Yeah, I'd be great to have the app for Wikidata. On Fri, 4 Feb, 2022, 3:25 am Denny Vrandečić, <vrande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >
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