UI enhancement - use mine logos

[nadia-dev]

There is a logo for each mine, which is accessible via registry endpoint. We can find a way to use these logos in the app to make it more appealing visually or to improve UX.

[saranshmanu]

I would like to contribute to the project. Could could guide me please how to get started with this issue

[yochannah]

Hey @saranshmanu, we'd love for you to help out! :) If you're interested, you can read a little bit about InterMine here: http://intermine.org/

What I'd suggest is the following:

1. Download the InterMine iOS app here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/intermine-gene-search/id1271710231?mt=8 (on an emulator or on a physical device; either is fine) - get familiar enough with it you probably understand the ticket. You can view a list of the different InterMines that the app draws from by clicking on the hamburger menu at the top left of the screen.
2. Consider where a logo for each InterMine might go once you've gotten familiar with the app. Maybe in that hamburger menu we just mentioned? maybe the login screen?
3. Share your ideas, either textually or with a quick mock up (a pen+paper sketch photoed on your phone is one nice quick way to do this)
4. If we like it, we'll ask you to go ahead fork the repo, and add the changes! Currently, this app pulls data from the InterMine registry: http://registry.intermine.org/service/instances (see also github: https://github.com/intermine/intermine-registry the ui: http://registry.intermine.org/, and the swagger API docs: http://registry.intermine.org/api-docs/ ) - this should give you the info you need to get the logo urls. Note that not all InterMines have logos set, so we'd need to compensate for that, too.
5. Make a PR when ready! :)

if you need help: Any of the contact details on intermine.org should work, and there are links to various API docs as well - but sometimes it can be hard to find what you need. Feel free to post updates on this thread or mention me @yochannah if you need help about anything InterMine-related or biology related. My email's in my github profile too. @joystate implemented the app so she's the expert on the iOS side!

[nadia-dev]

@saranshmanu, awesome! @yochannah covered pretty much all of it. If you have specific questions or just want a walkthrough of the project, we can setup a hangout or Skype.