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, 18:55, 20 February 2021Updated Android App Improvements section.
Plugins are "mini apps" that live inside the Amahi platform and thus little interface need to be developed for them. They are familiar and provide easy, focused value to the user. Ideas:
* Support for automatic issuance issuing/renewal and installation of [https://letsencrypt.org/ Let's Encrypt] certificates in the platform, for internal (LAN) use or external use access across the internet
* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1361 Share space usage]: Using [http://d3js.org D3.js] (for example) to visualize things internal to the system, like finding out the disk space used by shares, disk usage over time, etc.
* [https://bugs.amahi.org/issues/1480 Wake-on-LAN (WOL)]: The Amahi [http://www.amahi.org/apps/wake-on-lan-server Wake-On-LAN Server] app currently provides this capability.
* [[New Disk Wizard]] ideas page
* [http://www.openmediavault.org/ OpenMediaVault] does have a nice wizard that people like
=== Amahi 12 ===
'''Objective''': Work closely with the core team to define the features and functionality that we need to implement to get Amahi released. This project is about working on RoR and the Amahi platform core. Some of the core technology will need to be upgraded, like Rails 5, latest Phusion Passenger, possibly replace MySQL for the platform, create a native API to the platform that can be used by other apps, like mobile apps. Other ideas include beefing up security and provide support for Amahi hosting on the cloud. Features:
* fully convert the front-end to bootstrap and make sure we can install bootstrap themes and have a consistent and responsive look and behavior* make it platform even more modular and cleaner (at the moment we still have some things that really belong in plugins but still are in controllers/views of the main app)
* possibly using a new metal layer instead of passenger - especially ones that do not take a long time to reload, could be puma, i also like thin, maybe others
* better initialization ... like a more standard (wordpress-like) initialization wizard (initially there are no users, we need to create an admin user and perhaps ask a few questions and integrate with amahi.org)
'''Skills Required''': RoR, ruby, JS, CSS, HTML5, Bootstrap
'''Mentors''': Carlos, Rod, Sukhbir
'''Reference''': [https://github.com/amahi/platform Amahi Platform repo]
==Android Mobile AppsApp==
Our mobile apps have streaming, browsing and sharing and it's a great topic.
This year we're going to try emphasizing the iOS Android app a little more. The Android app also has a few areas of improvement. === iOS App Improvements === '''Description''': Amahi iOS app supports all basic functionalities including browsing files on HDA, streaming audio/video, offline file access but still lacks a lot of features compared to its Android counterpart '''Objective''': Addition of new features and improvements in pre-existing ones in iOS app in swift to at least match or surpass the Android app '''Things to be implemented''': * Secondary user login* Chromecast support* Metadata display* Continuous music play* Upload and delete functionality* Thumbnail previews '''Skills Required''': iOS programming, Swift '''Mentors''': Carlos, Chirag
===Android App Improvements===
'''Description''': Amahi android Android offers the ability to stream your HDA over your Android phone and Android TV, support for Chromecast and auto -upload of images to HDA. The next step is to complete the following objectives:
'''Objectives''':
* Add Android TV Revamp: The Android TV app is outdated at the moment and doesn't follow the latest design principles of Android. We have to redesign the app so that Amahi is accessible on Android TV again. Further, we have to implement the PlayerAdapter in Android TV to support previews.* Support for Dagger 2: The current app is written using Dagger 1. We have to port the code to Dagger 2 so that we can use the latest libraries which are dependent on it.* Support for secondary user login NAU: Complete the app with support in for Non-Admin User which currently exists on the Android app over both Local and Remote connectionserver-side only. Ref: https://drivedocs.google.com/filepresentation/d/0B3goqm-HUlJva1hMblQ1MGJQeUU/view1jZAdXpSGQRJ6xN2WCzqkiPxQPUW2VHsAnpENZKbT2z0* UI Improvements and UI Testing: Adding an Expresso based automated UI testing protocol.* Improve Background Service: Improve the app for uploading media on the HDA when the app isn't present in the foreground* Phone Auto-Backup: Develop a module which that does an Auto backup of the phone to the HDA over Local connection (reference: Helium).* Friending Feature: Implement the sharing of folders or shares with other servers.https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JsH9-aZrE3Z-35Oo38IY1-3Nd5BJiR_G0DshhjKSM4/* VPN: Add support for VPN proxy so that the user can access the HDA from the phone over a VPN proxy tunnel.* Implementing the PlayerAdapter in Android TV to support previews.* Adding an Expresso based automated UI testing protocol.* Improving the layouts for both portrait and landscape mode and other UI/UX improvements so that they adhere to the latest material design guidelines from Google.* Creating a new Theme Amahi Light whose colour scheme adheres to the colour scheme of the Amahi website.* Store and display the last opened of each file.
