https://github.com/abanoubha/popebooks_app

The app to read all books written by HH Pope Shenouda III
https://github.com/abanoubha/popebooks_app

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The app to read all books written by HH Pope Shenouda III

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/abanoubha/popebooks_app
• Owner: abanoubha
• Created: 2024-07-13T08:10:46.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-28T09:17:32.000Z (21 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-28T15:06:32.604Z (21 days ago)
• Topics: books, orthodox, pope
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarepharaoh.popebooks
• Size: 101 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: readme.md

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# pope books

A app to read all books of HH Pope Shenouda III. Install the app from [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarepharaoh.popebooks).

Mainly there are 2 old codebases:

1. Java programming language + plain text files as database

2. Java programming language + SQLite db

But this new codebase will be written in Kotlin with UI in Jetpack Compose + SQLite db with more features.

## My vision for the app

I want this app to be the goto app for reading all books written by or about HH Pope Shenouda III.

In brief, the goals of the app are:

- all books of Pope Shenounda III

- the app size must be as small as possible to enable more people to keep the app on their phones

- the app must support new and old versions of Android OS as possible

Current state of the app according to the vision:

- only 18 books were added

- the app is around 10 MB which is great

- the app is available for smartphones with Android 6.0 (2015) up to Android 14 (2023, the latest version)

## Roadmap | timeline of release versions with tasks

- older app releases

  - use plain text files as a database for each chapter of each app (I will explain this in a blog post and/or video)

  - touch gestures to navigate pages of the books

  - written in Java with available Android/Java APIs/ABIs

- v2.0.0

  - 18 books added

  - remember last opened page (from old codebase)

  - migrate from plain text files to SQlite db (from old codebase)

  - still written in Java with XML Android Layouts

  - support Android 6.0 up to Android 14 (SDK 34)

- v2.0.1

  - upgrade AGP

  - upgrade Kotlin

  - upgrade kotlin coroutines

- v2.0.2

  - fix an issue with R8 minification called "missing classes". I wrote a blog about this incident.

- v3.0.0 (upcoming)

  - rewrite the app in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose

- Next Version

  - 0 poems added

  - search in all books

  - search in a certain book