@davidtavarez Progress update thread Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2021

[davidtavarez]

Hello, this is my progress update for my active funding request.

• Grin++ v0.1.0 for Android was published; this version is fully compatible with the latest Hard Fork.
• Grin++ arm64 binary (and code) is even with the master branch.
• A new UI for the Desktop version of Grin++ was introduced. Grin++ v1.2.3 is the current latest version.
• Some maintenance work was done for grinchck to increase stability.

Next.

Here you can see how to use Grin++ for Android to send and receive grins. The node runs by days without any crash. Now I will focus on improving the UI/UX. Also, I’m going to update the nuget package to be compatible also with grin-wallet. It would be nice if I could publish a npm package that helps others developers to communicate with the grin API.

I’ll keep the Community posted

[davidtavarez]

Hello, this is my progress update. First, I have to say that I’m sorry that I did not post an update before, this have been a long month.

• I updated the dev packages of Grin++ Desktop UI. We’re now using TypeScript 4.1.1, Electron 11.2.3, and React 16.14.0 and many more. This fixes important vulnerabilities, but more important increases the performance considerably, in other words: it runs faster. Also, I can now decouple the code better so the components could be reusable very easily.

• Grin++ v1.2.5.beta.2 is out. Some highlights are:

  • Some bugs regarding the booting up of the local node were fixed.
  • Support for Windows 7 was improved.
  • The service that checks the availability of the wallet was moved to a new server, therefore now it is more stable.
  • The restrictions on sending coins without an address were removed from the app.
  • A http address was temporally added to the Receive screen, which is in fact a tunnel for the onion address.
  • A lot of unused code was removed.

• On Grin++ Android v0.2.0 the node management was improved. It is almost ready to be published on Google Play, but if you want to take a look before you can find the apk here.

  • Screens were polished a bit and the UI looks more consistent.
  • Dependencies were also updated to run a bit faster.
  • A new screen was added, now users can change some settings on mobile too.
    

This month I struggled a lot updating the codebase of the Desktop UI, that was a big time consuming task, but now I can finally focus on improving the code quality and finally decoupling the components to make them reusables on any grin related project (grin-walllet & grin++).

Edit:

• Greek translation was added. Thanks to @nirg.
• The Help section was translated into russian. Thanks to Danila.
  • The Help section can be now also translated to any language.