[mobile-devel] And Bible Tab for the future
Martin Denham
mjdenham at gmail.com
Mon Feb 7 15:24:53 MST 2011
Hi,
There seems to be some buzz around Android Tabs (7"+ Android devices which
have more powerful or multiple processors and more memory) and I thought it
might be nice to write a new Sword app for Tabs and to take advantage of the
newer technologies too : Scala, ioc, Android 3.0 widgets, git/Mercurial
non-linear development.
Some framework ideas:
- initially based on And Bible for quick start but could fork later
- more complex ui to utilise larger screen
- multiple panels
- new widgets
- Scala (not Java) because Android architecture is based around multiple
threads etc., new devices have 2+ cpus, it simplifies code, and it is an
exciting technology
- JSword backend - but maybe create SSword (ScalaSword?) in the future
- ioc framework - Robojuice or SpringAndroid
- git or Mercurial - it makes sense to allow developers to play with new
ideas and merge
The above architecture would add to the size of the app which would be a
disadvantage for current mobiles but probably not too bad for Tabs or future
mobiles. It might take 6 months or a year to bear fruit by which time
mobile/tab device specs should have become greater.
There are lots of buzzwords there but I thought it might be the kind of app
that a lot of people pile into for fun and hopefully a nice Sword ui for
Android tabs emerges. Some of the ideas might make their way back into And
Bible.
I don't have enough time to lead this or get it off the ground (but I could
contribute) and I am not sure if anybody would be interested but the idea
came and seemed interesting so I thought I would suggest it.
Regards
Martin
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