I think it would be great to have a mobile app for Wikidata. On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 10:59 AM geislemx <geisl...@informatik.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Hey all, > > I hope this mail finds you well in this trying times. > Over the last month I invested some time and put a little project > together for personal purpose. Long story short it is a small > Wikidata/Wikibase App for Android. > > Currently it has similar capabilities to Termbox of the Webfrontend - > add a new Item, searching for an Item, editing an Item, etc. > The App is build in manner that it should be relatively easy to adapt it > for any instances of Wikibase. > Everything is written in Kotlin[1] and the data layer is forged in a way > to facilitate Kotlin Multiplatform[2] and after turning some screws to > support a given platform. This means writing an App for iOS with the > similar capabilities or a Desktop App would be much easier. For myself I > do not have a stable access to a Mac, otherwise I would made an iOS App > as well right away. > > However the user journey is still bumpy, since parts are missing like > loading bars and so on. Also the App only allows users to proceed > without login. Also multi-language support of the UI is missing and the > design needs a lot more love (like bring up a proper color system for > theming). Summa summarum please consider it as an early alpha or an very > very late prototype. > > I made a little screen cast which you can find in the endnotes[3]. If > you wish to try it out yourself, you can go ahead[4][5]. But please be > aware even if the packages are tightly tested, I have currently only one > real device to test it on and emulators do not always tell the truth, so > expect app crashes (even there should be none). Also the App is > currently hooked against the test instance of Wikidata[6], so anything > you do will not propagated to main instance of Wikidata and you will not > be able to retrieve data from there. > > So why I am writing? Well, I would like to know, if the community has > interest in such a thing - an App for Wikidata/Wikibase. Anything else > can wait until this question is answered, since it will cost time to > bring it into a publishable state. Please consider this would give the > opportunity the obtain access to the sensors of a mobile device like > geolocation, camera, etc and make them usable by Wikibase/Wikidata. > If the community sees the value in this little project, I also like to > ask for support/if there are people who are willing to embark on this > with me. > I hope you have a pleasant rest of the day. > > Cheers > > > Matthias > > > Endnotes: > [1]: https://kotlinlang.org/ > [2]: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform.html > [3]: https://box.hu-berlin.de/d/66b0055734c3485b8d22/ > [4]: https://box.hu-berlin.de/f/45c45774cff14c5fad55/?dl=1 > [5]: https://www.javatpoint.com/how-to-install-apk-on-android > [6]: https://test.wikidata.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >
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