Being able to fork a project from the github app

[Angelk90]

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It would be nice to be able to fork a project from the github app android.

[alcere]

Ho @Angelk90! Thank you for sharing your feedback! We have shared your request with our product team and it will be taken into consideration for the future, so please stay tuned!

[Angelk90]

@alcere : I hope it doesn't take too long to find out some information, for anything tag me and I will support you as I can.

[alcere]

Hi @Angelk90! I am happy to share that now repository forking is available for mobile users! Please take a look to our changelog to learn more about the feauture!

[alcere]

@dpewaal-iba you can find it here: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-12-11-now-you-can-fork-public-repositories-on-github-mobile/

[jsoref]

#3333 asked for this.

https://twitter.com/github/status/1866883185742622746 claims the feature exists

[aa131520]

What are the technical or design challenges in implementing the forking functionality in the GitHub Android app?

[Charlesnorris509]

The ability to fork repositories directly from the GitHub mobile app is indeed a valuable feature that brings convenience to users who prefer mobile workflows. If you're curious about the details of the implementation, the changelog page provides insights into how forking works on mobile and any related updates. You can even send Pull request and Process to testing and Merging through the mobile version