Can we build Tasky app for MonoTizen?

[bobsummerwill]

Estimate the work, assuming that most of the new code over HelloMonoTizenOSP will be C++ for now.

[bobsummerwill]

Damien Diederen via summerwill.net
Jul 25 (9 days ago)

to bob
Hi Bob,

I had a quick look at what has to be done to get a basic version of
Tasky running on Tizen. I would split the work in four subtasks:

1. Build two UI forms with controls; wire scenes; create basic Tasky
   application logic in C++:

   • Risk: low;
   • Estimate: 2h.

2. Create MonoDevelop.Tizen project in xamarin-mobile-samples/Tasky;
   merge in Tasky C++ skeleton; adapt C++ startup stub and project
   Makefiles:

   • Risk: low;
   • Estimate: 2h.

3. Figure out how to bind to sqlite (link to /usr/lib/libsqlite.so.1?
   build with project?); figure out what to do with the hardcoded
   library names and #ifdef mess in TaskRepository.cs:

   https://github.com/xamarin/mobile-samples/blob/afbaa467/Tasky/Shared/TaskRepository.cs#L26

   (Shared/, really?)

   • Risk: moderate;
   • Estimate: 2h.

4. Manually wire up the Tasky C++ skeleton with the C# application
   logic and C#-controlled sqlite database:

   • Risk: moderate to high;
   • Estimate: 4h.

Of course, there is a lot of polish, C++ → C# logic migration,
etc. which could be done on top of the above, but I don't think it makes
much sense to invest in that direction now as Dimitar seems to be making
good progress on the bindings.

Note that #2, #3, and the first half of #1 would still be necessary even
if the bindings were ready. (OTOH, #1 completely vanishes if Dimitar
manages to automatically expose OSP as a Xamarin.Forms-compatible API :)

What do you think?

Cheers, -D

[bobsummerwill]

https://github.com/xamarin/mobile-samples/tree/master/Tasky
https://github.com/xamarin/mobile-samples/tree/master/TaskyPro
http://developer.xamarin.com/content/TaskyPortable/

[bobsummerwill]

Dimitar - I've forked "mobile-samples" into the organization. There are various Tasky variants in there which we could build from.