Idea for GSoC 2015, adding new functions to KDEConnect

[Aleix Pol]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Tihamér Petrovics <tihameri at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm Tihamér Petrovics and I'd like to suggest an idea for GSoC 2015.
>
> I always felt the lack of android phone support in Linux.
> Considering that android is based on Linux, it would be nice to have a
> notifier application on Linux.
>
> So I decided to write a program in Python to get battery information, missed
> call and notify me, if there is any or the battery is fully charged.
> Currently it parses ADB information realtime, but I'd like to write an
> Android app for sending this information messages to the computer, so we can
> get more information from the phone in a right way.
> At this moment it can display battery state, notify about battery level and
> missed calls (make a new icon and notify using OSD).
>
> Then I found KDEConnect, so I think it would be easier to join this project.
> I think it would be a very nice project to enhance KDEConnect functionality
> with reading/sending SMS, browse in call history or even receiving phone
> call on your own computer.
>
>
> Some thoughts about me:
> I've been learning at Óbuda University in Budapest since 2012.
> I'm familiar with C based languages, Python and with java a little bit (I
> started to learn Android last summer and took a look at a few sample
> projects).
> I provided the Hungarian translation of pigeonplanner and I thought GSoC is
> a very good opportunity to get involved in open source development, so I
> applied, got accepted in 2013 with project name "syslog-ng,
> redis-destination" and finished it succesfully.
>
> I hope you like my idea and will accept it.
> Finally I attached a few pictures about the program as a demo:
> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-dz9cHRk3E5dVFXV2FudHlzWHc&usp=sharing

Hi Tihamér,
What you're doing definitely sounds relevant to KDE Connect and we can
probably find somewhere where you can work.

Maybe you'd be interested in taking a look at our Kanban, to see where we are?
https://todo.kde.org/?controller=board&action=show&project_id=45

Good luck!
Aleix