android: connection steps on Home as in the Final 2026 mockup, read from the daemon log

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/ui/compose/HomeScreen.kt

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import org.strongswan.android.ui.compose.home.CertExpiry
 import org.strongswan.android.ui.compose.home.certExpiry
 import org.strongswan.android.ui.compose.home.snoozeCertExpiry
+import org.strongswan.android.ui.compose.home.connectProgress
 import org.strongswan.android.R
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.widthIn
 import org.strongswan.android.logic.routing.RuIpListManager
@@ -255,6 +256,14 @@ fun HomeScreen(
 	val certExpiry by produceState<CertExpiry?>(null, certAlias, certSnoozes) {
 		value = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { certExpiry(context, certAlias) }
 	}
+	val connectingNow = state.vpnState == State.CONNECTING
+	val connectStep by produceState(1, connectingNow) {
+		while (connectingNow)
+		{
+			value = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { connectProgress(context) }
+			kotlinx.coroutines.delay(600)
+		}
+	}
 	val model = HomeModel(
 		state = state,
 		traffic = traffic,
@@ -270,6 +279,7 @@ fun HomeScreen(
 		unread = unreadEvents,
 		findingFastest = findingFastest,
 		certExpiry = certExpiry,
+		connectStep = connectStep,
 	)
 	val actions = HomeActions(
 		connect = { selected?.let { viewModel.connect(context, it) } },

src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/ui/compose/home/ConnectSteps.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 SHX VPN
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ */
+
+package org.strongswan.android.ui.compose.home
+
+import android.content.Context
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
+import org.strongswan.android.R
+import org.strongswan.android.logic.CharonVpnService
+import org.strongswan.android.ui.compose.theme.LocalShxColors
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile
+
+/**
+ * How far the running connection got (F_HomeConnecting), read from the
+ * daemon log, which starts fresh for every connection:
+ * 1 the network is there, 2 the server answered, 3 sign-in passed,
+ * 4 the tunnel is up.  Returns the number of finished steps.
+ */
+internal fun connectProgress(context: Context): Int
+{
+	val text = tail(File(context.filesDir, CharonVpnService.LOG_FILE)) ?: return 1
+	var done = 1
+	if (text.contains("received packet"))
+	{
+		done = 2
+	}
+	if (Regex("authentication of .* successful").containsMatchIn(text) || Regex("IKE_SA .* established").containsMatchIn(text))
+	{
+		done = 3
+	}
+	if (Regex("CHILD_SA .* established").containsMatchIn(text))
+	{
+		done = 4
+	}
+	return done
+}
+
+/* the last 64 KiB are plenty for one connection attempt */
+private fun tail(file: File): String?
+{
+	if (!file.exists())
+	{
+		return null
+	}
+	return runCatching {
+		RandomAccessFile(file, "r").use { f ->
+			val start = (f.length() - 65536).coerceAtLeast(0)
+			f.seek(start)
+			val bytes = ByteArray((f.length() - start).toInt())
+			f.readFully(bytes)
+			String(bytes, Charsets.UTF_8)
+		}
+	}.getOrNull()
+}
+
+/** The four steps: ✓ done, … current (purple), empty grey ones ahead. */
+@Composable
+internal fun ConnectStepsPanel(done: Int, network: String, serverRtt: String)
+{
+	val c = LocalShxColors.current
+	val steps = listOf(
+		stringResource(R.string.connect_step_network) to network,
+		stringResource(R.string.connect_step_server) to serverRtt,
+		stringResource(R.string.connect_step_auth) to "",
+		stringResource(R.string.connect_step_tunnel) to "",
+	)
+	CheckPanel {
+		steps.forEachIndexed { i, (title, value) ->
+			when
+			{
+				i < done -> CheckLine("✓", c.successContainer, c.onSuccess, title, value)
+				i == done -> CheckLine("…", c.accent, androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color.White, title, "", strong = true)
+				else -> CheckLine("", c.tile, c.iconMuted, title, "", muted = true)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

src/frontends/android/app/src/main/java/org/strongswan/android/ui/compose/home/HomeContent.kt

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ internal data class HomeModel(
 	val unread: Int,
 	val findingFastest: Boolean,
 	val certExpiry: CertExpiry? = null,
+	/* finished steps of the running connection (F_HomeConnecting) */
+	val connectStep: Int = 1,
 )
 
 /** What Home can do. */
@@ -187,8 +189,8 @@ internal fun HomeContent(m: HomeModel, a: HomeActions)
 				{
 					HeroBlob(heroLookConnecting(), ShxIcons.Power, stringResource(R.string.home_cancel_connect), a.disconnect)
 					HeroCaption(
-						stringResource(if (connecting) R.string.status_connecting else R.string.state_disconnecting),
-						name,
+						stringResource(if (connecting) R.string.home_connecting else R.string.state_disconnecting),
+						if (connecting) stringResource(R.string.home_connect_step, name, (m.connectStep + 1).coerceAtMost(4)) else name,
 					)
 				}
 				else ->
@@ -323,6 +325,20 @@ internal fun HomeContent(m: HomeModel, a: HomeActions)
 				connecting || s.vpnState == State.DISCONNECTING ->
 				{
 					server()
+					if (connecting)
+					{
+						val (wifi, cell) = m.networkKinds
+						ConnectStepsPanel(
+							m.connectStep,
+							network = when
+							{
+								wifi -> stringResource(R.string.network_wifi)
+								cell -> stringResource(R.string.network_cellular)
+								else -> ""
+							},
+							serverRtt = if (m.connectStep >= 2) m.serverRttMs?.let { stringResource(R.string.diag_ms, it.toInt()) }.orEmpty() else "",
+						)
+					}
 					ShxButton(stringResource(R.string.home_cancel), a.disconnect, style = ShxButtonStyle.TONAL, height = 48.dp, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth())
 				}
 				else ->

src/frontends/android/app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml

@@ -1123,4 +1123,10 @@
     <string name="battery_check_again">Проверить снова</string>
     <string name="consent_hint_title">Сейчас Android спросит разрешение</string>
     <string name="consent_hint_text">Это стандартное окно для любого VPN. Нажмите «ОК» — без этого подключиться нельзя.</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_network">Сеть</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_server">Сервер ответил</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_auth">Проверка входа</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_tunnel">Туннель и маршруты</string>
+    <string name="home_connect_step">%1$s · шаг %2$d из 4</string>
+    <string name="home_connecting">Подключаемся…</string>
 </resources>

src/frontends/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -1109,4 +1109,10 @@
     <string name="battery_check_again">Check again</string>
     <string name="consent_hint_title">Android will now ask for permission</string>
     <string name="consent_hint_text">This is the standard window for any VPN. Tap «OK» — without it the VPN cannot connect.</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_network">Network</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_server">Server answered</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_auth">Sign-in check</string>
+    <string name="connect_step_tunnel">Tunnel and routes</string>
+    <string name="home_connect_step">%1$s · step %2$d of 4</string>
+    <string name="home_connecting">Connecting…</string>
 </resources>