Quick post for those looking for a capable Android client for Openfire. IM+ and IM+ Pro don’t support direct connections to an XMPP server such as Openfire: connections are made first to Shape’s servers then passed on to Openfire (see here for example). Of course, if you are wishing to connect to a private Openfire server, then IM+ Pro is effectively useless. It’s especially disappointing to find this out after shelling out for the “Pro” version, and Shape don’t exactly put a clear warning up or anything.
Xabber on the other hand does permit direct connections to an XMPP server, is free, ad-free, and comes with a nice UI to boot. So, for my purposes there is no competition to speak of :)
