I am Muskan Kumari, a student and full-stack developer. I have been contributing to MIT App Inventor, specifically working on UI optimizations and features like the Language Search filter.
I am excited to share my GSOC 2026 proposal for the project: "Refactoring and Enhancing the ListView Component." The goal is to improve the internal architecture for better performance and ensure parity between the Android and iOS versions.
My mentor, Susan, suggested I share my draft here to get feedback from the community. I would love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or any specific requirements you feel should be addressed in this refactor.
Proposal Link:
You can also see my recent contributions on GitHub under the username Muskan04039.
Hi Muskan, this a tremendous plan. Hope all your work pays off in success!
Could it be that in the future, listViews could allow entries (cards) to be ‘nested’ with a keyName, so that a ‘child’ entry is associated with a ‘parent’. HTML & Javascript allow this tree-structure nesting and with clever HSS styling, groups of entries can be displayed (+) and hidden (-).
Perhaps your refactoring work in this project may provide a gateway for such nesting of data in listViews.
Thank you so much for the encouraging words! I’m glad you find the refactoring plan promising.
The idea of Nested ListViews (Expand/Collapse functionality) is excellent and would definitely enhance the user experience in App Inventor. While my primary focus for this GSOC project is the core refactoring, performance optimization, and ensuring Android/iOS parity, I am designing the new architecture to be more modular and flexible.
I will definitely keep this 'nesting' requirement in mind during the refactoring process so that such features can be implemented more seamlessly in the future.
