On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Fitz Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Thomas, Eduard:
Thanks for the quick reply. These help me a lot with my project.
Thomas, thank you very much for reminding me of the beta test in google play store. I have googled a little bit( https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/3131213?hl=en) and found that we could easily run a beta test, just upload the app, share a link with users. Maybe that's ok! As soon as I complete most of my issues, I will upload the app in the next few days, send emails and share a link.
2016-05-26 19:31 GMT+08:00 Eduard Moraru <[email protected]>:
Hi Fitz,
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Fitz Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Eduard
Very grateful for your advice :).
2016-05-25 22:46 GMT+08:00 Eduard Moraru <[email protected]>:
Hi Fitz, our GSoC 2016 student :),
The GSoC 2016 coding period has officially started on the 23rd of May.
I hope you have taken advantage of the bonding period to get up to speed with the XWiki project, its code and documentation, and that you have a pretty good idea of what you need to do to turn your project into a success.
Now I'm just struggling to develop and release the first version. I have written some small documents
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/android-authenticator/tree/master/document
and took screenshots of the app in the github repository
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/android-authenticator/blob/master/document/...
. And also in jenkins I have build a small version of the android-authenticator
http://ci.xwiki.org/view/All/job/Contrib%20-%20Android%20Authenticator/ws/ap...
, and the third-party android app for testing authenticator here
http://ci.xwiki.org/view/All/job/Contrib%20-%20Android%20Authenticator/ws/au...
. If you have the time, you can install the two apps and help me test the design and logic :).
Great stuff! I will need some time to digest all of that ;), but it looks like you`ve taken care of most of the setup and are now focused on actual development. That`s really good! Thanks for sharing!
Maybe in the next week I can release the first version of the android-authenticator. now there are still some issues in jira for me to deal with.
http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/ANDAUTH-8?jql=project%20%3D%20ANDAUTH%20AND%20r...
, like using okhttp replacing my custom library, the update logic of android app new version, the security issue and the photo upload.
As for tips and things that you need to do in the following (coding) period, please make sure you read carefully the these 2 dedicated
sections
[1][2] in the student guidelines [3], particularly: * keeping your progress report page up to date [4] * creating your design page as instructed [5] * making your contribution to the XWiki project (pull request)
Thank you for your tips which are what I need :) . But actually I don't know where and how to make my project document. Should I update my progress report in this page
http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Androidcontact2016
? And create (and link) pages inside the GoogleSummerOfCode space for more details of the project ? Maybe I can have a try? :)
Yes, that`s the idea. We want the project page to list the project's description, the people working on it and the progress on the work that has been done for the project.
This does not mean that you should put everything on the project page. Each thing has its right place: * Documents detailing the design and architecture of the project, basically developer-centred documentation, go to design.xwiki.org ** I have created http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AndroidAuthenticator where you can move most of the technical documentation you have on github * Documents detailing the features and basically user-centred documentation goes to extensions.xwiki.org ** See the reply from Thomas with the extensions page that he created for you to use * Finally, progress report about your high-level progress on the GSoC project, basically GSoC-centred documentation, goes to the GSoC project page ** i.e. http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Androidcontact2016 ** Also remember to link inside the project page report to all the other pages you are creating (design, user documentation, source code location, testable builds/apks, Google Play app link, etc.) so that anyone looking at what you did can find your work from the project page.
Hope this makes things a bit clearer.
It's very clear, I see how to write my document. Thank you very much.
1) design.xwiki.org developer-centred technical Documents detailing the design and architecture of the project http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AndroidAuthenticator
2) extensions.xwiki.org user-centred Documents detailing the features and basically user-centred documentation http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Android%20authenticator...
3) progress report and other GSoC-centred documentation http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Androidcontact2016
4) link inside the project page including design, user documentation, source code location, testable builds/apks, Google Play app link, etc.
Working on your project is great, but it`s only half of the work that
GSoC
involves. The other half is integrating into the community, letting people know what your are working on, asking for help and learning to ask the right questions, and generally communicating about yourself and your work.
In order to keep in touch, additionally to reading and being active on the mailing list, you also need to be present on IRC as much as possible
(at
least while you are working on your project) so that: * people see you and can quickly get a hold of you * you are exposed to everyday community activity that might spark your interest * get more occasions to ask questions * get more occasions to help others with their problems should you know the answer * etc.
Uh, well, you know, now I'm not very familiar with our platform which have such a huge code and recently I am just concentrating on my andorid development. and sometimes I still have some school things to deal with. Anyway I will try my best to be present on IRC while I am working on my project :) . And in the next week, as I finish my first version, I can learn something more, fixing the existing JIRA issues and create some pull requsts. And also maybe I can write a complete android app combining the android-authenticator project and android-client project( https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/android-client). or maybe I could try to write a cross platform mobile application(IOS, android) using PhoneGap/Cordova. I'll keep working hard :). However, it seems that our web pages itself can support a variety of mobile platforms (ios/android). I do not know whether the development of mobile apps has more value and significance? Is it necessary?
We could discuss this later on, once your main GSoC task is closer to completion.
As you have guessed, and Thomas also confirmed, a better approach would be to focus on integrating XWiki into the Android operating system. Other examples could be of integrating with Notifications, Calendar, Photo gallery maybe, etc. we`ll see later.
Yes, it seems very interesting even though now I don't know how to do that :) . Anyway I'll firstly finish my first version of the authenticator app.
You don't have to do that, the point was more to indicate that an application that just do the same thing than the standard UI would not have much value. Anyway we'll see what you want to work on after you complete the GSOC, does not have to be Android if you want to work on something else. There is a lot of choices in XWiki world ;)
Thanks, Fitz
Thanks for the update, Eduard
Thanks, Fitz
Hope you are finding XWiki to be an interesting project and that you
are
enjoying your GSoC so far.
Thanks, Eduard
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