New app: Glosdalen

  • 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.
  • Optionally donated to support the maintenance of this app in F-Droid. (Soon)

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: com.glosdalen.app

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://f-droid.org/docs/Build_Metadata_Reference/#Categories
Categories:
 - Science & Education

# the one license that the whole app is available under, use
# https://spdx.org/licenses/ short identifiers, must be
# floss-compatible FSF and/or OSI approved.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later

# You can provide details on how to contact the author. These are optional, but
# nice to have.
AuthorName: Daniel Freiermuth
AuthorEmail: (happy to share at a non-crawlable location)
AuthorWebSite: https://github.com/daniel-freiermuth/

# A URL for the project's website, and to the source code repository to visit
# using a web browser. WebSite is optional.
WebSite: https://github.com/daniel-freiermuth/glosdalen
SourceCode: https://github.com/daniel-freiermuth/glosdalen

# A link to the issue tracker where bugs are reported
IssueTracker: https://github.com/daniel-freiermuth/glosdalen/issues

# If available, you can also provide links/IDs for donations.
Donate: 
Bitcoin: 
LiberaPay: 

# Name of the application
AutoName: Glosdalen

# 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://github.com/daniel-freiermuth/glosdalen

Why do you want this app added to F-Droid: I wrote this app for a friend and myself for learning languages. It would be nice to share this app with even more people.

We heard all the reasons before, but we are open for new ones too 😄

Summary: Translation-service frontend with AnkiDroid integration.

Short, 80 chars, description about your app, don't mention Android, FLOSS, open-source, free software, since all apps are like this here

Description:

This app allows looking up words or phrases in various different languages using translation backends. So far, DeepL is already implemented and I'm working on an LLM backend right now.

The app then offers direct flash card creation using AnkiDroid. Getting rid of the step of copy-pasting into Anki is the main point of this app and I found it even more useful than what I imagined while creating the app.

Find a more detailed description and screenshots in the projects metadata folders.

Description of what the app does. It should be as objective as possible.

A blank line means a line break, i.e. the end of a paragraph. Basic HTML tags can be used. The original text layout is mostly kept intact, for example, a simple bulleted list:

  • Item 1
  • Item 2

Don't add more repo links here.

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I wasn't sure about the correct flow, so I went ahead and created a MR for the metadata repo first (fdroiddata!27996 (merged)) and then realized that it might be necessary to also create an issue here.

Please let me know, if I can make the process of F-Droid inclusion any more smooth.

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