New app: Penti Chorded Keyboard
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The app complies with the inclusion criteria. -
The app is not already listed in the repo or issue tracker. -
The app has not already been requested -
The upstream app source code repo contains the app metadata (summary/description/images/changelog/etc) in a Fastlane or Triple-T folder structure -
The original app author has been notified, and does not oppose the inclusion. -
Donated to support the maintenance of this app in F-Droid.
The first step is to find the app's Application ID. This is usually the same as the app's Package Name. You will find it in files called AndroidManifest.xml or build.gradle most of the time. You can also see it in the URLs for the app's page in various app stores. Write it here:
APPLICATION ID:
Below is a template "metadata file" to fill out, it has only the required fields. F-Droid uses this file to build and publish the app. Build Metadata Reference documents all available options. Add values after the colon
# Categories (one per line, each starting with a space and a minus), chosen from the
# official list: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/stats/categories.txt
Categories: Soft Keyboard
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# the one license that the whole app is available under, use
# https://spdx.org/licenses/ short identifiers, must be
# floss-compatible.
License: MIT X11
# You can provide details on how to contact the author. These are optional, but
# nice to have.
AuthorName: Alexander Burger
AuthorEmail: abu@software-lab.de
AuthorWebSite: https://software-lab.de
# A URL for the project's website, and to the source code repository to visit
# using a web browser. WebSite is optional.
WebSite: https://software-lab.de/penti.html
SourceCode: https://gitlab.com/software-lab.de/penti-chorded-keyboard.git
# A link to the issue tracker where bugs are reported
IssueTracker:
# If available, you can also provide links/IDs for donations.
Donate:
Bitcoin:
LiberaPay:
# Name of the application
AutoName: Penti Chorded Keyboard
# One sentence, no more than 30-50 chars, no trailing punctuation,
# focus on actions what the users does with the app, e.g. "Read and
# send emails" instead of "Email client".
# NOTE: Summary and Description are preferably provided via Fastlane or Triple-T!
Summary: A touch keyboard which uses five-key-chords to input all letters, digits, punctuations, control-characters, navigation- and function-keys.
Description:
The idea goes back to a hardware keyboard available in the 1980s called "Octima". As the name implies, it used eight keys. In Penti, the number of keys was reduced to five (one per finger), using the same basic letter assignment.
Letters are typed based on "chords", similar to playing piano. The input panel is transparent which allows to type and read simultaneously on the same area. This is very convenient on small screens, where the keyboard otherwise usually takes up much of the available space.
# Repository details to be used by VCS (Version Control Systems)
# git, git-svn, svn, hg or bzr
RepoType: git
# source code repo URL (HTTPS required)
Repo: https://gitlab.com/software-lab.de/penti-chorded-keyboard.git
I have tried to merge the app with the FDroid repository (using the metadata yaml file), but I'm not sure how to specify the build-process. The app uses a shell script called mk.pentiKeyboard
(source here) for compilation, and I'm unsure what is needed to translate it to the FDroid structure. Appreciate any help, thank you!