk_license = True
 android.release_artifact = apk
-android.archs = arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a
+android.archs = arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,x86,x86_64
 #android.logcat_filters = *:S python:D
 
 services = sidebandservice:services/sidebandservice.py:foreground
 android.whitelist = lib-dynload/termios.so
+android.add_src = src/main/java
+android.res_xml = src/main/res/xml/device_filter.xml,src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
 android.manifest.intent_filters = patches/intent-filter.xml
 
 # android.add_libs_armeabi_v7a = ../libs/armeabi/*.so*
diff --git a/sbapp/main.py b/sbapp/main.py
index c157d92..1b834a3 100644
--- a/sbapp/main.py
+++ b/sbapp/main.py
@@ -23,11 +23,30 @@ import re
 import pathlib
 import base64
 import threading
+import traceback
 import RNS.vendor.umsgpack as msgpack
 
 WINDOW_DEFAULT_WIDTH  = 494
 WINDOW_DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 800
 
+# not all exceptions caught by sys.excepthook are sent to logcat: this is a small shim that ensures that always happens
+original_excepthook = sys.excepthook
+
+# Custom exception handler that writes to Android log
+def custom_excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
+    # First call the original excepthook to maintain default behavior
+    original_excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
+
+    # Format the exception and traceback as a string
+    exception_str = ''.join(traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback))
+    
+    # add extra handling to make sure any Python errors are exposed to logcat
+    if RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_android():
+        RNS.log(f"PYTHON EXCEPTION: {exception_str}")
+
+# Replace the default exception handler
+sys.excepthook = custom_excepthook
+
 app_ui_scaling_path = None
 def apply_ui_scale():
     global app_ui_scaling_path
diff --git a/sbapp/src/main/java/io/unsigned/sideband/.gitkeep b/sbapp/src/main/java/io/unsigned/sideband/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/sbapp/patches/device_filter.xml b/sbapp/src/main/res/xml/device_filter.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from sbapp/patches/device_filter.xml
rename to sbapp/src/main/res/xml/device_filter.xml
diff --git a/sbapp/patches/file_paths.xml b/sbapp/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from sbapp/patches/file_paths.xml
rename to sbapp/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml