====== Glomus ======

Glomus is a "general purpose" [[GPS tracking app]] made for non-professional users.

  * Inspirations:
    * "Geo Tracker" by Ilya Bogdanovich

===== Modules =====
Glomus should contain following modules:
  * GPS tracking module (fetching and saving tracks and single locations)
  * map module (displaying tracks)
  * communication modules (saving tracks on several internet servers)

===== UI =====
  * [[Glomus Drawer]]
  * [[Glomus map screen]]
    * the same as:
      * "Actual position" screen
      * "Track map" screen
  * [[Glomus track list screen]]
  * [[Glomus track details screen]]
  * [[Glomus track textual details screen]]
  * [[Glomus settings screen]]
  * [[Glomus about screen]]


Useful links:
  * Icons
    * [[https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/material/icons/Icons|Material Icons]]
    * https://fonts.google.com/icons
      * complete list with filtering etc.

===== Features to implement =====

==== Necessary features ====

  * Save Tracks
  * Show saved tracks

==== Second-level features ====

  * Share location
  * Share track
  * Show preview icon on track list
    * standard icon
    * map with preview (?)
    * something different ?
  * Favorites
    * like in Gmail

==== Optional features ====

  * [[Glomus MQTT integration]]
  * "Find my phone" - functionality (in future versions) - see [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itideas.GPSTracker|GPS tracker for Android]] for possible implementation




===== Maps component (several alternatives) =====

Sorted by relevance

==== MapLibre Compose ====
 
Organization: https://maplibre.org/

https://maplibre.org/maplibre-compose/getting-started

https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-compose

See also:
  * https://maplibre.org/maplibre-native/android/examples/

==== Mapsforge ====

https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge

  * OSM-based


  * Articles
    * https://medium.com/@ulukiancuk/offline-navigation-with-mapsforge-in-jetpack-compose-cfb48422471f



==== MapCompose (OSM-based) ====

By Pierre Laurence

https://github.com/p-lr/MapCompose


  * OSM-based



==== Maps Compose Library (Google Maps SDK) ====

  * Description: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/maps-compose
  * Repo: https://github.com/googlemaps/android-maps-compose

  * Articles
    * [[https://medium.com/@mahbooberezaee68/how-to-use-google-map-in-jetpack-compose-dc21920b0cb8|How To Use Google Map In Jetpack Compose?]] by Bahar


==== ArcGIS SDK for Kotlin ====

https://developers.arcgis.com/kotlin/

  * NOT free
  * very nice documentation

==== OSM libraries list ====

  * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software_libraries
    * Android:
      * https://github.com/kodapan/osm-common/
      * https://github.com/westnordost/osmapi/
      * Mapbox
        * is NOT free, so not checked
          * but 25k Users for Map view are free


  * To sort
    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYUw7He0SE0|Open Street Maps SDK in Kotlin – Teil 1  Live-Demo & Einführung]] by [[https://www.youtube.com/@AndroidWithHaroon|Android with Haroon]]


==== My Notes About Several Alternatives ====
  * Google Maps: https://medium.com/@mahbooberezaee68/how-to-use-google-map-in-jetpack-compose-dc21920b0cb8
    * Overviews: 
      * https://fosspost.org/android-open-source-google-maps-alternatives
      * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android
      * https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/different-type-map-sdks-inandroid-riyas-pullur-a2epc/
      * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23542613/osm-osmsharp-osmdroid-mapbox-which-one-to-use
  * OSMDroid:
      * https://mrappbuilder.medium.com/how-to-integrate-and-work-with-open-street-map-osm-in-an-android-app-kotlin-564b38590bfe
      * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77297775/create-a-map-using-openstreetmap-with-jetpack-compose-in-kotlin-programming-lang
  * Mapsforge
  * MapCompose
     * https://github.com/p-lr/MapCompose
       * an (old) article about MapCompose: https://medium.com/@p.laurence/mapview-for-jetpack-compose-614caab904af

===== Versions =====
  * [[Glomus Version 1.0]]
    * [[Glomus Version 1.1]]
  * [[Glomus Version 2.0]]
===== Competition =====
[[GPS tracker apps for Android list]]

===== Misc =====

[[Glomus domain name search]]

[[Glomus publishing problems in PlayStore]]

  * [[https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-training-add-scrollable-list#2|Add a scrollable list]]
  * [[https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/quick-guides/content/create-navigation-drawer?hl=en|Create a slide-in menu with the navigation drawer component]]