bradyt
commented
2 years ago This is low priority. I may occasionally review what sort of work this may involve.
Factors that lower priority include:
- Not setup for contributions to codebase
- My knowledge of Android Java and Android Kotlin is negligible (most of app code is in Dart and Flutter)
- My primary usage of app is not currently on Android
- Other priorities for platform-specific features, like improving layout for landscape, larger screens, or desktop
- High cost low reward for implementing a feature specific to one platform
- Hard to write tests for
- The future of Taskserver is unknown, which motivates being conservative about where to spend energy here, for example that is why recently I shifted to putting effort into adding testing, as it might help with either of:
- Reworking sync functionality to work with new Taskwarrior sync mechanism
- Or writing tests is a skill that may translate to just working on an entirely new app
As well, there is a similar app, that I believe is exploring an Android widget feature:
In general, I think Foreground is definitely superior in terms of implementing some platform-specific features, for example, I think the name alludes to Android notifications. Notifications are another example of a low priority feature for the same reasons.
If anyone is curious what this might entail, here are some search results I think are relevant:
- https://github.com/ABausG/home_widget
- https://medium.com/@ashishgarg1998/how-to-create-home-screen-app-widgets-in-flutter-ce3458f3638e
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44120149/android-lock-screen-widget-in-flutter
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47504574/is-it-possible-to-build-android-widgets-in-flutter
I would really like a widget to add tasks with. Essentially just the add task bar currently in the app, as a widget. This would allow you to add tasks directly from any screen supporting widgets. And combined with something like WidgetDrawer (now part of Lockscreen widgets) you could add tasks from anywhere!