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  • Eric 3:58 pm on May 15, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev Chat Summary for May 15, 2013 

    Several of the team were out at Google IO this week so we filled in the gaps as we were able. Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS
    • Android
    • WInPhone and BlackBerry
    • Git

    iOS

    • Accounts is nearly complete. Needs more testing but we’ll hold off until NUX is ready.
    • NUX is currently being tested and awaiting updated translations.
    • Progress continues on the native reader. Support for adding/replying to comments is underway and irbrad is joining the effort.

    Android

    The notifications release is currently in beta and very close to releasing. We haven’t decided what’s next but NUX is high on the list.

    WinP and BlackBerry

    BlackBerry is currently reviewing an update sent Monday, May 13th, and we expect it to be live in the store this week. This is basically version 2.3.3 of the Android app with some minor changes. The code is in the BlackBerry branch of the Android repository.

    A Windows Phone update was submitted Tuesday. This update addresses an issue with the sharing feature. We expect it to be live later today or tomorrow.

    Git

    We’ve been having some trouble with the git repository at ios.git.wordpress.org getting out of sync with our git checkouts and the mirror on github.com. The repositories have had trouble staying in sync and most recently the commit authors have been reset and no longer match. We suspect the culprit is the subgit software that manages syncing between the svn and git repositories hosted on wordpress.org.

    We discussed possible options:
    A) Give subgit one last try.
    B) Drop svn and make ios.git.wordpress.org the official repository, mirrored to github.
    C) Make the repository on github the official repo.

    We talked it over and decided the best course of action is to sunset the svn repo in favor of git. We will correct the repository at ios.git.wordpress.org and it will become the official repo for WPiOS with a two way mirror to github.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 22, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 4:34 pm on May 8, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev chat summary for May 8, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS projects update
    • Android projects update
    • Moving dev blog discussions to make/mobile (this blog)
    • Handbook reminder

    iOS projects update

    NUX (new welcome guide, improved WordPress.com sign up) is almost complete, need to look over copy and polish a few things, then should be ready to get it translated and tested.

    WordPress.com native reader project: picking up momentum again, currently working on threaded comments which is complicated.

    Accounts migration: need to write the actual core data migration but very close to completion. Should simplify the way WordPress.com accounts act under the hood in the iOS app.

    Android projects update

    A bug fix update is going out today that fixes a bug with featured images.

    The WordPress.com Notifications project is very close to beta, no word on when just yet but should be very soon.

    Moving dev blog discussions to make/mobile (this blog)

    We decided to close the dev blogs and (if possible) migrate their data to this blog instead and keep all discussions/announcements/etc in one place. The filtering on this p2 should make it easy to only see discussions about specific platforms if you only contribute to one. @mrroundhill took it on himself to investigate what’s needed for migrating the data. @isaackeyet (me) will look into a way to display sticky messages on the dev blogs once migrations are complete. The platform leads for each platform will also post a last post on each one of the dev blogs letting subscribed readers know that the blog has been merged with make/mobile (this would be @mrroundhill, @koke, and @daniloercoli for BlackBerry and Windows Phone).

    After the chat @nacin jumped in and let us know he will assist with the migrations as well.

    Handbook reminder

    @aerych reminded himself and all others that the Handbook is still in need of looking over and updating – please refer to the separate todo post for details on what’s left and who’s responsible for what.

    Other

    @daniloercoli let everybody know that there’s a new bug fix update live for Windows Phone. It has bug fixes as well as a small new feature that lets users share permalinks to other apps on the device (such as Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc).

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 15, 2013 at 15:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Eric 4:02 pm on May 1, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev chat summary for May 1st 2013 

    We had a short chat this week as several of the team were out due to travel, etc. Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS : status
    • Android : status

    iOS : status

    Continuing to make progress on our main fronts but there is still lots to do before we’re ready to ship new features — at least a couple more weeks.

    • Accounts: working through some of the issues with self-hosted vs .com blogs.
    • NUX: currently working on the wizard.
    • Reader: improvements to the detail view and starting support for comments.

