Save To…

Android App to save shares from any app into a file.

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About the Project

Exporting data from any app into a file made simple. Just open the share options, select "Save To…" and choose the target file. Done. No permissions required.

More infos on the official website: xa1.at/saveto.

Background on blog post: I Published My First App on the Google Play Store

Tech Stack

Native Android App.

Maximum Privacy. No Permissions required. Not even internet access.

Features

• Introduction Guide
• Open from Share Dialog and save shared item into a file.
• Settings

Color Reference

Color	Hex
Primary Color	#ff8f00

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Android Studio
• Java 11+
• sh

Code Checks

Before committing run:

./debugCheck.sh

This compiles the code, runs ktlint, unit tests and android tests.

Package-Structure

• at.xa1.saveto: main package with the most fundamental classes (like MainActivity and MainCoordinator)
  • common: generic, non-app-specific classes
    • android: generic, non-app-specific classes that are strongly related to Android.
  • di: Dependency Injection.
  • feature: sub packages contain pieces of functionality, that don't depend on other features.
  • ui: User interface components that are not feature specific.

Release

This is only relevant for the deployer.

1. Update versionCode and versionName in versions.gradle
2. Run:

   ./release.sh

3. Upload app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab to Google Play Console.

Signing

Signing is located in .signing folder. It is added to .gitignore to avoid accidental committing. Extract release.jks (and private_key.pepk) from Password Manager to .signing.

Create .signing/keystore.properties:

keyAlias=releaseKey
keyPassword=[PASSWORD FROM PASSWORD MANAGER]
storeFile=.signing/release.jks
storePassword=[SAME PASSWORD FROM PASSWORD MANAGER]

Create Screenshots

• Start Emulator.
• Make sure status bar is empty.
• Make sure battery, network and wifi are full (emulator settings).
• Use gesture navigation to hide navigation buttons (android settings).
• Set time to: 04:01 (android settings).
• Use tests in PlayStoreScreenshots for individual screens:
  • Clear screenshot folder on emulator:

    adb shell rm -rf "/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/screenshots"

  • Run PlayStoreScreenshots tests
  • Download screenshots from emulator:

    adb pull "/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/screenshots"

Roadmap

• Return OK Result when finished successfully
• Show KB copied
• Show Success
• Show Error
• Propose Filename
• Support Plain Text
• Make Scrollable
• Dependency Injection
• List open source licenses
• Settings
• Intro
• Screenshots
• Feature graphic
• https://xa1.at/saveto/ site
• Review package and file structure
• Show version in settings
• Create screenshots using Screenshot.capture() instead of doing it manually.
• CI setup
• Bug: Shouldn't be possible to open from recents.
• Abort (back button)
• Support multiple files shared at once.

License

Distributed under BSD 3-Clause License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

• Twitter: @xa17d
• Website: xa1.at/saveto
• E-Mail: [email protected]

Attributions

README inspired by Louis3797/awesome-readme-template.

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