full rewrite of phone app

[CorvetteCole]

Full rewrite of the phone companion app is necessary. here are some vague ideas on what the new one will do differently:

• proper data separation as per android architecture components guidelines
• data binding for ui
• no hardcoded settings or stored values in the phone app, they load dynamically from the current settings etc stored on the watch face. this allows me to add settings to the watch without needing to update the companion app
• simplified user experience, with a few default optimized layouts provided upon first open and all settings available afterwards to customized as desired

[CorvetteCole]

@MenosGrante I saw you at one point forked the project to work on a phone app redesign. Would you be interested in working with me on this? If no I totally understand!

[Daninator1]

Don't know if still relevant but I would also be interested in helping with the redesign. Only have a little bit of background in Android App development but am eager to learn and improve. 🙂

[CorvetteCole]

@Daninator1 I still haven't worked out the UI design but I'm going to be doing some sketches and coming up with it. The new app will adhere to the Android Architecture Components fully so should be easy to add on to. I'll share design mockups here, and you can too if you have any ideas

[Daninator1]

Alright, will do! Do you plan on moving over to Kotlin as well when doing the rewrite or stay with Java?

[CorvetteCole]

I'm staying with Java because I don't know Kotlin as well. Also I feel like Java is more widely known and therefore makes the project more approachable to outsiders

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[Daninator1]

Got you. Currently taking a look at the Android Architecture Components to see how the current feature set of the phone app could work with that.

[CorvetteCole]

@Daninator1 long delay on this, but I'm starting the rewrite now. I will be creating a new branch for the rewrite. I have a VERY rough initial first design draft I will share below. I have a lot of iteration to do, but I welcome your feedback :)
New Phone App.pdf

[Daninator1]

Great, will check this out asap! :)
I also created a prototype a while ago, took a bit of a break in the meantime. Maybe some parts of it can be useful as well.

[CorvetteCole]

@Daninator1 Are you already part of the internal testing group for the app? If not, send the email you'd like to be enrolled to [email protected]. Or don't if you want a stable app. This redesign is likely to take a month or so to fully implement

[Daninator1]

No I'm not, will send the mail right away!