[mobile-devel] And Bible Tab for the future

[Marcin Sanecki]

Hi Martin,

I see that you have good understanding what comes in the future.
Please tell how do you do it ?

That is next idea from you which is great I think. From one hand it
will prepare good software for coming devices and trends and from
another hand such project give a grate opportunity for every developer
who in hungry to learn new nice and fresh technologies. I am glad to
be able to see it.

Regards,
Marcin

2011/2/7 Martin Denham <mjdenham at gmail.com>:
> 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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