2015 Liferay Screens App Contest

Here we go again with another crazy summer app contest! This year, to celebrate the release of Liferay Screens, we are holding another community app building contest with some sweet, sweet prizes! I am happy to announce the opening of the 2015 Liferay Screens App Contest! Build a cool app using Liferay Screens and win!

What is Liferay Screens? I'm glad you asked!

Liferay Screens is a collection of fully native mobile components, using all the power of your Liferay Portal as an enterprise grade mobile back-end.

With Liferay Screens, building native apps is super simple - you get a set of fully customizable and extensible components (screenlets) that are pre-wired to talk to your Liferay Portal backend. Drop them in place, wire them together, and you're done. Oh, and of course it's 100% open source! Check out the intro video on the Screens project page for an even better intro:

The App Contest

This summer we invite you to get down and nerdy with Liferay Screens. The mobile revolution arrived a few years ago, so what are you waiting for? The contest begins today! Read details about the contest, including the judging criteria, deadlines, and official rules.

Contest Timeline

  • July 15: Contest Opens
  • September 1: Last day for submitting apps
  • September 15: Winners announced

That gives you around 6 weeks to complete and submit apps for the contest. Note this time includes the time needed for app approval by Google or Apple.

What can I win?

This year, up to 3 apps will be Grand Prize Winners. Each Grand Prize winner will choose one of two super cool wearables (see contest rules on the contest page for details):

All entrants will receive a gift from Liferay simply for building an app and entering the contest. We don't want anyone going home empty-handed!

Why should I enter the contest?

Besides the great prizes offered, your apps will be listed in various places (in our social media streams, contest follow-up material, and at future events) which has historically been shown to greatly increase your apps visibility and subsequent downloads and activity. Not only that, you will forever be recorded in the annals of Liferay history as an awesome app contest winner! Finally, you will have gained valuable knowledge and experience in the entire developer workflow of building mobile apps with Liferay and witness just how easy it is. Woo!

Ok, I want in! What do I do?

It's easy:

  1. Develop a native mobile app using Liferay Screens
  2. Submit App to either the iOS App Store or Google Play
  3. Fill out contest entry form (near bottom of page)
  4. Win! (Maybe)

Remember, you have until September 1, 2015 at 11:59pm US/Pacific to enter, so be sure to check out the Liferay Developer Network for everything you need to get started building apps with Liferay Screens. Don't forget, even after you submit the app itself to an app store, you still need to fill out the contest entry form so we know about it!

What if I need help?

No worries! The Liferay community is here for you. The Screens team and other experienced developers in our community can help you get started, answer technical questions, and help you get into the contest. If you have questions, you can post them to the Screens forum, tweet them with #LiferayScreens, or post to Facebook/Google+.

Tutorials, Resources, and more!

We have tons of material for you. Check them out:

Good luck, and we can't wait to see what you come up with!