pope books

A app to read all books of HH Pope Shenouda III. Install the app from Google Play.

Mainly there are 2 old codebases:

1. Java programming language + plain text files as database
2. Java programming language + SQLite db

But this new codebase will be written in Kotlin with UI in Jetpack Compose + SQLite db with more features.

My vision for the app

I want this app to be the goto app for reading all books written by or about HH Pope Shenouda III.

In brief, the goals of the app are:

• all books of Pope Shenounda III
• the app size must be as small as possible to enable more people to keep the app on their phones
• the app must support new and old versions of Android OS as possible

Current state of the app according to the vision:

• only 18 books were added
• the app is around 10 MB which is great
• the app is available for smartphones with Android 6.0 (2015) up to Android 14 (2023, the latest version)

Roadmap | timeline of release versions with tasks

• older app releases
  • use plain text files as a database for each chapter of each app (I will explain this in a blog post and/or video)
  • touch gestures to navigate pages of the books
  • written in Java with available Android/Java APIs/ABIs
• v2.0.0
  • 18 books added
  • remember last opened page (from old codebase)
  • migrate from plain text files to SQlite db (from old codebase)
  • still written in Java with XML Android Layouts
  • support Android 6.0 up to Android 14 (SDK 34)
• v2.0.1
  • upgrade AGP
  • upgrade Kotlin
  • upgrade kotlin coroutines
• v2.0.2
  • fix an issue with R8 minification called "missing classes". I wrote a blog about this incident.
• v3.0.0 (upcoming)
  • rewrite the app in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose
• Next Version
  • 0 poems added
  • search in all books
  • search in a certain book