Activities/FileShare

Shared activity downloading files

FileShare is an activity that allows the user to share files from their journal.

The activity prompts the user for a list of files. When a user joins the shared activity, they are shown the file list where they can choose which files they would like to download.

The activity was based off a concept activity called Distribute

Project Status

The project is under active development. I am currently looking for bug reports as well as suggestions for further improvement. Check out the current Dev Release (Dec. 14, 2009) or source code.

If you have found a bug, please report it the google group page or email to our google group email address.

Features

• Activity can be loaded up and files can be added and removed from the file list
• It can be shared and users who join are able to download files (journal entries) from the file list and have them installed into their own journal.

Bugs

• Sometimes user interface can become un-responsive during file transfers.

Future Plans

Functionality

• Clients needs to communicate more to the server. In the current state, the server is not aware of the number of clients currently downloading files.
  • Should show user who is currently downloading what files
  • Download count on each file
  • Prevent/Notify user from closing the activity while users are downloading from them.

• Activity should be able to save its state
  • Next time it loads up, the activity should be able to restore the file list and continue sharing.
  • This feature would be helpful for a teacher to save files related to the day's lesson and then be able to recall it at a later time.

• Integration to the school server
  • Current plans are to have a server running on the school server as well allowing authorized users to upload files to the school server as well.

UI

• Download All Button
• Download file in each row instead of selecting each file then clicking download
  • Alternatively, support selecting multiple rows and then click download.
• Display icons for the journal entry type

Change Log

2009-12-14: FileShare-2.xo

• Added Localization Support
• Server notifies client when new file is added
• Server notifies client when file is removed
  • Client ignores remove request when transfer is in progress or completed
• Server now deletes file bundle for removed files
• Files are now refered to by a sha1 hash instead of int count
• Server will attempt to prevent duplicate shared entries
  • By activity id in datastore metadata
  • If no activity id in metadata, sha1 file given by get_file_path
  • If file path is empty, no check can be done, create random sha1 no duplicate check can be done at this time

2009-12-11: Initial release

Links

• Project Leader: Justin Lewis
• Source code
• File Share Activity on Google Group
  • Group Email Address fileshareactivity@googlegroups.com
  • File Builds
  • Screenshots can be found in the google group file list as well
• Current Release: FileShare-2.xo