Queries

[utpal kumar Jha]

ohk can i directly start contributing to "
https://github.com/glance-/subsurface-android"? i see that the repo is
maintained by an individual and not an organization as such . Would you
accept patches from this repo is what I am really interested in ?

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Miika Turkia <miika.turkia at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:38 AM, utpal kumar Jha <coolutpaljha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello I went through the complete user documentation and accordingly have
>> some queries regarding it . Hear me out
>>
>> 1) As I can see Major part of Dive log is to have a dive computer . Is
>> there any substitute for it which can get the work done I mean any
>> simulation softwares
>> or something in which test files can be generated and accordingly data
>> downloaded from the simulation software ?
>>
>
> Yep, there is simulator, more info in:
>
> http://subsurface-divelog.org/documentation/contributing/testing-subsurface/
>
> We do also have some test dives available in the sources (under dives
> directory). Actually only download related work requires one to download
> dives, otherwise it is usually sufficient to open an existing log...
>
>
>> 2) I see there exists a Companion app at "
>> http://git.hohndel.org/?p=subsurface-companion.git;a=summary" in which
>> work hasn't been done from quite a while Is the project still in existence
>> I mean is it still accepting patches .
>>
>
> It is existing and accepts patches. As far as I know, there just isn't
> bugs to be fixed and all features are already implemented. The companion
> app only logs GPS coordinates. (A port of the desktop application to
> android is a different matter.)
>
>
>> 3) There is also an Android Directory which just has Manifest ad Drawable
>> Files . are these files anyway associated with the porting on Android
>> platform also in the ideas page regarding porting on Android Platform not
>> much of info is provided could you shed some light ? Also has any work been
>> done on this project or is it completely new and everything needs to
>> implemented from scratch ?
>>
>
> I suppose someone who actually knows something about the Android will
> chime in..but in the mean while, check out following:
>
> https://github.com/glance-/subsurface-android
>
>
>>
>> 4) Where could be the starting point to start reading code and does the
>> existing project use and IDE or just simple text editor ?
>>
>
> Probably as many ways to do this as there are developers. Some use IDE
> some text editors. Some configurations and style info is available in
> CodingStyle file in the sources.
>
> miika
>
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