'''Skills Required''': Java, Android framework
'''Mentors''': Carlos, Bogdan, KumarChirag
'''Reference''': [https://github.com/amahi/android Amahi Android Github repo]
'''Description''': a caching proxy to save on bandwidth
'''Objective''': Develop and a plugin that will allow an administrator user to control the traffic for specific devices inside the network. This app (or possibly a plugin) should display all the connected device as well as provide the ability to search by name/MAC address. For a selected device the administrator should:
*Limit access between certain time intervals
*Limit bandwidth
'''Skills Required''': RoR, system programming
'''Mentor''': Carlos, Rod, Sukhbir
'''References'''
'''Mentors''': Carlos, Rod
==Amahi Anywhere==
The mobile apps use API endpoints provided by Amahi Anywhere for browsing, downloading and streaming files and more.
'''References''':
* [https://www.amahi.org/apps/amahi-anywhere Amahi Anywhere App]
* [https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-specs Amahi Anywhere Specs]
===Improvements in AA File Server===
'''Description''': Amahi Anywhere File Server exposes HDA files and directories via REST APIs and also allows to upload new files
'''Objective''': Following features can be implemented:
* API to access platform apps over remote via proxy
* Better logging ([https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/issues/4 Issue #4])
* Simplistic dashboard to view some metrics like number of users connected, access logs for each user, system health etc.
* API to fetch metadata (duration, codec, album art image, title, artist name, album name, year etc.) for audio / video files
* Create and cache low resolution thumbnail for image files for faster loading and enhanced experience
'''Skills Required''': GoLang, REST API Understanding
'''Mentors''': Carlos, Chirag
'''Reference''': [https://github.com/amahi/amahi-anywhere-fs/ Amahi Anywhere FS Github repo]
===Improvements in External Proxy===
'''Description''': External proxy provides API endpoints for users to remotely access Amahi Anywhere File Server
'''Objective''': Following features can be implemented:
* Cache implementation for chunks of files passing frequently through proxy to speed up response and save bandwidth
* Dashboard to view metrics on both connected mobile and Amahi Anywhere FS clients
* Ability to ban a client
'''Skills Required''': GoLang
=Other Ideas=
* Improve installation and user onboarding (OOBE)
* Better upgrades with backup of apps, settings, etc.
* Create a backup and restore function for the Amahi Server (Idea is to backup the of the setting like the shares, paths and Fixed IP address and Mac Address, remove all the data drives) reinstall the OS or Upgrade and then put the data dives back in and then restore all the setting)
* make the Amahi front end webpage more mobile-friendly
* Add Icon for the install app pages and have more screenshots
* make it easier to run multi servers on one network
* DHCP page a button to add a device to Fixed IP address will be able to change the fix IP address and the Name or just us the default one
* update Button on installed apps this will only work on apps that are updateable, it will run an update script from when the was created, lots of apps nowadays are updated able and would save time uninstalled and reinstalling
* Create a page or tab on Amahi front end to be able to add docker container apps select icon and name and address:port
* Chirag Maheshwari, former GSoC student for Amahi
* Kumar Shashwat, former GSoC student for Amahi
* Sukhbir Singh, former GSoC student for Amahi
* Dipankar B. Amahi collaborator
* Nitin V., Amahi collaborator
= Prior Years =
Amahi participated in GSOC in 2020, 2019, 2018, [[Google Summer of Code 2017]] 2016, and [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] == Prior Ideas (NOT for 2021) == === iOS App Improvements === '''Description''': Amahi iOS app supports all basic functionalities including browsing files on HDA, streaming audio/video, offline file access but still lacks a lot of features compared to its Android counterpart '''Objective''': Addition of new features and improvements in pre-existing ones in iOS app in swift to at least match or surpass the Android app '''Things to be implemented''': * Secondary user login* Chromecast support* Metadata display* Continuous music play* Upload and delete functionality* Thumbnail previews '''Skills Required''': iOS programming, Swift '''Mentors''': Carlos, Chirag '''Reference''': [https://github.com/amahi/ios Amahi iOS app repo]
= Reference =
