Contribution to another's app

[RKBoss6]

I was wondering, how would we go about contributing to someone else's app? Would we need their approval, or do we do what we want to do on our fork, and PR it just like an app we make ourselves? I wanted to add settings for ChargeAnimation app to show time, or turn off backlight, and I was wondering if I need the original author's approval, or if I just go and do it.

[thyttan]

What I do often is I tag the original author and maybe notable contributors (look at file histories) when I do PRs to the main BangleApps repo. That way they get a chance to weigh in before it possibly goes in.

At the bottom of this is the MIT License so you already have permission to do pretty much whatever you want - please read it though! It's attached in the base directory of the repo.

If you want to help us maintainers, please feel free to read the wiki page "App Contribution" on espruino/BangleApps : https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/wiki/App-Contribution

[gfwilliams]

I'd say if you're fixing something, a PR is always going to be welcome.

Sometimes changes are more a matter or personal preference, so if there's a chance someone might prefer the old version then either:

• If it's a very small app (eg like a battery widget) you can always just copy it to a new app and do your own thing
• If it makes sense (especially if there's already a settings page) you can always add a setting to turn the feature you want on and off

What you're proposing with the charge app sounds pretty obvious though so I wouldn't worry about any of that

[RKBoss6]

Alright, thanks so much!