I also think so. In addition, it would be great to add to it some gamified
tools to edit wikidata like the ones in
https://wikidata-game.toolforge.org/distributed/

Pau.

Missatge de Magogre <[email protected]> del dia dv., 4 de febr. 2022 a
les 9:24:

> Yeah, I'd be great to have the app for Wikidata.
>
> On Fri, 4 Feb, 2022, 3:25 am Denny Vrandečić, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think it would be great to have a mobile app for Wikidata.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 10:59 AM geislemx <
>> [email protected]> 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/
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