    Android : status

    Shipping version 2.3.2 today. Details.
    Continuing to make progress on Notifications. Pushing the beta out to next week as there is more work to do.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 8, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 9:11 am on April 30, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    To make it even more inviting to contribute and kick-start great patches I added two buttons in the sidebar that are direct links to the GitHub repos for the iOS and Android projects. Hopefully this, with some updates to the mobile handbook should make it a lot less intimidating to actually start contributing.

     

  • Marko Heijnen 10:49 pm on April 26, 2013 Permalink | Reply  

    Today I did some fixes for exporting the resx format and after that I played with a bash script for updating pre defined languages per repo. The script can be found here: https://gist.github.com/markoheijnen/5468925. Curious if this is something that is useful to play further with and if so if we need to create a repo for it on Github.

     

    • daniloercoli 9:02 pm on April 28, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      Nice work Marko, I like that script!
      I think we can create a new repo under the WordPress Mobile organization, and put your script and other useful resources there.

      • Marko Heijnen 1:21 pm on April 29, 2013 Permalink | Reply

        It we can do that it would be awesome. I can then also create files for the other projects.

  • Eric 3:37 pm on April 25, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Sayak (a GSoC candidate) has been looking at the webOS app and taking notes on how to port it, and just generally how it works. This could potentially be used as a part of the mobile handbook. Starting a thread here that we can comment and give feedback on Sayak’s notes. Sayak can you add a comment with a link to your notes?

     

    • Sayak Sarkar 3:52 pm on April 25, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      Here’s the link to first plain-text draft of the guide:-

      https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public/A%20Guide%20to%20WordPress%20for%20WebOS

    • Sayak Sarkar 4:39 pm on April 25, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      Please find the directory consisting of the plain text files for the first draft of the WordPress for WebOS app here:-
      https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzFzGtkABcNJcFJta09QUzYyVVk&usp=sharing

      • Eric 3:00 pm on April 26, 2013 Permalink | Reply

        Hi Sayak,

        I took some time to read through the guide so far. Nice work! :) Here are a few thoughts:

        Intro: I think there is a little word-smithing that could really nail the opening tone. For example: you might consider avoiding strong phrases like “practically abandoned”. Also, if the goal of the guide is to help folks create new apps based off of the webOS codebase the intro should probably focus on that goal a bit more. Right now it seems weighted a little too much toward the history of the project.

        Getting Started: I think this does a great job explaining how to get the existing codebase up and running in a browser. :-)

        Sections 3 and 4: I think the level of detail here is very nice. It provides a great map for someone unfamiliar with the project and webOS apps. Looks like Section 4 is still a work in progress?

        What else do you have planned?

        @beaucollins Do you think you might have some time to look over these as well?

        • Sayak Sarkar 10:44 pm on April 26, 2013 Permalink | Reply

          Hi Eric,

          Thanks for going through the guide and for your valuable feedback. I’ll try to improve the document based upon this.

          I agree about the intro. Even I somehow had a bit of reservation about that part. Will improve this section. Also, when I started with the write up I wasn’t quite sure what would be the perfect introduction, hence the emphasis on the history. I will try and modify it to put more weight on the porting part.

          Also, you are correct about section 4 being a work in progress. At this point I’m a bit confused about how to make the transition from the Architecture to the actual part on where to focus for porting the application to other platforms.

          Currently I’m planning to do some more research about the architechtural similarities and differences of a web-app based upon WebOS and that of one built upon Firefox OS. Based on these I plan to arrive upon a conclusion on how best to go about the transition. This would help me in writing my GSoC application as well as extending the documentation. Once I’ve my application ready, it should be easier to follow the points and append to the guide.

          From what I can see at the moment, writing this guide is a gonna be a pretty long term affair. The reason behind this is, we can only write about the Porting mechanism once we have tried and tested it out on atleast one platform transition to maintain a good quality of documentation. This means that I would need to carry on with this documentation process during the actual coding period and write my observations as facts rather than a strong guesswork.

