## Features
Aves can handle all sorts of images and videos, including your typical JPEGs and MP4s, but also more exotic things like **multi-page TIFFs, SVGs, old AVIs and more**!
It scans your media collection to identify **motion photos**, **panoramas** (aka photo spheres), **360° videos**, as well as **GeoTIFF** files.
**Navigation and search** is an important part of Aves. The goal is for users to easily flow from albums to photos to tags to maps, etc.
Aves integrates with Android (from **API 19 to 33**, i.e. from KitKat to Android 13) with features such as **widgets**, **app shortcuts**, **screen saver** and **global search** handling. It also works as a **media viewer and picker**.
## Screenshots
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## Changelog
The list of changes for past and future releases is available [here](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md).
## Permissions
Aves requires a few permissions to do its job:
- **read contents of shared storage**: the app only accesses media files, and modifying them requires explicit access grants from the user,
- **read locations from media collection**: necessary to display the media coordinates, and to group them by country (via reverse geocoding),
- **have network access**: necessary for the map view, and most likely for precise reverse geocoding too,
- **view network connections**: checking for connection states allows Aves to gracefully degrade features that depend on internet.
## Contributing
### Issues
[Bug reports](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%3Abug&template=bug_report.md&title=) and [feature requests](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/issues/new?assignees=&labels=type%3Afeature&template=feature_request.md&title=) are welcome, but read the [guidelines](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/issues/234) first. If you have questions, check out the [discussions](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/discussions).
### Code
At this stage this project does *not* accept PRs.
### Translations
Translations are powered by [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/aves/) and the effort of wonderfully generous volunteers.
If you want to translate this app in your language and share the result, [there is a guide](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/wiki/Contributing-to-Translations).
### Donations
Some users have expressed the wish to financially support the project. Thanks! ❤️
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## Project Setup
Before running or building the app, update the dependencies for the desired flavor:
```
# scripts/apply_flavor_play.sh
```
To build the project, create a file named `
/android/key.properties`. It should contain a reference to a keystore for app signing, and other necessary credentials. See [key_template.properties](https://github.com/deckerst/aves/blob/develop/android/key_template.properties) for the expected keys.
To run the app:
```
# ./flutterw run -t lib/main_play.dart --flavor play
```
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