StickySessions

StickySessions is an application that helps medium to large teams to share and store their thoughts through digital-like retrospective sessions. This is the repository of the Android app.

Usage

This Android app is intended to be used along with Backend and Web applications. Please check their repositories for more information about how to run them.

An usual session would follow steps below:

1. User creates a session on app
2. He shares the session link with team
3. Team start adding notes during a predefined time
4. Team discuss notes taken on web app
5. A mediator export notes on web app and send them to team.

Development

Server communication

Project has 3 flavors (Prod, Stag and Local) which change backend URL used by app.

• Prod is intended for production and should be used only on real meetings
• Stag is intended for usual development on Android client's side
• Local flavor is intended for local backend development where developer connects the device via USB and uses adb reverse tcp:3000 tcp:3000 command to redirect requests to local machine.

Setup

The app uses Google Sign-in with Firebase authentication as its login method therefore in order to compile it you need to setup an Firebase account, associate app on console, download google-services.json file and add it to the project.

App's Version

The app's version is controlled by a simple algorithm implemented on versioning.gradle file and uses major.minor.build format according to values defined in versio.properties file.

The build portion is automatically incremented by the number of commits merged. To increase major or minor parts of version, please follow steps below:

• Run the following command to get the current number of commits:

  git rev-list HEAD --count

• Update VERSION_BUILD_BASE with that number
• Then increment desired part of app's version
  • If increment is on VERSION_MAJOR portion, please clear VERSION_MINOR.