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# MinimalBible: Project Outline
This outline is intended to show the tasks needing to be accomplished, and give an idea of when releases will happen.
## Core:
These are the tasks that will need to be accomplished before the 1.0 major release.
* Project setup
* Add the appcompat project to the Git repository
**Done as of [d6c7f498e6e1f5bbd7895f979dc25c5537e7cae5][1]**
* Integration with JSword
* Build JSword
* Distribute an Android binary that contains JSword and 3rd party libraries
**Done as of [1356191a0b27240df3ee1872ae2fb881acc89c8e][2]**
* Download Manager
* Bible browser
**Done as of [594df14a3191c7d4ba6f667cd3681c9c57a070b8](https://github.com/MinimalBible/MinimalBible/commit/594df14a3191c7d4ba6f667cd3681c9c57a070b8)
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* Can download Bibles
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**Done as of [1017f9a34d8972f43bf64add2b5034cb2ebed063](https://github.com/MinimalBible/MinimalBible/commit/1017f9a34d8972f43bf64add2b5034cb2ebed063)
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* Can remove Bibles
* Generate search indexes for Bibles
* Bible Viewer
* UI design finalized
* Use Immersive mode for 4.4%2B?
* Panels for footnotes, commentary?
* Navigation drawer for books?
* What gestures should be used? (Swipe left/right for chapter search?)
* How to get to Download Manager / some form of home page?
* Navigation of books working
* Can display Bible text
* Time from launch to viewing text under 5s. Ideally, under 3s. as well.
* Can use navigation drawer to open a book
* Infinite scroll between chapters
* Research how to accomplish infinite scroll
* Implement infinite scroll
* Red letter enabled
* Cleanup
* Include only necessary libraries for jSword, rather than all dependencies. APK ~20MB is way too big.
**Release v.1 to Play store**
* * *
* Search
* UI design finalized (integration in Bible Viewer, separate activity?)
* Search functionality implemented
* Get Lucene search working (included in JSword)
* Tweak search (fuzzy? Lord -> LORD? Are we actually getting results we want?)
* Search history recorded
* Record when search took place?
**Release v.2**
* * *
* Download Manager
* Download manager can fetch commentaries
* Footnotes/Commentaries
* UI design finalized
* Frame on bottom of Bible Viewer a la [this][3]?
* Switch between footnotes/commentaries by swiping on panel?
* Right-side nav drawer like FB?
* Can we synchronize scroll between commentaries/footnotes?
* Should Bible search also search commentaries?
* Implement/Show commentaries/footnotes
* Synchronize scrolling Bible to footnotes/commentaries
* Is this possible?
* Implement it!
* Clicking on note in text opens commentary
**Release v.3**
* * *
* Settings Manager
* Night mode?
* Automatic night mode?
* Text font/size
* Clear searches?
* Disable red-letter?
* Send feedback
* Home screen
* Allow access to settings, download manager, and Bible Viewer
**Release v1.0**
**Party!**
* * *
## Feature Addition
These are features I want to add, but are not considered part of the "core" product. Many (most) are necessary features of a modern app, but follow after the first major release.
### Usage statistics
* Include usage statistics?
* Only send statistics on WiFi?
* Disable by default? Prompt user?
### Sharing
* UI Design finalized
* Click on text to select it, then share?
* Long-click text to share?
* Share currently active text?
* Dialog to select what range of text is included?
* Share commentary/footnotes?
* Intent filter created to share via FB, email, etc.
* Settings
* Share link to app alongside text? Allow disabling?
* * *
### Highlighting
* UI Design finalized
* Click on text to select like share?
* Highlight colors / custom colors?
* Multiple highlight colors?
* Remove highlights?
* Database backing
* First feature to need a database! Success!
* How to store sections of highlighted material?
* Store start/end range, along with highlight color?
* Store when highlight was created?
* Bible Viewer
* How to show highlights?
* More specifically, how does showing highlights impact performance on start?
* Show text first, then highlights after loaded?
* * *
### Notes
* UI Design finalized
* Likely very similar to highlighting
* Database backing
* Likely very similar to highlighting
* Store note instead of highlight color?
* Store when note was created / updated?
* Bible Viewer
* Same concerns as highlighting, how does it impact speed?
* How do we display notes? Highlighting changes background color, have a separate link for our notes?
* Do notes get added to a panel on bottom? Can user browse notes?
* Home Screen
* * *
### Widgets
* Text to display here?
* Shortcut to specific verse/chapter?
* * *
### Cloud support
* Backup notes/highlights to cloud service?
* Just backup entire app database to cloud?
* Google Drive/Dropbox?
* Settings
* Automated backups?
* Backup on WiFi only?
* * *
Plenty to get done!
[1]: https://github.com/DjBushido/MinimalBible/commit/d6c7f498e6e1f5bbd7895f979dc25c5537e7cae5
[2]: https://github.com/DjBushido/MinimalBible/commit/1356191a0b27240df3ee1872ae2fb881acc89c8e
[3]: http://blog.neteril.org/blog/2013/10/10/framelayout-your-best-ui-friend/