GSoC 2023: Make upload more reliable

[nicolas-raoul]

Students interested in GSoC 2023, welcome!

Please read the instructions to apply.
Our GSoC 2023 task is to fix the 3 upload-related bugs below:

#5196 Picture location is sometimes lost despite being present in EXIF.
#5128 Upload often fails or gets stuck, especially when uploading 5 or more pictures over a slow Internet connection.
#5136 (if time allows) Retried uploads stuck in queued state

[shankarpriyank]

Hi @nicolas-raoul, the issues mentioned here are looking very interesting. One thing I guess we can agree on this that we cannot get EXIF location using ACTION_PICK_IMAGES. I would do some more research and come back on this.
The upload issue will need quite some effort, I will reproduce it and try to find out why exactly is it happening.

[nicolas-raoul]

@shankarpriyank Thanks for your interest!

[Keerthivardhan1]

Hi @nicolas-raoul, I am pursuing 2nd year computer science engineering . My skills are
html , css , tailwind
javascript , node js , java , python ,c
I know java (programming , OOPs , DSA , ) , swing , javaFX and little bit of android development
please let me know what are the all the topics that I should know to make contributions to this issue. Thank you

[nicolas-raoul]

@Keerthivardhan1 Thanks for your interest! Android and Java development skills are definitely a huge plus. This page has all of the information: https://github.com/commons-app/commons-app-documentation/blob/master/android/Students.md Good luck!

[ayushanand308]

@nicolas-raoul I have experience in java but not android. Will it suffice or I have to learn it?

[Keerthivardhan1]

thank you @nicolas-raoul

[nicolas-raoul]

@ayushanand308 If you are able to learn fast from documentation and from the existing code, it should be possible. 🙂

[DhruvLamba]

Hey @nicolas-raoul, I have worked with java ,kotlin and I will look into the issues and will give my best to resolve them.

[nicolas-raoul]

@DhruvLamba Thank you for your interest! Please follow https://github.com/commons-app/commons-app-documentation/blob/master/android/Students.md

[Diptadip]

Hey @nicolas-raoul , I have intermediate knowledge of Java and Kotlin. I have completed the Google Android basics course on Kotlin and have worked on few MVVM apps . I would like to work on the issues . Regards

[nicolas-raoul]

@Diptadip Thank you for your interest! Please follow https://github.com/commons-app/commons-app-documentation/blob/master/android/Students.md

[sumit851]

hello @nicolas-raoul i am newbie to open source development. i have a basic knowledge on html,css,jquery,bootstrap,java and python(little bit). i am interested to contribute your projects . Can you guide me .

[nicolas-raoul]

@sumit851 Thank you for your interest! Please follow https://github.com/commons-app/commons-app-documentation/blob/master/android/Students.md