Mockups coming..

The workflow for adding a project from the 'Account' view is in ticket #10

let's discuss here!

For a server, creative commons would be off by default.
For internet archive, it is on and cannot be turned off. (We probably need to handle that better)

We have UI for this in ticket #13, but need discuss implementation. How it can be implemented may affect the UI design.

We switched the meaning of the icon from user avatar to server favicon.

In the rare cases, we can't fetch a favicon and in the situation before we fetched it, we need a placeholder icon.

Currently, I'm using the old one, but it shows a perso. That doesn't make much sense.

Is it possible to provide one which is related to web servers?

Transparent SVG, as always. Thanks!

If you are uploading a file and you lose internet connection before the transaction is completed the upload pauses and it does not restart when you get access to the internet again.

Would we make voice memos available to the app?

The account view is accessed from the avatar in the top left. From there you can set up your profile, connect to a private server, internet archive (later), and add projects or browse existing projects tied to a server. Individual flows are packaged and pasted below. Camera icon is attached below as well.

AccountIcons.zip
v_AddProjectNoServer.zip
v_AddProjectServer.zip
v_AddServerFromAccount.zip
v_SetUpProfile.zip

Referencing #41 currently, tapping in the text fields allows the user to add info, but I should also be able to tap the "location" icon to add a location.

Keyboard after typing in people who are tagged, the final button should be "DONE" instead of "Next"

There's another add/upload flow through the Share Extension. Please refer to the current app version on how this currently works.

We can only pick images and videos. All other media (like voice recordings, PDFs in iBooks, various data from other sources like iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive etc.) need to be added via that facility.

Data we get there is (sometimes edited) copies, not references, so not possible to match with stuff from the camera roll (aka. "Photos" built-in app), even if that one was the actual source.

The Share Extension is somewhat limited. So we cannot just start the full app. We can show one scene and maybe another, but that's it, so e.g. the spaces need to be set up in advance.

We can allow the user to share one, an arbitrary number of or an unlimited number of items at once with OA. Although I would suggest that the user can only select one project to share it with, otherwise that could get funky.

Once our Share Extension closes, control is lost. The only thing which should keep running in the background are uploads, which were started by the user. Only as long as there's no (network) error, of course.

@tladesignz
@cstiens and I were talking and think the newest project created should be the first one on the home screen (instead of the newest project going to the far right)
I just posted the issue #47 and wonder if this could help overcome that issue?

• each media item uploaded to a individual bucket
• user entered data for tag, flag, location is set for each item using standard ARchive S3-like API fields
• project name is used as a tag for all items uploaded

let's figure it out!

If you upload two different video files of the same size and same name at the same time from different devices the last one to upload overwrites the first one without asking the user which file he wants to keep.

The user shouldn't have to know more than the domain of their server

LastPass support would be great, for enterprise credential distribution among organizations

once a media file is published, share the permalink to it with third party apps

• what is the largest file we can upload in the background?
• what limitations do we face in trying to upload multiple files in the background?
• can we use background process / thread to stay alive, check for further files to upload?

• View for 'All' with multiple uploads
  
  Info will be editable here. Serves as an 'activity view' to see everything you've uploaded, when, and where to.

• View for a project with multiple uploads
  
  Within the project, uploads just fall in line so you see the entire album but not broken up into uploads. You can still edit info by tapping on individual media like in #13

local delete?

remove / server delete?

We need the ability to add notes or additional fields of information to a piece of media. With this design, the pencil icon would only show in this view.

if the user enters just a domain "cloud.guardianproject.info" without https, then we will do the following

1. prepend it with https://

2. append /remote.php/webdav/

allow user to edit any of the space configuration values, in case server host, username, password
if it changes

A project with no media imported or uploaded

The mockup below shows the basic home view if nothing has been uploaded. We will have some content for this view that makes it more friendly for the first use. The icons are attached.

Font spec for tab text:
SF Pro Display Medium
13 pt
#000

home-icons.zip

The workflow below shows how to connect to a private server the first time a user launches the app.

From the home screen I

1. created a new project
when I tap "done" it takes me back to the last project I had selected, not the one I just created.

2. tap fab button to import new media
Still can't batch select -- is that coming?
should go straight to preview view after selecting media -- not sure if this has to do with the fact that there is no batch select and therefore not a "DONE" button to tap?

**3. after image is selected, the photo gallery view closes and I am taken back to the first project--not the one I just created **
If I scroll over and open the project I just imported to, the image is there and every other import will open in that project

I created 6 projects and this happens every time.
@tladesignz

Home screen with items waiting to be uploaded

• badge on project name indicates items waiting for upload
• Blurred images indicate they have not been uploaded
• icon takes user to the preview/upload view
• New project tab has moved to the left side for easy adding with several projects activated

Home screen while uploading items to server

• Manage option is available and takes user to the upload manager screen
• upload progress indicated (3-9 and "UPLOADING" instead of "WAITING")
• badge is gone from project tab once images are uploaded

Home screen with everything uploaded

@tladesignz I Imported 2 images into a project, but it says that I have 6 items waiting.
When I go into the preview view, it shows 3 of each of the images (6 total)

Likewise, I had 4 images imported to a different project, uploaded one, and now it's showing that 8 images are uploaded, but only one is.

Info on their "S3 like" API: https://archive.org/help/abouts3.txt

Nicole and I discussed it and both agree that these icons a a bit more clear than the current line through eye: ⚠️ 💀 ☠️

What do you think?

Uploading from share sheet workflow
(I accidentally uploaded this to the android github first but closed it)

User Stories
I'm freelancing for 2 different organizations (with 2 different servers connected on OA). I have different projects associated with them.

HRW added a second server. I'm connected to 2 servers on OA and want them to have the same projects associated with them.

edit project, server login and credential setting screens aren't fine tuned yet, but this is the projected layout of the high level settings/account screen.

when OA uploads a file over WebDAV, it needs to also include a second file that contains metadata.

For OA Android, we've started by just exporting a JSON file from the fields of the Media model class we use to persist data in the app. These fields map to the user interface form that a user can edit when they add a new media file into OA.

Here is an example:

{"author":"Nathan F.","createDate":"Oct 17, 2018 4:30:01 PM","description":"aren\u0027t they so orange","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","location":"pumpkin patch","mediaHash":[],"mimeType":"image/jpeg","originalFilePath":"content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A66971","serverUrl":"https://cloud.guardianproject.info/remote.php/dav/files/n8fr8/OpenArchive/hcd5-kids+love+pumpkins.jpg/jqnr-kids+love+pumpkins.jpg","status":3,"tags":"autumn;;Halloween","title":"kids love pumpkins","id":15}

This clearly has some android specific fields, but the key ones are:

author, title, createDate (based on file system on the device), description, license (CC etc), location, tags

@foundscapes should chime in here, as well, about what we think are the essential fields, if there are more.

As you can see my metadata json is about as simple as can get, and really is meant as a simple way to capture data from OA in an intermediate format.

Do not implement this yet, until we stew on it!