To respond to the increasing demand for Android apps for DHIS2 and keep up with the constant and rapid evolution of mobile technologies, HISP UiO management has decided to change the strategy for DHIS2 Android development. This decision is based on acknowledging that HISP UiO hasn’t delivered the high quality and timely Android products the DHIS2 community is expecting.
Our approach to DHIS2 Android development will from now on be more distributed. This will make it easier to engage experienced senior Android experts around the world and allow the development to be more connected to the field and the variety of country use cases. Also, through a more collaborative roadmap process and frequent public communication, we intend to foster a thriving community for DHIS2 Android development and use.
We have reached out to senior experts (business analysts, architects, and developers) outside UiO and asked for support to set up the necessary processes to restructure the DHIS2 Android development. We are partnering with professionals who are close to the community, share our values, and that we know well from previous collaborations.
This will allow a diverse team of core developers to build a strong SDK as well as a suite of core apps. At the same time, we will enable the broader community to build upon this core with a range of locally developed custom apps, responding to the variety of use cases from countries. Key to the new approach is also to empower community involvement through a collaborative roadmap and testing process.
UiO will maintain its central role in coordinating the overall process and making sure the Android activities are well aligned with the overall DHIS2 platform.
Stay tuned for more updates on Android apps in the near future.
Thank you Ola for this announcement. We are extremely pleased to hear that the Android development is going to be more open and easy to track. We are using the SDK and a fork of the tracker application for a couple of health worker training projects.
Awaiting to hear more as things progress.
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On 4 July 2017 at 16:31, Ola Hodne Titlestad olati@ifi.uio.no wrote:
Hi all,
To respond to the increasing demand for Android apps for DHIS2 and keep up with the constant and rapid evolution of mobile technologies, HISP UiO management has decided to change the strategy for DHIS2 Android development. This decision is based on acknowledging that HISP UiO hasn’t delivered the high quality and timely Android products the DHIS2 community is expecting.
Our approach to DHIS2 Android development will from now on be more distributed. This will make it easier to engage experienced senior Android experts around the world and allow the development to be more connected to the field and the variety of country use cases. Also, through a more collaborative roadmap process and frequent public communication, we intend to foster a thriving community for DHIS2 Android development and use.
We have reached out to senior experts (business analysts, architects, and developers) outside UiO and asked for support to set up the necessary processes to restructure the DHIS2 Android development. We are partnering with professionals who are close to the community, share our values, and that we know well from previous collaborations.
This will allow a diverse team of core developers to build a strong SDK as well as a suite of core apps. At the same time, we will enable the broader community to build upon this core with a range of locally developed custom apps, responding to the variety of use cases from countries. Key to the new approach is also to empower community involvement through a collaborative roadmap and testing process.
UiO will maintain its central role in coordinating the overall process and making sure the Android activities are well aligned with the overall DHIS2 platform.
Stay tuned for more updates on Android apps in the near future.