An update on EtchDroid development status
tl;dr: Project is not dead.
I wanted to write a little post on the status of EtchDroid, my Android app to flash OS images to USB drives from Android.
As you may see from the git history, I haven’t done a lot lately. That’s mainly because I’ve been very busy: I’m still not done with my college degree and I just got a new job.
EtchDroid will continue to exist and I will find some time to work on it this year; hopefully I’ll port it to other platforms too (not iOS).
In fact, I have some improvements I’d like to do:
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Fix the annoying Android 9 bug (#10)
Mainly because it’s very annoying, but also because I run Android 9 on my motherfucking phone. I can’t even use my own app!
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Rewrite internals (#15)
At my last workplace I learned a lot on how to write better code that is maintainable and portable, which are things that I want in EtchDroid. Part of this is already done in the
developbranch. -
Add support for Windows ISOs (#5)
Arch Linux is my daily driver but I do need Windows occasionally. WoeUSB is great but my phone is way lighter than my laptop if I need it for someone else.
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On-the-fly download and flash (#14)
Possibly with a repository of GNU/Linux distros.
- Resumable flashes
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A little redesign
I have some usability improvents in mind ;)
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macOS installer support (#6)
macOS installer is kinda weird, so don’t hold your breath.
No ETAs. I’ll probably be able to get something done in the summer, but I won’t promise. If you would like to help, pull requests are always welcome ;)
Last but not least I would like to thank everyone who contributed.
A bunch of people contributed translations. We now have:
- Italian (me)
- German (Jakob Senkl)
- French (Yassine Imounachen)
- Turkish (Can Berberoglu)
- Spanish (Carlos Sánchez)
A big thanks to all the people who sent donations on PayPal or became patrons on Patreon:
- Robbie
- Murat Deniz
- Taylen
- David
- Praveen
- Kittipat
- Mohamad
- Kurt
- Mihali
- Alex
- Nemanja
- Vasyl
- Moritz
See you on GitHub ;)