Talk:Wikimedia Apps/Team/Android/App hacking

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How can I change the site the app uses by default?

There are two links for the alpha releases, both of which are broken. What’s the reliable way to get a build of the main branch’s latest state without setting up Android Studio?

I see it says on top that the project is open source. What exact license or copyright information is there? I've not been good at all at finding this information so some guidance would be most welcome at what links such information is available at. Thank you! ~~~~ This is the only information regarding copyright and license I could find and it doesn't say what license is used and I'd also like to see credits somewhere to the people/usernames involved, so far it only says this "The Wikipedia Android app is completely open source and welcomes contributions from all. " ~~~~

The light background along with light colored font makes it difficult to read image description.

Here is the link to screenshot : http://i65.tinypic.com/ndugb7.jpg

How can I configure the Android app such that all event logs are redirected to a custom host (mediaWikiBaseUri)?

I just found that the event logging API endpoint is statically defined here: https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/blob/3ab1bf61873351b8d07c82bbb3e5a27590078514/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/analytics/EventLoggingEvent.java#L25

Won't it be better to add this as field to the developer settings?

Yep, I've opened T167314 to track this. Thanks!

I guess the information regarding Checkstyle-IDEA in this article is a bit outdated. I am not able to find the configuration file at the specified location. Please update the article if it's wrong or correct me if I'm missing something :)

o/ I always run ./gradlew checkstyle from the command line. I think @MHolloway_(WMF): may have some experience with the IDE plugin.

Thanks for the pointer, Kaartic! The file was moved in this commit but the wiki still needed updating. Should be good now.

Whoops! :]

Is the part about Working with Vagrant and the Content Service also outdated? Or where can I update the developer settings?

o/ Developer settings are enabled by default in the "Dev" build flavor. Developer settings can be enabled in other flavors by tapping seven times on the Wikipedia circular icon under app settings -> about the Wikipedia app. Developer settings are located in the top right corner of the app settings screen