'Re: [Owncloud] GSoC idea: syncing client for Android'

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Subject: Re: [Owncloud] GSoC idea: syncing client for Android
From: Silvère_Lestang <silvere.lestang () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-04-07 16:36:21
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Hi all,
I apply to the GSoC, my proposal is here:
http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/show/google/gsoc2010/silve=
relestang/t127065774492
Now I have to wait and see whats happen.

Silv=E8re

2010/4/6 Silv=E8re Lestang <silvere.lestang@gmail.com>

> Hi all,
> I would like to work on ownCloud for the GSoC as this project really
> interested me, but I have little knowledge of C++/Qt and the proposal of =
a
> syncing client for KDE is already taken.
> I think that a syncing client for another platform can be good idea and
> will make ownCloud less KDE centric. I know quite well Java for using it =
in
> many modules at the Uni and I want to make a Android application but neve=
r
> find a good idea of app to make. So I would like to develop an ownCloud
> syncing client for Android platform as a GSoC project.
>
> The number of Android devices is currently increasing rapidly and will
> certainly explode in the incoming months/years, making the Android platfo=
rm
> a relevant choice to bring ownCloud to a maximum of users.
> Furthermore mobile device have typically a little of storage making
> difficult to keep in it a lot of files but as you always have it with you=
,
> it's the perfect device to access all your data wherever you are. So the
> Android syncing client could download files only on request (e.g. from yo=
ur
> mobile, you browse your files which are store on your ownCloud server and
> when you find the one that you want, the client download it) and upload o=
nly
> when certain rules are follow (e.g. upload all my new files to the server
> only when I am connect with wifi). I need to think more about the uniquen=
ess
> of the mobile platform and how we can handle them but I think I can make =
it.
>
> Do you think my idea is good? Do you think it's can work as a GSoC projec=
t?
> I am conscious than I need to find a mentor with knowledge of the Android
> platform and that most people working on ownCloud are from the KDE
> community, where can I find a mentor? (Android dev mailing list?)
> I am also conscious that I start to think about this quite late as the
> deadline for student application is Friday of this week but it was diffic=
ult
> to me devote time to this because of the Uni.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Silv=E8re
>

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Hi all, I apply to the GSoC, my proposal is here: <a \
href="http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/show/google/gsoc2010/silvereles \
tang/t127065774492">http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/show/google/gsoc2010/silverelestang/t127065774492</a> 
 Now I have to wait and see whats happen. Silvère <div \
class="gmail_quote">2010/4/6 Silvère Lestang &lt;<a \
href="mailto:silvere.lestang@gmail.com">silvere.lestang@gmail.com</a>&gt; <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi all, I would like to work on ownCloud for the \
GSoC as this project really interested me, but I have little knowledge of C++/Qt and \
the proposal of a syncing client for KDE is already taken. I think that a syncing \
client for another platform can be good idea and will make ownCloud less KDE centric. \
I know quite well Java for using it in many modules at the Uni and I want to make a \
Android application but never find a good idea of app to make. So I would like to \
develop an ownCloud syncing client for Android platform as a GSoC project.

The number of Android devices is currently increasing rapidly and will certainly \
explode in the incoming months/years, making the Android platform a relevant choice \
to bring ownCloud to a maximum of users. Furthermore mobile device have typically \
a little of storage making difficult to keep in it a lot of files but as you always \
have it with you, it&#39;s the perfect device to access all your data wherever you \
are. So the Android syncing client could download files only on request (e.g. from \
your mobile, you browse your files which are store on your ownCloud server and when \
you find the one that you want, the client download it) and upload only when certain \
rules are follow (e.g. upload all my new files to the server only when I am connect \
with wifi). I need to think more about the uniqueness of the mobile platform and how \
we can handle them but I think I can make it.

Do you think my idea is good? Do you think it&#39;s can work as a GSoC \
project? I am conscious than I need to find a mentor with knowledge of the Android \
platform and that most people working on ownCloud are from the KDE community, where \
can I find a mentor? (Android dev mailing list?)

I am also conscious that I start to think about this quite late as the deadline for \
student application is Friday of this week but it was difficult to me devote time to \
this because of the Uni.<br><br>Cheers,<br><font color="#888888"><br> Silvère<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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