Geni for Android

This app is based on the best open-source genealogy app currently available, Family Gem, which currently has 50K+ downloads on the Google Play store (link). See the website for its features and screenshots.

Updates

You can see the updates to the code as they happen by clicking here.

You can also find my updates on a Geni discussion here

Here is a summary of what is being worked on, and a roadmap for what needs to be done:

Being worked on

~- Translating code and documentation from Italian to English~

• 10/30/2022: ~60% done~
• 11/20/2022: 100% done! :tada:
  • Minor improvements

To-Do

Maintenance

• Transition app to modern app architecture (see https://github.com/michelesalvador/FamilyGem/issues/67)
• Bug fixes

Core Geni Features

• Ability to add, delete, and edit profiles on your Geni tree in every way that the site makes possible

Geni Enhancements

• Source matches
• DNA matches

General enhancements

• Add feature to merge/import other trees from GEDCOM files (such as from Ancestry.com) into Geni
• Ability to filter tree search results by whether they are related to a specific person, to search within the relatives of a specific person.
• Automatically periodically backup tree to cloud storage (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.)

  Undecided (please share your input!)

• Tools to help keep trees on multiple platforms (e.g. Ancestry.com) in sync with Geni
• Implement Geni discussions integration?

• Implement Geni messaging integration?

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About

Family Gem is written in Java within Eclipse and Android Studio.
Project started on beginning of 2018.
Author is Michele Salvador, an Italian programmer and genealogy enthusiast.