Muntashir Al-islam is a software engineer and Ph.D. student in computer science at UC Riverside with a decade of hands-on experience building cross-platform and mobile applications. He has shipped production Android apps—most notably contributing major features and performance fixes to the AppManager project—and has a track record of removing proprietary dependencies and stabilizing apps through careful refactoring. As a long-time open source maintainer and contributor since high school, he balances rapid feature delivery with upfront planning, strong documentation skills (Javadoc/PHPDoc/LaTeX), and adherence to language-specific coding standards. His industry experience ranges from mobile-focused roles at Divine Companion to teaching data structures, security, and big data as a graduate teaching assistant. Pragmatic and resourceful, he frequently leverages community knowledge (e.g., StackOverflow) to solve real-world problems efficiently. Based in Riverside, CA, he blends academic rigor with practical product development and a tendency to prioritize maintainability and performance.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Ph.D. in Computer Science at University of California, Riverside
Higher Secondary School Certificate, Science, Higher Secondary School Certificate, Science at Dhaka City College
Contributions:11 releases, 44 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Muntashir primarily focused on modifying and maintaining the Android application. They removed Google Play dependencies, which might indicate efforts to reduce the app's reliance on proprietary services or to address specific build issues. Further, the commits demonstrate a focus on updating package names, fixing crashes, and refactoring code, indicating work to stabilize and improve the application's functionality and address potential bugs. The changes affect core activity and utility classes, suggesting maintenance and feature integration.
A full-featured package manager and viewer for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:71 releases, 93 reviews, 3018 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Muntashir is a mobile Android developer, as their contributions are primarily focused on the development of the App Manager application for Android devices. They have implemented new features like Magisk DenyList, redesigned the memory and swap info bars, added features like a dedicated screen time widget and the ability to open APK files as well as adding support for the new v3.1 APK signing scheme. In addition to feature work they have been responsible for fixing various UI issues and improving the general consistency of UI elements as well as addressing memory leaks and other performance issues.
full-featuredpackage-managerapksandroidlinux
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