It is important to connect with other contributors and stay up-to-date with what is happening with the mobile apps you contribute to. There are three main channels of communication:
- The Make WordPress Mobile blog
- The #mobile channel in WordPress.org Slack.
- Reviewing the status and history of issues on GitHub.
Make WordPress Mobile Blog
The blog is the official development blog of the WordPress mobile apps. Contributors post on various app-related topics, ask questions, and share insight. Posts are typically given tags for related mobile platforms, e.g. iOS, Android, etc. It is a good place for conversations that can happen over time, a few hours to a few days. Anyone can add a comment, but first time comments have to be approved. Contributors who would like to post to the blog can request to be an author by contacting a mobile team rep.
Slack
You can chat in real time with other contributors in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack channel. Check out chat.wordpress.org for instructions on how to create an account in Slack.
The purpose of the Slack channel is to provide updates about ongoing initiatives regarding the mobile apps and to discuss, prioritize and coordinate future changes. Questions are welcome! Previously there were coordinated weekly dev chat sessions to discuss the state of the apps. Those scheduled chats are no longer held but we rather now just hang out in the room all the time. If you have questions, Slack chat is a great place to start.
GitHub
Improvements and new features to the mobile apps are managed on the app’s GitHub page: WordPress for iOS and WordPress for Android.
Any bugs or new features should have a GitHub issue in the respective repository. When a new feature is being worked on, the issue is assigned to the contributor. Discussions regarding the issue can happen right there on the issue page. Further communication is possible on the pull request when it is submitted for reviewing the work done.