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Android app and T-shirts

Update #4 · May 26, 2012 · 4 comments

It's day 3 and I'm nearly 250% funded!

Lots of backers want an Android app to run on their phone or tablet. It makes sense; photos and videos you take can be automatically synced to your computer and backed up; you can browse through all your files and choose ones to download to the phone.

So I've done some investigation and it won't be as hard as I'd thought. It won't all need to be rewritten from scratch, and a git-annex app should be able to be put in the Android app store! (No rooting needed.) Still, I will need to take quite a lot of time to learn about Android development, do porting of git, git-annex, and other programs it uses, write some Java code to tie it all together, etc. I may need to hire an Android expert for some part. So, I'm setting a funding goal of $9000 (just $2k more!) -- if that's reached I will add an Android port to my roadmap.

To help get there, and because the limited USB drive reward is almost sold out, I've added a new reward: A T-shirt! It'll be quality material, available in your size, and have a design determined by a poll of its backers.

Consider upgrading your $5 or $10 pledge to get a nice T-shirt and help make the Android port happen!

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      Creator Joey Hess on May 27, 2012

      Absolutely, this is free software, developed in the right way: http://github.com/joeyh/git-annex

      I also have a wiki for this project: http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/

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      Creator Steven King on May 27, 2012

      Will you be developing this in an open manor (ala github or bitbucket?)? I have some android experience and I'd love to help out where I can or at least help test.

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      Creator Joey Hess on May 26, 2012

      The only special remotes that could be problematic are those needing external programs: ssh, rsync, bup, and remotes encrypted with gpg. Only ones whose programs can run on android will work of course.

      The rest, like Amazon S3 and any new ones added for this Kickstarter, are just part of the code and will port over to Android along with it.

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      Creator Andreas Kloeckner on May 26, 2012

      What types of special remotes do you imagine supporting in the app?

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    My sincere thanks, your name in a credits file on the website, and of course I'll notify you of my progress, and make sure you get the final product.

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
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    Git-annex stickers for your drives.

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
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    Git-annex T-shirt. Available in multiple sizes. Quality material. Design will be determined by a poll, but perhaps something like the project logo and "my other cloud is a git annex".

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
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    Custom printed USB keychain with the git-annex logo. Preconfigured to use with git-annex. Size TBD, but at least a couple of gigabytes.

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    16 gigabyte custom printed USB keychain drive (slim metal key format) with the git-annex logo. Preconfigured to use with git-annex.

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    Help set my priorities for which features are the most important. I aim to make the git-annex assistant please you right out of the box by supporting exactly what you need. Also, git-annex stickers for your drives.

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
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    Be my beta tester for the git-annex assistant. You will influence the project throughout, and will set my priorities for which features are the most important.

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
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    Join me for dinner in San Francisco, along with the other major backers. (mid-August 2012)

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