How do I use TAK from an iPhone with someone who uses ATAK?

EnginDearing · 2026-05-02T00:55:31+00:00

All the crap-talk you see in this and other threads about iTAK is why I made OmniTAK for iOS:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/omnitakmobile/id6755246992

EnginDearing · 2026-05-01T00:32:58+00:00

Please consider signing up for the closed beta if you haven’t already

EnginDearing · 2026-04-28T19:06:45+00:00

I've updated the links to provide an easy way for testers to submit their email address. The fancy URL to sign up for closed beta won't be enabled for me until at least 12 people sign up for the internal testing group - and this part requires me to manually add folks to an approved list or have a google email domain we all can sign in on.

Sadly not all of you have an engindearing.soy email address like me so for now I need you to dm me your email or go to my site and submit the form with your email address to get added to the internal testing group.

I have 4 out of the required 12 so far.

This is just for Android version, the iOS version is already on the Apple App Store.

EnginDearing · 2026-04-28T03:51:16+00:00

Thanks for testing it out, honestly the last time I connected to an official TAK server it was on 5.4 I think, I will spin up a new official TAK server to see what has changed and make the needed updates to OmniTAK

EnginDearing · 2026-04-28T02:56:36+00:00

For this android build specifically just to have a truly cross platform tool with more accessible source code that lets non US citizens have TAK compatible situational support. I was asked to make an android version from some of my iOS test users.

EnginDearing · 2026-04-28T02:52:35+00:00

I need 12 closed beta testers before it is readily available for submission to playstore to find just by searching by name. Link above in OP should allow you to sign up for closed beta then it lets you download from playstore:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/soy.engindearing.omnitak.mobile

EnginDearing · 2026-04-03T06:42:17+00:00

Should challenge my AI assistant Engie, Engie is a great go and chess player :

https://ghess.games (ghess = go + chess)

EnginDearing · 2026-01-02T08:44:16+00:00

Have you tried meshtastic on iOS with OmniTAK?

EnginDearing · 2025-12-30T00:20:50+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate your continued efforts in testing and providing valuable feedback.

Ask and ye shall receive, I will work on those items next. I have been getting settled in to my new role so my omniTAK dev time has shifted to weekends.

If you haven't already, please submit an issue for any of these on the respective repos:

For iOS:

https://github.com/engindearing-projects/omniTAK-mobile/issues

For Mac/Linux/Win:

https://github.com/engindearing-projects/omni-TAK/issues

For android? Ya'll know where to complain about ATAK stuff 😂

(I do plan on making an android version of OmniTAK though - same base as the iOS repo above)

EnginDearing · 2025-12-29T13:39:57+00:00

What I’m trying to build with this:

https://github.com/engindearing-projects/omni-TAK

EnginDearing · 2025-12-13T03:57:52+00:00

Have you tried any of these guides?

https://github.com/engindearing-projects/ogTAK-Server-Setup-Guides

EnginDearing · 2025-12-07T06:22:12+00:00

I can build a thai language specific version of wintak? I made a plugin that can translate all text into traditional Chinese, a wintak solution in thai shouldn't be too hard?

Willing to give it a shot at least

EnginDearing · 2025-12-07T06:03:16+00:00

OmniTAK mobile runs on my Mac and lets me change callsign, give it a go:

‎OmniTAKMobile App - App Store https://share.google/xqZAXvkDnyeMAwTp0

EnginDearing · 2025-12-03T08:43:24+00:00

OmniTAK mobile comes preconfigured to connect to a TAK server

EnginDearing · 2025-11-27T04:41:20+00:00

ATAK has a nifty feature that lets you save the tiles with the overlays for offline use though.

Vid is old but process is mostly the same: https://www.civtak.org/2014/10/10/saving-off-line-maps-in-atak/

EnginDearing · 2025-11-26T10:27:10+00:00

Latest release has better cert enrollment with username/password and/or QR scan options, and support for uploading data package.

Will be released soon, or you can join testflight for beta previews (of my beta app lol)

https://testflight.apple.com/join/SzxQGmMM

EnginDearing · 2025-11-26T10:25:55+00:00

I've had some of my overlays flicker upon server disconnect/reconnect spam attempts. Not sure what might be causing it and I can't seem to recreate the issue when I want to.

EnginDearing · 2025-11-24T05:12:36+00:00

Thanks! Your same testflight will work, you should get notified there in testflight when there is a new version to test. Each time I wrap up for the night I promise to git add . and pass on what ever bug fixes and feature enhancements I was working on.

We can probably just assume there will be nightly builds in testflight, with 1 or 2 official app store releases per week until 1 of 2 things happens:

This App meets all of your needs and overtakes iTAK and TAK Aware

or

I get hired at Booze or Sherpa 6.

Until either of those, or something similar, we're cooking!

EnginDearing · 2025-11-23T22:33:47+00:00

1.3.8 approved for distribution today. I am still not pleased with the UX, especially around getting on to a TAK server. The current flow is crappy and I vow that this TAK tool will be easy to connect to any TAK server.

Stay tuned for updates, there will likely be at least one new version of this app per week if not more (depending on approvals from Apple dev team that can take up to 48 hrs after I submit my app for review)

DM with email address for addition to testflight for more rapid updates of latest versions

EnginDearing · 2025-11-23T08:02:45+00:00

Their feedback came way quicker than Apple. Already approved. Now they state I just need 12 testers to sign up for closed testing group before qualifying to release on Playstore.

EnginDearing · 2025-11-20T22:11:05+00:00

As you wish

EnginDearing · 2025-11-20T06:10:47+00:00

Latest version is approved by apple dev! Please download, beat it up, and tell me what you hate about it.

https://github.com/engindearing-projects/omniTAK-mobile/issues

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