[wp-hackers] Wordpress Android App

[Leif Andersen]

Thank you.

@Mike, I don't know how successful porting the iPhone app directly would
be.  While someone could take the general structure of the app, I have yet
to see a line of Objective-C that would pass as a line of Java (with the
exception of lines that only contain braces), even the getters and setters
are different.

@Spamboy, I agree.  Keeping the two apps similar will be the biggest
challenge.  With the second biggest challenge plugging the app into the
wordpress framework, however, I do believe I could use code from the iPhone
App on that.

~Leif

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:26, Spamboy <ninodespam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Although I don't have an Android phone, I believe that a WordPress
> application for that platform should be produced.
>
> The trick you should be prepared to pull off are:
>
>   1. Keeping the feature sets similar between the iPhone and Android
>   applications
>   2. Ensuring that bugs and features rolled out in one application are
>   quickly followed by the other
>
> SB
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Mike Little <wordpress at zed1.com> wrote:
>
> > 2010/1/19 Leif Andersen <leif.a.andersen at gmail.com>
> >
> > > Hello, my name is Leif and I am a student at the University of Utah.  I
> > am
> > > interested in participating in the Google Summer of Code program if
> they
> > > have it this year.  I would like to create the Wordpress Android App.
>  I
> > am
> > > aware of Wptogo, however after seeing a few reviews of it, I believe
> that
> > > it
> > > could be much better.  My main question is, assuming that Google will
> > have
> > > GSoC 2010, and that Wordpress is participating, is the wordpress
> > developer
> > > community interested at all in having an Android App, or would the idea
> > go
> > > into deaf ears?
> > >
> > > I asked this in the #wordpress and #wordpress-dev channels on IRC, and
> > they
> > > pointed me to hear.  Also, whether or not Google has the GSoC program
> > this
> > > year, and whether or not I get accepted, I will work on said app
> > (assuming
> > > that there is any demand for it whatsoever, including myself), it's
> > mainly
> > > a
> > > matter of how much time I will be able to spend on it.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > ~Leif Andersen
> > >
> >
> >
> > Hi Leif,
> >
> > Speaking only for myself, I would welcome a WordPress Android App.
> >
> > I even considered doing it myself. Though I was thinking of porting the
> > official WordPress iPhone app. As open source and aimed at a similar
> > platform (in terms of functionality), it seemed like a good place to
> start.
> >
> > However lack of time and my reluctance to revive my
> not-touched-for-a-year
> > Java skills have kept me from doing anything about it.
> >
> > I hope you do get to do the app, whether as GSoC or not.  Good luck.
> >
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike Little
> > http://zed1.com/
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