Cortex Library 🧠📚

Cortex Library is a modern Android reading platform for scientific books and research papers.
It aggregates open-access PDFs from public libraries and presents them in a fast, distraction-free interface optimized for deep study and knowledge organization.

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✨ Features

• 📄 Read scientific books & research papers (PDF)
• 🌐 Fetch open-access content from public libraries
• ⚡ Fast and smooth PDF rendering
• 🔍 Full-text search and quick navigation
• 🔖 Bookmarks and reading progress tracking
• 📥 Offline access for downloaded papers
• 🧠 Study-focused, minimal UI

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🎯 Goal

Built for students, researchers, and lifelong learners who need a focused environment to read, organize, and retain scientific knowledge.

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🏗️ Tech Stack (planned)

• Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• Material 3
• Room (local database)
• PDF rendering engine (TBD)
• Open Library / public API integration

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🗺️ Roadmap

MVP

• Local PDF reader
• Library view
• Bookmarks
• Reading progress tracking

v1.0

• Open-access API integration
• Advanced search
• Highlights & notes
• Cloud sync (optional)

Future

• Citation export
• AI-powered paper summaries
• Study mode for medical students

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📦 Package Name

com.cortex.library

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, ideas, and feature requests are welcome.
Please open an issue to discuss changes before submitting a PR.

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📜 License

MIT License (recommended)

Build locally

./gradlew :android:assembleDebug

Regenerate Gradle wrapper JAR

If gradle-wrapper.jar is missing in this repository policy, regenerate wrapper artifacts locally:

gradle wrapper

Run tests

./gradlew :android:testDebugUnitTest