Update existing Messaging App with Re-Branding and Configuration

Project Description Job Description You are a Java Developer with experience in the development of Android mobile phone apps. The requested app is the re-skinning and branding of a popular open source messaging client. We would require you to be able to upload the app to the app store connect (ours) and talk us through the submission process and also address any issues if it's not accepted straight away into the app store. We are not building a new app. We are taking an open source project, and re-branding it, keeping almost all of the "look-and-feel" and then just updating the app to use our messaging server. Right now it lets you set your own, and uses the open source projects default messaging server. This is the application we will use: [login to view URL] You can download the app on your phone and play with it using the default messaging server here: [login to view URL] I'm using GitHub as source code repository. Skills & Services The right developer will be able to provide me with the following skills and services: * Update an Android mobile app * Access a Restful API to pull down a “Drop” down or available Messaging Servers * Integrate updates of the Open Source Project into a new Code Release * Knows how to use GitHub and GitHub CI * Test driven development * Solid communication skills in English * Slack Style team communication Deliverables & Timeline * Check-in the source code into our GitHub repository * Provide documentation about the build and installation process Project Scope I'm hoping to find an expert who can continue to advise me as I expand my project. I'm looking to build a good working relation that will continue in the future so being a team player and being nice is as important as being skilled. About me I'm the product owner of a Community Platform. The project is under development but will go public soon.