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+# NextCompanion
+A minimalistic client for Nextbike. Still under early development, use with care.
+
+I'm not a professional developer; especially not for Android. Until someone cool reviewed this source code, please consider this app bad by technical design.
+
+## Installation
+* Build it
+* F-Droid (coming)
+* manual APK download (coming)
+
+## Features
+[x] Sign in
+[x] List of rented bikes
+[x] Rent bikes
+[x] Return bikes
+[x] Sign out
+[ ] Good error handling
+[ ] Settings
+
+## Possible features
+* integration of other bike sharing systems
+
+## This is not...
+* feature rich
+* the official client
+* sign up on Nextbike
+* read the news feed
+* a map
+* delete your account
+* using GPS
+* fancy swiping
+
+## Motivation
+tl;dr: Did not work for me. Too many crashes, completly overloaded with features, returning did not work.
+
+The original client sent me random testing notifications like "IOS test" or "LOL" but idk, why does a bike sharing app needs notifications anyhow? It has also features like their news feed and since a recent upgrade it became unusable for me because returning depends on personal GPS location.