Hi, If you need help doing Android stuff, I can help you ^^ Also I think your idea is a good one, I could do also an iPhone client if the rest of the people agrees.
Cheers! El 06/04/2010, a las 17:46, Silvère Lestang escribió: > Hi all, > I would like to work on ownCloud for the GSoC as this project really > interested me, but I have little knowledge of C++/Qt and the > proposal of a syncing client for KDE is already taken. > I think that a syncing client for another platform can be good idea > and will make ownCloud less KDE centric. I know quite well Java for > using it in many modules at the Uni and I want to make a Android > application but never find a good idea of app to make. So I would > like to develop an ownCloud syncing client for Android platform as a > GSoC project. > > The number of Android devices is currently increasing rapidly and > will certainly explode in the incoming months/years, making the > Android platform a relevant choice to bring ownCloud to a maximum of > users. > Furthermore mobile device have typically a little of storage making > difficult to keep in it a lot of files but as you always have it > with you, it's the perfect device to access all your data wherever > you are. So the Android syncing client could download files only on > request (e.g. from your mobile, you browse your files which are > store on your ownCloud server and when you find the one that you > want, the client download it) and upload only when certain rules are > follow (e.g. upload all my new files to the server only when I am > connect with wifi). I need to think more about the uniqueness of the > mobile platform and how we can handle them but I think I can make it. > > Do you think my idea is good? Do you think it's can work as a GSoC > project? > I am conscious than I need to find a mentor with knowledge of the > Android platform and that most people working on ownCloud are from > the KDE community, where can I find a mentor? (Android dev mailing > list?) > I am also conscious that I start to think about this quite late as > the deadline for student application is Friday of this week but it > was difficult to me devote time to this because of the Uni. > > Cheers, > > Silvère > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
