2. Clone your fork to your machine. ```git clone https://github.com/<Your_Username>/Tusky```
3. Create a new branch named after your change. ```git checkout -b your-change-name``` (```checkout``` switches to a branch, ```-b``` specifies that the branch is a new one)
All English text that will be visible to users should be put in ```app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml```. Any text that is missing in a translation will fall back to the version in this file. Be aware that anything added to this file will need to be translated, so be very concise with wording and try to add as few things as possible. Look for existing strings to use first. If there is untranslatable text that you don't want to keep as a string constant in a Java class, you can use the string resource file ```app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml```.
This project is in the process of migrating to Kotlin, all new code must be written in Kotlin.
We try to follow the [Kotlin Style Guide](https://developer.android.com/kotlin/style-guide) and make format the code according to the default [ktlint codestyle](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint).
You can check the codestyle by running `./gradlew ktlintCheck`.
Existing code in Java should follow the [Android Style Guide](https://source.android.com/source/code-style), which is what Android uses for their own source code. ```@Nullable``` and ```@NotNull``` annotations are really helpful for Kotlin interoperability. Please don't submit new features written in Kotlin.
### Viewbinding
We use [Viewbinding](https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/view-binding) to reference views. No contribution using another mechanism will be accepted.
There are useful extensions in `src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/ViewExtensions.kt` that make working with viewbinding easier.
There are three themes in the app, so any visual changes should be checked with each of them to ensure they look appropriate no matter which theme is selected. Usually, you can use existing color attributes like ```?attr/colorPrimary``` and ```?attr/textColorSecondary```.
Any time you get a good chunk of work done it's good to make a commit. You can either uses Android Studio's built-in UI for doing this or running the commands:
```
git add .
git commit -m "Describe the changes in this commit here."
It may refuse to start the rebase if there's changes that haven't been committed, so make sure you've added and committed everything. If there were changes on develop to any of the parts of files you worked on, a conflict will arise when you rebase. [Resolving a merge conflict](https://help.github.com/articles/resolving-a-merge-conflict-using-the-command-line) is a good guide to help with this. After committing the resolution, you can run ```git rebase --continue``` to finish the rebase. If you want to cancel, like if you make some mistake in resolving the conflict, you can always do ```git rebase --abort```.
4. Wait for feedback on your pull request and be ready to make some changes
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to open an issue or contact [Tusky@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@Tusky). Please also ask before you start implementing a new big feature.
