Android:Roadmap

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Contents 1 Version 0.1 2 Version 0.2 3 Version 0.3 4 Version 0.4 5 ToDo 6 Version 100.0

Version 0.1

This is trunk, as of revision 22.

Version 0.2

• show the preferences when it's not been set by the user. That is roughly functional.
• some sort of indication when there is a background task running. AsyncTask
• An extended HttpClient that has shorter than the default time-outs. This is useful if there's a miss-configuration and no connection can be established.
  • I still need to move the values to the preference screen.
• Changed class names to Java naming conventions.
• Changed the field type for the server IP/domain entry as it was only accepting numbers (not allowing "." for an IP-address).
• Improve layout for optimal screen-space
• Clicking list items send item live
• Search item and
  • send live
  • add to service (only in lp:~johanmynhardt/openlp/android branch still)

Version 0.3

• Cleaner notification during network interactions
• Blank to theme, Show desktop options
• i18n support: 789669 - Started on Transiflex

Version 0.4

• Clean up UI to fit with multiple Activities - like Android Twitter
• Split Blanking and Alerts into separate Activities
• Make Service Item an activity off the main Service - Long Click.
• Clean up error handling and messages.
• StageView Tab to track stage view with auto scaling.
• Allow Service and item display fonts to be user sized.

ToDo

• • Search Dialog
  • BaseExpandableListAdapter
  • ExpandableListView on Android
  • Steps to implement ExpandableListView in android

• Option to disable screen turning off. Perhaps three way: (Off/Dim/Bright) [1]
  • To keep the screen on isn't that difficult... trying to do the dim option.
• Add connection manager in order to achieve the following:
  • Polling, so current song and verse is updated on slide view and current item on service
  • Cleaner notification during network interactions
  • Ensure that correct slides are showing before switching to slide view (Auto-switch disabled for now as it's not always displaying the correct slides)
• Perhaps option to go to next/previous slide via hardware volume control? (Note, this might go against developer guidelines, so perhaps not...)
• Blank to theme, Show desktop options
• Theme switcher
• Configure multiple host/port settings. Say one for home, one for Church, one for Sunday school.
• Allow app to be moved to the SD card
  • Need testing: OpenLP.apk
  • does this help? [2] [3]
• i18n support: 789669
  • The only thing that should actually happen for i18n support is the translation service to be used since Android has good support by default.
• Creating an android service for pinging the status of the OpenLP service
• Make Poll a background service and running on a timer (configurable)
• *ViewPager*
  • Tutorial on ViewPager
  • Documentation on ViewPager or Swiping

I have been thinking of the app usage-flow before diving into changing stacks of code: The first thing I am going to attempt is to see whether I can keep the current layout and just add the ViewPager to go to the service/other views. But while thinking about that, it occurred to me that it might be nicer having the view paging per-activity, so for example one would be able to swipe previous/next service/slide items. We should discuss what we actually want in a swipe view, the service parts (service, slide, alert, misc) or the items in the activities (previous/next service/song item).

Version 100.0

• Add song database, with option to download from/sync with OpenLP.
• Song editor/creator in App, and sync these up to OpenLP
• Order of service features:
  • Download service from OpenLP
  • Open/Save service locally to SD card
  • Upload service back to OpenLP
  • Change service offline, so services can be planned on the go (via Song database above)
  • Email service in human-readable form.