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+# GNU Taler Android Code Repository
+
+This git repository contains code for GNU Taler Android apps and libraries.
+The official location is:
+
+ https://git.taler.net/taler-android.git
+
+## Structure
+
+* [**anastasis-ui**](/anastasis-ui) - an Android library for sync and backup UI.
+ See [Anastasis](https://docs.taler.net/anastasis.html).
+* [**cashier**](/cashier) - an Android app that enables you to take cash and give out electronic cash
+* [**merchant-lib**](/merchant-lib) - a library providing communication with a merchant backend
+ to be used by the point of sale app below.
+* [**merchant-terminal**](/merchant-terminal) - a merchant point of sale terminal Android app
+ that allows sellers to
+ process customers’ orders by adding or removing products,
+ calculate the amount owed by the customer
+ and let the customer make a Taler payment via QR code or NFC.
+* [**taler-kotlin-android**](/taler-kotlin-android) - an Android library containing common code
+ needed by more than one Taler Android app.
+* [**multiplatform**](/multiplatform) - multi-platform Taler libraries
+ included as a [git submodule](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule)
+ from [`https://git.taler.net/wallet-kotlin.git`](https://git.taler.net/wallet-kotlin.git/)
+* [**wallet**](/wallet) - a GNU Taler wallet Android app
+
+## Building
+
+Before building anything, you should initialize and update the submodules by running
+
+ $ ./bootstrap
+
+Then, you can get a list of possible build tasks like this:
+
+ $ ./gradlew tasks
+
+See the [Taler developer manual](https://docs.taler.net/developers-manual.html#build-apps-from-source).
+for more information about building individual apps.
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## Building
You can import the project into Android Studio
-or build it with Gradle on the command line:
+or build it with Gradle on the command line (from the repository root):
- $ ./gradlew build
+ $ ./bootstrap
+ $ ./gradlew :cashier:build
+
+More information can be found in the
+[Taler developer manual](https://docs.taler.net/developers-manual.html#build-apps-from-source).
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+# GNU Taler Point of Sale merchant terminal
+
+This merchant point of sale terminal Android app allows sellers to
+
+* process customers’ orders by adding or removing products,
+* calculate the amount owed by the customer and
+* let the customer make a Taler payment via QR code or NFC.
+
+## Building
+
+You can import the project into Android Studio
+or build it with Gradle on the command line (from the repository root):
+
+ $ ./bootstrap
+ $ ./gradlew :merchant-terminal:build
+
+More information can be found in the
+[Taler developer manual](https://docs.taler.net/developers-manual.html#build-apps-from-source).
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# GNU Taler Wallet
This package implements a GNU Taler wallet for Android.
-It is currently a UI for the wallet library writen in TypeScript.
+It is currently a UI for the
+[wallet library written in TypeScript](https://git.taler.net/wallet-core.git).
## Building
-It can be built with Gradle:
+It can be built from the project's main directory with Gradle:
- $ ./gradlew build
+ $ ./bootstrap
+ $ ./gradlew :wallet:build
+
+More information can be found in the
+[Taler developer manual](https://docs.taler.net/developers-manual.html#build-apps-from-source).