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itkach / aard2-android

Aard2 for Android, a simple dictionary app
GNU General Public License v3.0
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New Download feature #89

Closed zhanpengwang888 closed 5 years ago

zhanpengwang888 commented 5 years ago

I have added a download feature into the app. The Download feature can allow users to download the slob-format dictionaries in the app itself instead of having to visit the app website to download them. Right now it can only download the dictionaries that have the size less than 140MB. When the users download the dictionaries, the dictionaries will be downloaded to Downloads directory, and they just need to be scanned in order to be used. Right now, the users can only download 8 dictionaries, and we can expand the list of the dictionaries later. If you have questions about this new feature, please email me at zhanpengwang888@gmail.com. screen shot 2018-12-23 at 2 51 53 pm

itkach commented 5 years ago

My opinion that it is best to keep download functionality out of this application hasn't changed, especially a limited implementation like this one with hardcoded links.

MHBraun commented 5 years ago

As long as there is no managed infrastructure (repository) like in updating Ubuntu it does not make a lot of sense. The usage of Aard2 is widely different for the individual users and so are the dictionaries. A system like ubuntu or Osmand is using to update the data would be attractive.