          Regards,
          Sayak

        • Sayak Sarkar 9:24 pm on April 27, 2013 Permalink | Reply

          Hey Eric,

          I have just updated the Introduction as per your suggestions. Please do let me know if further modifications are required once you go thrugh it.

          Regards,
          Sayak

          • Eric 2:37 pm on April 29, 2013 Permalink | Reply

            Crafting a good intro can be tough. Its much nicer now. :)

  • Isaac Keyet 3:38 pm on April 24, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev chat summary for April 24, 2013

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS : version 3.5.3 released
    • iOS : status
    • Android : version 2.3.1 released
    • Android : status
    • Windows Phone : status
    • Mobile Handbook Reminder

    iOS : version 3.5.3 released

    The latest version of the app was released on Monday April 23, and has fixed even more crashes and bugs. Unfortunately there’s still a crash occurring with featured images.

    iOS : status

    Now working on some improvements to the WPcom Notifications screen and looking into ways the app can better handle accounts (from both WPcom and multisite installs).

    NUX project: wrapped up (*crosses fingers*) some of the stuff that will improve the signup flow and have shifted toward the wizard walkthrough features.

    Native WPcom reader project: implementation is progressing. Basic views are implemented and being iterated on. Currently working on the best way to handle video in posts.

    Android : version 2.3.1 released

    A bug fix update for version 2.3 (Holo update) of the Android app was released. This took care of a handful of crashes and a multitasking issue.

    Android : status

    Another bug fix release with some fixes to the ActionBarSherlock library and James Hu’s comment editing patch.

    The next major version is 2.4 (WPcom Notifications). This release is progressing, push notifications are working and the UI is being wired up.

    Windows Phone : status

    Nothing big in the pipeline, although there’s now a milestone with tickets for the next update.

    Mobile Handbook Reminder

    There are quite a few items left to do, both assigned and open — you know who you are! Let’s wrap this up. Eric said he’s started to look into the remaining items for Windows Phone.

    Rachel got in touch (yay!) so we’ll bring her up to speed on the status of the handbook as well.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on July 1, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Marko Heijnen 12:21 pm on April 23, 2013 Permalink | Reply  

    Fine tuning translation process 

    Currently I’m working on improving some things in GlotPress (blogpost first tickets). I did saw ticket #126 from Danilo about Incorrect RRC export what I don’t understand yet what the issue is. I did heard some more issues/requests that aren’t noted yet and would love to hear them. So please report them on GlotPress trac or comment on this post so I can take a look.

    Also curious if the flow can be improved by allow to download all translations of a project (100% translated). There should be however be a standard for the export method. That does needs feedback on name standardization on OS level since it seems lacking of standardization.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 11:28 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    We’re coming up on the end of the contributor handbook schedule. May 17th is the last date for all handbook components, after that there’s only editing left. We’ve not followed the exact structure as suggested by Docs, but we’re not far from having all parts ready either. So as we’re approaching the home stretch, I thought it best to create a check list of remaning items so we make sure everything gets done in time.

    I’ll assign people to complete the pages to the best of my knowledge.

    Introduction

    iOS

    The state of the iOS and Graphics sections are far behind the rest, so these two only have general todos.

    Android

    BlackBerry

    Windows Phone

    Can’t find the reference right now, but if I remember correctly @daniloercoli, @aerych, and @sendhilp all wanted to take another look at the Windows Phone section. Please divide any items here in between you!

    Other Apps

    Contribute with Design

    All items assigned to @isaackeyet

    Assist with Testing

    XML-RPC & API Contributions

    General Guides

    Any takers here? @beaucollins comes to mind, let me know if you’re up for taking these on.

    Tips & Tricks

    Credits

    Other todos

     

    • daniloercoli 8:33 am on April 19, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      BlackBerry: I will update/finish the section “Intro to app development”, but other than that don’t think we need to spend other time on this platform, that is now deprecated (BB10 is out since Jan), and the app didn’t see an update (and any contributor) since mid 2012.

  • Eric 2:07 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Interesting post over on polyglots about supporting non-system languages in the Android app. cc @mrroundhill

     

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