Telegram X Android Competition: Round 2
Prize fund for Round 2: $20,000.
Deadline: 23:59 on October 30th (Dubai time).
Who can participate: Everyone! Even if you didn't participate in Round 1.
Results announcement: November 9th, 2022.
While the upcoming contest for iOS devs is on its way, Telegram X for Android is ready to announce the next stage of its competition, introducing a new reward structure. The Contest Task is to implement 3 separate features in Java, identical to the demo materials of TGX 2022 Contest 2.zip attached below – including all the animations, layouts, and other visual effects. This time, each task offers its own prize. There will be a single winner announced for each category listed. We strongly recommend focusing on 1 task to make sure it is done right:
$9,000 – Channel Comments + Message Threads
$7,000 – The ‘Send As’ feature
$4,000 – Improved Search
As a reminder, the following conditions are mandatory:
• You should use the Telegram X source code available on GitHub.
• You must not use any existing codebase of the same functionality from other Telegram clients.
• Entries must be submitted as ready-to-merge pull requests to the repository by the deadline date.
Details:
The complete feature list and logic description can be accessed here – https://contest.com/docs/TgX-Oct22-Round2.
Evaluation Criteria:
1. The overall code quality will be a top priority, as well as animation smoothness and overall stability. Make sure to get familiar with the project structure and guide for contributors before getting started.
2. Your implementation should not impact existing functions, like causing the app to crash when interacting with other features.
3. Ensure the app is free of major glitches, interface jumps, and severe layout issues.
4. Your app should run smoothly on a wide range of devices. In the evaluation stage, we will test with several devices, including Samsung Galaxy (A51, S10, S21 Ultra), Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, and more.
5. Attempts to impersonate someone else's work (like submitting a copy of someone else's pull request) will lead to permanent disqualification from Telegram X contests and any potential rewards in the future.
Prize Distribution:
• We strongly recommend picking a single task. If you submit entries for two features, each will be evaluated separately. Remember, there will only be a single prize winner per task.
• After the deadline date, all the apps from the submitted PRs will be built and posted on @tgx_prs.
• Over the following 10 days, the judges will evaluate them. During this period, you may focus on fixing your bugs – whether self-discovered or reported in @tgx_dev.
• We will select the winners for each category on November 9th with an immediate 70% payout of the announced prize. (For example, the entry for best channel comments and threads would be awarded $6,300.)
• The winning apps then go to the public beta for 2 weeks. The contestants will fix any bugs discovered by the community, further polishing the apps. Then the remaining 30% will be paid.
Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at the end of this round. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.
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