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Android Application Development
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ownCloud provides an official ownCloud Android client, which gives its users
access to their files on their ownCloud. It also includes functionality like
automatically uploading pictures and videos to ownCloud.

For third party application developers, ownCloud offers the ownCloud Android
library under the MIT license.

Android ownCloud Client development
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If you are interested in working on the ownCloud android client, you can find
the source code `in github <https://github.com/owncloud/android/>`_. The
setup and process of contribution is
`documented here <https://github.com/owncloud/android/blob/master/SETUP.md>`_.

You might want to start with doing one or two `junior jobs <https://github.com/owncloud/android/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Junior+Job%22>`_
to get into the code and note our :doc:`../general/index`

Note that contribution to the Android client require signing the `ownCloud Contributor Agreement <https://owncloud.org/contribute/agreement/>`_.

ownCloud Android Library
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This document will describe how to the use ownCloud Android Library.  The
ownCloud Android Library allows a developer to communicate with any ownCloud
server; among the features included are file synchronization, upload and
download of files, delete rename files and folders, etc.

This library may be added to a project and seamlessly integrates any
application with ownCloud.

The tool needed is any IDE for Android. This guide includes some screenshots
showing examples in Eclipse.

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   library_installation
   examples