GSoC 2018

Ideas List

Improve the automated testing setup of the Kiwix Android application.

Summary:

We have a basic automated test setup for our Android app.

Improvements to be made:

• Abstract large parts of the app to use dagger dependency injection e.g shared preferences
• Use this to create more meaningful tests
• Improve stability of existing tests

Skills needed

• Android dev experience (Java)
• Experience with CI/Automated testing.

Improve android onboarding experience.

Summary:

The onboarding experience for Kiwix Android should be improved to allow users to

More easily find content they are looking for..

Improvements to be made:

• Create a new initial landing page with suggested ZIM files.
• Improve download management UI and UX to flow more naturally
• Create a custom bug report setup to allow users to make their issues known more easily.

Skills needed

• Android dev experience (Java)
• Some UI design
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript to make a simple web panel for issues?

Implement full multizim support

Summary:

Multizim search is an experimental app option. You would be implementing it fully

With cross ZIM file linking, auto download of extra content, more taylored search.

Improvements to be made:

• Improve search functionality to include an image and a snippet.
• Implement a download page to download “predetermined content” that would work specifically with custom apps.
• Work with team members to formalise spec for cross ZIM Urls.
• Backup download for Custom apps.

Skills needed

• Android dev experience (Java)
• Basic knowledge of the JNI.
• Some UI design

Improve Custom App implementations

Summary:

Our custom apps are a great way for users to download a subset of the content that

They want without extra baggage.

Improvements to be made:

• Validate ZIM files from hash.
• Implement backup download solution using existing code.
• Write a simple intuitive UI for this download solution.
• Research solutions for embedded ZIM files and implement the most feasible solution.
• Look into the best way to relocate/ share OBB files if possible.

Skills needed:

• Android dev experience (Java)
• Basic knowledge of the JNI.
• Some UI design