A app to read all books of HH Pope Shenouda III. Install the app from Google Play.
Mainly there are 2 old codebases:
- Java programming language + plain text files as database
- Java programming language + SQLite db
But this new codebase will be written in Kotlin with UI in Jetpack Compose + SQLite db with more features.
I want this app to be the goto app for reading all books written by or about HH Pope Shenouda III.
In brief, the goals of the app are:
- all books of Pope Shenounda III
- the app size must be as small as possible to enable more people to keep the app on their phones
- the app must support new and old versions of Android OS as possible
Current state of the app according to the vision:
- only 18 books were added
- the app is around 10 MB which is great
- the app is available for smartphones with Android 6.0 (2015) up to Android 14 (2023, the latest version)
I created the app to be available to all people who need it, all the time, everywhere. I'd like to create a developer community to maintain the app indefinitely.
- older app releases
- use plain text files as a database for each chapter of each app (I will explain this in a blog post and/or video)
- touch gestures to navigate pages of the books
- written in Java with available Android/Java APIs/ABIs
- v2.0.0
- 18 books added
- remember last opened page (from old codebase)
- migrate from plain text files to SQlite db (from old codebase)
- still written in Java with XML Android Layouts
- support Android 6.0 up to Android 14 (SDK 34)
- Next Version
- rewrite the app in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose
- 0 poems added
- search in all books
- search in a certain book