CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing Guide

Thank you for your attention to this project. Any bug, doc, examples and suggestion is appriciated. Here are some suggestions for you to create Pull Requests or open Issues.

Branch Management

master
 ↑
develop         <--- PR(bugfix/typo/3rd-PR)
 ↑ PR
{type}/{description}

Branches

• master branch
  • master is the latest (pre-)release branch.
• develop branch
  • develop is the stable developing branch. Github Release is used to publish a (pre-)release version to master branch.
  • It's RECOMMENDED to commit bugfix or feature PR to develop.
• {action}/{description} branch
  • The branch for a developing or bugfix *. DO NOT commit any PR to such a branch.

Branch Name

{action}/{description}

• {action}:
  • feature: used for developing a new feature.
  • bugfix: used for fixing bugs.
• for example: feature/add_flex_layouthelper

Commit Log

{action} {description}

• {action}
  • add
  • update or bugfix
  • remove
  • ...
• {description}
  • It's RECOMMENDED to close issue with syntax #123, see the doc for more detail. It's useful for responding issues and release flow.

for example:

• add new layout helper
• fix #123, make compatible to recyclervew 25.2.0
• remove abc

Issue

• Please apply a propper label to an issue.
• Suggested to use English.
• Provide sufficient instructions to be able to reproduce the issue and make the issues clear. Such as phone model, system version, sdk version, crash logs and screen captures.

Pull Request And Contributor License Agreement

Create Pull Requests here.

In order to contribute code to vlayout, you (or the legal entity you represent) must sign the Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

You can read and sign the Alibaba CLA online.

For CLA assistant service works properly, please make sure you have added email address that your commits linked to GitHub account.

Code Style Guide

Java & Android

• Use Google Java Style as basic guidelines of java code.
• Follow AOSP Code Style for rest of android related code style.