Wikimedia Hackathon 2015/Mobile apps

The Wikimedia Apps team will be participating in the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015 in Lyon, France.

The team would love to collaborate with you on Wikimedia app technology. Your collaboration will benefit the millions of people who use the Wikimedia app technology!

What we will do
We will be building a Wikipedia Lite app for Android, creating an app-friendly Watchlist feature for iOS, and more:
 * Android hackathon projects
 * Multilingual search
 * Article short description editing
 * Automation of app testing
 * Watchlists
 * Bugfixing like this
 * iOS hackathon projects
 * Article short description editing
 * Watchlists
 * Wiki Radio

How to prepare
Hardware:

Laptop: Come with a Linux, Windows, or Mac OS laptop equipped with the latest stable operating system and the system preferred Git technology. Be sure to pack a power adapter and any converters necessary for French electrical outlets.

Mobile devices: For Android development, we recommend bringing a device that officially supports Android OS 5 Lollipop and has it installed. For iOS development, we recommend use of a device that officially supports iOS 8 and has it installed.

Android

Know Java? Then: iOS
 * Install the latest stable release of Android Studio
 * Go through the free seven part Getting Started training series
 * Obtain the latest source code for the Wikipedia for Android app

Know Objective-C for iOS? Great, you will be able to use it if you prefer it. Otherwise:
 * Install the latest stable release of Xcode from the App Store
 * Learn Swift programming by reading the freely available Swift Programming Language online book and using the Playgrounds feature of Xcode.
 * Learn Cocoa (GUI) application development on iOS 8 with Swift
 * Matt Neuberg (O'Reilly Press)