Gnucash for Android release candidate

[Ngewi Fet]

hi,
Of course, the distinction should be clear that Gnucash for Android is not
the same as Gnucash for the desktop.
The goal is to get the two (desktop and mobile versions) even closer to
each other over time.

I am personally fine with either way, if it can be linked to on the GnuCash
website with a disclaimer, that will be ok.
I will provide links to app once I have uploaded it to the Play store so
they can be linked.

Cheers,
Ngewi

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Muslim Chochlov
<muslim.chochlov at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There are numerous expense tracking apps on the android market. Most
> of them offer various export options regardless of a backend to which
> the data is saved. However, this generic approach is their advantage
> and drawback at the same time. It allows them to target a wider range
> of accounting software but in many cases makes import operation to be
> quite a mess. GnuCash is a classic desktop application an it needed a
> link to a growing world of mobile applications via frontend mobile
> app. The mobile app should have had clear and GnuCash-cut import
> procedure which would not put too much overhead on an end user. Those
> were two main considerations behind gsoc project.
> GnuCash Mobile is not GnuCash, however it is not an absolutely alien
> third-party app as well. I suppose we could look at it as a GnuCash
> desktop extension into mobile area. A frontend that collects and
> stores temporal data for later export into desktop app, where all
> magic happens.
>
> Having all above said, I think subdomain should not be used to
> represent GnuCash mobile. A left side section with a disclaimer (what
> is and what for is used mobile app), link to a mobile app page, and
> link to source code sounds more appropriate to me. It could look like:
> "GnuCash mobile"
> - About
> - Official page
> - Source code
> Suppose in this way we will not confuse users about what Gnucash and
> Gnucash Mobile are. Furthermore, we will keep users informed that
> GnuCash mobile is officially supported and they can report bugs and
> have their issues resolved.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Geert Janssens
> <janssens-geert at telenet.be> wrote:
> > Sorry Ngewi, for some reason I missed your question on the website
> > organisation.
> >
> > My first thought was that is would be a nice idea to use a gnucash.org
> > subdomain.
> >
> > While thinking it through more thouroughly, I am not sure. While GnuCash
> for
> > Android is really meant as a companion app to GnuCash on desktop, it is a
> > completely independent project. With that I mean:
> > - it doesn't share any code (it's even written in a totally different
> > language)
> > - it's not using the same source repository
> > - it's not using the same bug tracker
> > - it has different policies regarding patch submission,...
> > These are all fine by the way. But my feeling is that there is not
> > sufficient behind-the-scenes integration to warrant the same gnucash.org
> > subdomain. That would confuse users in my opinion.
> >
> > What I do think would be nice to have is a page on the GnuCash website
> that
> > promotes external, yet closely related projects. And in the case of
> GnuCash
> > for Android, I would even go as far as to promote it on the front page,
> > considering you are actively interacting with the GnuCash community
> > regarding your project.
> >
> > And finally note that my opinion on this is not carved in stone and open
> for
> > debate. I'm just formulating my idea given the information I see before
> me
> > at this moment.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Geert
> >
> >
> > On 26-10-12 10:30, Ngewi Fet wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> No reactions yet on my mail, who should I talk to for website updating
> >> issues.
> >> Maybe a direct mail is better.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ngewi
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Ngewi Fet <ngewif at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>> The Gnucash for Android app has reached release candidate status.
> >>> You can download it here:
> >>>
> >>>
> https://github.com/downloads/codinguser/GnucashMobile/GnucashMobile_v1.0.rc.apk
> >>>
> >>> There was a mention about putting a link to the on the main Gnucash
> page.
> >>> Right now, the project page I have set up and am using is
> >>> http://codinguser.github.com/GnucashMobile/
> >>> If this link should be accessible using a subdomain of gnucash.org,
> then
> >>> please let me know who to contact to make that happen.
> >>> (Can be done according to instructions at:
> >>> https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-pages)
> >>>
> >>> Also, any suggestions for improving the project page (especially
> >>> content-wise) is heartily welcome.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Ngewi
> >>>
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