OEP-64 Mobile Application Codebase Modernization

[marcotuts]

Opening this OEP draft for community review and input.

Abstract As part of the discovery effort done for a funded contribution (FC-0011) we are recommending that the Open edX platform adopt newly built iOS and Android applications as the new default mobile applications for the platform moving forward, starting with the next named release. These new applications are rebuilt with MVVM architectural patterns and are fully rebuilt in Swift and Kotlin respectively. These new code bases should facilitate faster development cycles, improved pluggability and community contribution rates. Currently not all functionality is 100% identical to the existing mobile applications, but efforts are underway to improve pluggability and close common community requirements for the mobile experience.

The new mobile repositories are maintained by Raccoon Gang and can be accessed here:

• https://github.com/raccoongang/educationx-app-ios
• https://github.com/raccoongang/educationx-app-android

The existing mobile repositories are maintained by edX / 2U and can be accessed here:

• https://github.com/openedx/edx-app-ios
• https://github.com/openedx/edx-app-android

FYi @colinbrash, @e0d

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[sarina]

@marcotuts Redwood!

[e0d]

I notice there are some commit-lint failures. Please note that we use conventional commits across Open edX projects. You can read about the details here. Can you please amend your commit messages to follow our standard?

[scottrish]

@marcotuts As the mobile apps are distributed as binaries via the respective app stores, I don't believe AGPL is the appropriate license to apply. Can we adopt GPL-V3 instead?

[e0d]

@marcotuts As the mobile apps are distributed as binaries via the respective app stores, I don't believe AGPL is the appropriate license to apply. Can we adopt GPL-V3 instead?

Apache2 has been the license under which our mobile applications have been offered historically. It's a project approved license and appropriate for this case. My recommendation is that we re-license these applications to Apache2.

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