Profile Information
Name : Silky Priya
IRC nick : Silky44
Email : [email protected]
Github : https://github.com/silkypriya
Location : India
Time Zone : UTC +5:30
Typical working hours : Between 2 pm and 3 am UTC +5:30
Outreachy Proposal link
Synopsis
About the app:
The Wikimedia Commons Android app allows users to upload pictures from their Android phone/tablet to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons is online repository of freely-licensed multimedia files and an independent project that seeks to document the world with photos, videos and recordings.
About the project:
The project is about enhancing the already working Wikimedia Commons App by adding a leaderboard based on user's edits made with the mobile app using Commons Android App.
What to implement
- Leaderboard displaying user's Avatar and rank.
- Leaderboard showing 3 different results based on uploads, nearby and used.
- Filters in leaderboard screen and show results based on selected filter (weekly, monthly, yearly, all time)
- Open the gallery of that user's pictures by tapping the name of a user in the leaderboard
Benefits of the feature
- A leaderboard would motivate many people and can be a fun way to drive competition among users.
- Quantity and quality of uploads will increase by letting users see other people's contribution.
Mentors :
How it can be implemented?
- 1. Leaderboard based on uploads
- Make a screen with two tabs first tab as achievement activity and second tab is Leaderboard(Project) using APIs for tabs with Fragments and ViewPager.
- Design UI of the Leaderboard fragment and display user's Avatar and rank on Leaderboard screen fetched from API.
- 2. Fetch user list to display on leaderboard screen
- Use the APIs to fetch leaderboard (user list) based on uploads via mobile app (all time) and display it in Leaderboard screen.
- The list can be calculated on the server where currently achievement calculations are performed.
- Cache user's score for 1 hour.Only users who keep looking at the leaderboard would have their score grow at smaller intervals than 1 hour.
- 3. Add Pagination
- Add pagination in the leaderboard screen to load more users on scrolling down.
- This can be done by creating class PaginationAdapter extending RecyclerView.Adapter.
- PaginationAdapter helper methods will be useful for added data fetched via Pagination.
- 4. Add duration filter
- Add duration filters in leaderboard screen and show results based on selected filter (weekly, monthly, yearly, all time).
- This can be done using Spinners which provide a quick way to select one value from a set.
- In the default state, a spinner shows its currently selected value(for example "all time"). Touching the spinner displays a dropdown menu with all other options (weekly, monthly, yearly, all time), from which the user can select a new one. Spinner can be implemented using three key classes Spinner, SpinnerAdapter, AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener.
- 5. Show results based on uploads, nearby, used
- Change the UI to add 2 more tabs in order to show 3 different results based on (uploads, nearby, used) using APIs for tabs with Fragments and ViewPager.
- 6. Open user’s gallery
- Tapping the name of a user in the leaderboard should open the gallery of that user's pictures.
- First fetch the URL of the gallery of the user's pictures using API call and open URL in android web browser.
- 7. Screenshot of the prototype
Timeline
| Period | Task | Deliverables |
|---|---|---|
| May 20 to May 26 (7 Days) | Community bonding period Communicate and bond with students and mentors. Create specific issues for the project. Getting familiar with server where we currently perform achievement calculations and related APIs. | Blogs about the initial experience, app architecture,community bonding. Decide and design UI of the Leaderboard. |
| May 27 to June 6 (10 Days) | Add Leaderboard tab (based on uploads).Display user's Avatar and rank on Leaderboard screen fetched from API. | Leaderboard displaying user's Avatar and rank + Unit tests. |
| June 7 to June 13 (7 Days) | Use the APIs to fetch leaderboard (user list) based on uploads via mobile app (all time) and display it in Leaderboard screen. | Leaderboard displaying user list based on uploads + Unit tests. |
| June 14 to June 20 (7 Days) | Add pagination in the leaderboard screen to load more users on scrolling down. | Leaderboard with dynamic scrolling. |
| June 21 to June 30 (10 Days) | Change the UI to show and select filter. Add duration filters in leaderboard screen and show results based on selected filter (weekly, monthly, yearly, all time). | Leaderboard show results based on selected time frame + Unit test |
| MID-EVALUATION | ||
| July 1 to July 15 (15 Days) | Change the UI to add 2 more tabs in order to show 3 different results based on (uploads, nearby, used) | Leaderboard based on uploads, nearby and used + Unit test |
| July 16 to July 25 (10 Days) | Tapping the name of a user in the leaderboard should open the gallery of that user's pictures. | Open user gallery in android web browser + Unit test. |
| July 26 to August 9 (15 Days) | Improvements based on the feedback received from mentors and other community members. Bug fixes, Writing documentation. | Documentation of above modules. Unit test for implemented modules ( If remaining ). |
| August 10 to August 20 (11 Days) | Avatar is the user's most successful picture (the one which is used the most in the wikipedias/etc, or a random one if the user's pictures are not used yet anywhere). Add option to select one of the user's uploads as an avatar picture. | Add option (an privilege to unlock) for users to personalize their Avatar. |
| FINAL EVALUATION | ||
Other Deliverables
- Weekly report, and blog
Participation
Workflow
- I will document detailed progress through weekly blog posts.
- I will be working on a separate branch on git and uploading code to the forked repo almost on a daily basis, will be Creating pull requests when a complete feature is done.
- During testing and debugging Period, I will request the beta testers to test the app and get feedback from community.
- Can be contacted via hangouts, mails in my non working hours
Communication
- Flexible with working hours
- Can be contacted via hangouts, mails in my non working hours
- Will remain online on IRC, Hangouts during my working hours
- Between 2 pm and 3 am UTC +5:30
About Me
Education and interest
Currently in the final year of B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. I will graduate in May 2019. I have interest in Android App development.
How did I hear about this program?
A friend of mine, Ankita Saxena, encouraged me to participate in this program.She is an Outreachy 2017 alumuna.
Time during Summers
I will have my final exams over in April and will graduate in May 2019. I have no other commitments this summer, so I will work for full time for the whole internship period.
Are you planning to apply to both Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs, if so, with what organization(s)?
I am only applying for outreachy.
What does making this project happen mean to you?
This was one of the first community I started contributing to. The helpful and highly skilled mentors motivated me to contribute and explore open source development. It is a huge opportunity to android development enthusiasts like me. Learning and contributing to the project that seeks to document the world with photos is great.
Past Experience
- I have gained experience with JAVA, PYTHON, HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, GIT by working in college Technical teams.
- I’ve been doing Android development for the last one year.
- I have experience of clear and concise writing of communications and development documentation.
Python Project
- Implemented a Text-Editor Software for Windows OS and Linux to create and edit plain text documents by use of basic editing features.
Github Link of the Project : https://github.com/silkypriya/Text-Editor
Contributions to Wikimedia Commons App
Merged Pull Requests:
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2602
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2559
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2577
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2574
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2570
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2557
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2783
- https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/pull/2811
Open Pull Requests:
Fixed Issue:
Contributions to Wikimedia
API:Block: Improved the documentation and wrote sample code to demonstrate its use in blocking and unblocking the user
Documentation: Approved
Sample code: Merged
API:Emailuser: Improved the documentation and wrote sample code to demonstrate its use in sending email to other user
Documentation: Approved
Sample code: Merged