Desktop release

[Victor239]

I see you've made this app in Dart, this should make cross-platform releases much easier. I'd love to see a desktop version, specifically as a Flatpak in the future.

[dagmawibabi]

Alright will be working on it

[aerocyber]

I'd love to take this challenge. I have built my project in Flutter before and has a flatpak. Please let me know if interested.

[dagmawibabi]

@aerocyber that would be amazing. Can u handle the desktop build and guide me through releasing it on flatpak? And how soon can u do it?

[aerocyber]

I can handle the desktop build and guide you through the flatpak. About how soon, I can try getting it set up in a week at most. However, do note that I use the binaries distributed as release in GitHub for flatpak, so, desktop build must be set up. Which, is relatively easier considering you use Flutter.

What is your development environment like? Windows or Linux?

[dagmawibabi]

@aerocyber I'm on windows right now. And awesome the sooner the better and totally get started doing it.

[aerocyber]

Do you have a Linux installation to use? That'd make the process much easier. Or you can use a virtual machine

[dagmawibabi]

Currently don't have that. This's for the flatpak right? that will come later on. We can just work on the desktop release now @aerocyber

[aerocyber]

For Linux desktop release, yes. Or you can install virtualbox, install any Linux distro inside it and install Flutter there as well.

Are you planning a Windows release? If yes, I can walk you through it as well. Fairly straightforward.

EDIT: If you want to release either Linux desktop release OR flatpak version, you will need Linux distro - physically or in a VM. For a Windows release, you'll need Windows. Similarly, for Mac (I must confess, I have not tried mac/ios), you'll need Mac. However, if you want to do an Android release, any of the above will do.

[dagmawibabi]

Can't you handle the releases and then send the .exe file for windows for example? @aerocyber

[aerocyber]

That could work but not sure if it's a long term solution. If things go busier for me, it could mess up your release schedules. I can contribute a workflow which can trigger builds but only after testing it personally.

P.S.: You don't have to ping me every message. It can get a bit... overwhelming 😅

[dagmawibabi]

lol alright alright, okay so what was the contribution you wanted to do? regarding the desktop release? what did you have in mind?

[aerocyber]

What I think would suite this project is to provide the builds myself for a while until I figure out the entire project release cycle.

After figuring out stuff (and get a breather from the tight schedule I have), I'll try to set up a GitHub Actions workflow to build and add the release binaries when you publish a build.

Speaking of, do you have an alternate communication platform? I'd prefer discord. It's for sending the release builds.

Heads up! I may not be able to provide release buids for ALL releases but one per week. This will be solved once the GH Action is set up.

[dagmawibabi]

Perfect that'd be a good contribution. And yeah I do have discord cozy_knight

[aerocyber]

Hey @dagmawibabi! Please check your discord!

[dagmawibabi]

@aerocyber on it