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Re: Lets build a zim android app together!

 

I made a new wiki dedicated to android development, to avoid confusion with
the existing desktop version. It is here:
https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-android-mockapp/wiki

Will put a redirect at the logical places.

jaap


On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Marco Cevoli <marco.cevoli@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I didn't see this. Is it linked in the wiki home? If it isn't, can you
> put a link there?
>
> Cheers
>
> Marco Cevoli
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Paulo van Breugel
> <p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Jaap already created a page for this, so perhaps better to stick with
> that
> > page to avoid duplicates:
> > https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-android-mockapp/wiki
> >
> >
> > On 08-02-16 16:09, Marco Cevoli wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks, Jaap, good to know. I've done mockups in the past, so I'll try
> >> to find some time to design a first draft.
> >>
> >> I don't know if I had the right to do it, but I created a specific
> >> page on the Wiki:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-wiki/wiki/Android-app-design-and-development
> >>
> >> The first step would be to collect the features that would go into the
> >> Android app, so that I can create the mockup around them. That's why I
> >> suppose that the app won't do _all_ the things that the Desktop app
> >> does, but I might be wrong.
> >>
> >> HIH
> >>
> >> Marco Cevoli
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Jaap Karssenberg
> >> <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Marco,
> >>>
> >>> Afraid financing is not the limiting factor at this moment. Personally
> I
> >>> have a full time job in engineering, so more income would not allow me
> to
> >>> spent more time on zim.
> >>>
> >>> Besides, we actually have some money from donations, and so far it has
> >>> proven more difficult to find people to take the money than to find
> >>> people
> >>> willing to donate ...
> >>>
> >>> At this time what we really need is a few volunteers with some coding /
> >>> web
> >>> skills that enjoy diving in and helping out.
> >>>
> >>> However I'm open to proposals to get some of this work done in exchange
> >>> for
> >>> money. After all, a lot of donations do mention an android app as their
> >>> wishlist item.
> >>>
> >>> One task at this moment where non-techies could help is to make a
> mockup
> >>> of
> >>> how the application should look and describe where to click and what
> >>> happens. This kind of thing you can draw out in any paint program.
> >>> Putting
> >>> it in the wiki allows for collaboration on this.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Jaap
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Marco Cevoli <marco.cevoli@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Have you considered crowdfund the effort? Creating a crowdfunding
> >>>> project might give you the resources needed to jump-start the
> >>>> development and would be an easy way for non-techies to express their
> >>>> support.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just an idea.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Marco Cevoli
> >>>>
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