Gregor Santner
Software Engineer
Austria, Germany
Summary
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RockstarGregor Santner is an experienced Austrian software engineer with 11 years focused on mobile Android development and a strong open-source presence. He has driven meaningful improvements in notable projects like OpenLauncher and Markor, modernizing codebases, updating dependency and build systems, and enhancing UX through features like file browsers, toolbar options, and night icons. Comfortable refactoring large projects, Gregor blends pragmatic engineering—migrating components, optimizing icons, and integrating CI—with attention to polish in editor and preference UIs. Based in Germany/Austria, he brings steady, long-term maintenance expertise that keeps apps healthy and user-friendly. An understated strength is his knack for incremental modernization: making legacy Android projects feel current without full rewrites.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
file-handling10
user-interface10
gradlew10
ui-design10
interface-design10
android-development10
gradle10
dependency-management9
javas8
java8
graphical-user-interface8
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
gsantner/markor
Aug 2017 - Jan 2023
Text editor - Notes & ToDo (for Android) - Markdown, todo.txt, plaintext, math, ..
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:86 releases, 571 reviews, 1295 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Gregor primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the Markor app for Android, focusing on preference settings and various UI aspects of the editor. The contributions involved restructuring code, renaming classes, and implementing features like the file browser with functionality for open and the handling of file types. The user also integrated new features, added toolbar options, and implemented auto scrolling to improve the user experience.
notesplaintexttask-listmarkdowntodotxt
OpenLauncherTeam/openlauncher
Mar 2017 - Jul 2021
Customizable and Open Source Launcher for Android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 releases, 11 reviews, 203 commits in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Gregor primarily focused on refactoring and reformatting the OpenLauncher project to utilize the default Android Gradle project layout and to update library dependencies, particularly Butterknife. They also contributed to user interface enhancements by updating about sections, adding new features such as nighty icons, CircleCI, and performed icon optimizations. Further work included migrating components and settings.
launcherandroidcustomizabledrawercustomization
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