fiona-waters / freecycle

Mobile App Development - Assignment 1 (FreeCycle)

Project Name: FreeCycle

Project Description:

FreeCycle is a web application that allows users to offer unwanted reusable items to others which helps in contributing to a circular economy. A user signs up and can then view/add/edit/delete listings. Listings include contact details and location via map for collection of the item/s.

The following technologies have been used in the making of the FreeCycle web application:

• Kotlin
• Android Studio
• Git/GitHub
• Google Maps
• Google Gson
• Picasso

Features

• CRUD functionality for listings.
• Create functionality for users.
• Basic User Authentication.
• Image upload functionality.
• JSON Persistence for listings and users.
• App navigation via menus.
• Use of date picker to set date item is available for collection.
• Use of toggle button to set status of listing active/inactive.
• Map functionality.
• Splash Screen with application Logo
• Search/Filter functionality

Visuals

Splash Screen

Sign Up & Login Page:

FreeCycle List Activity:

Add Listing :

References

Helpful online resources used in this project:

Creating a splash screen

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-create-a-splash-screen-in-android-using-kotlin/#:~:text=Note%20that%20select%20Kotlin%20as%20the%20programming%20language.&text=Go%20to%20app%20%3E%20java%20%3E%20first,screen%20as%20per%20the%20requirement

Adding a font

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33923803/how-to-set-custom-font-for-a-whole-application-in-android#:~:text=You%20just%20need%20to%20put,with%20the%20android%3AfontFamily%20attribute.&text=You%20can%20download%20a%20custom,if%20you%20want%20as%20well
• https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/text-and-emoji/fonts-in-xml
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-change-font-of-toolbar-title-in-an-android-app/

Use of Toggle Button

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/togglebutton-in-kotlin/#:~:text=In%20Android%2C%20ToggleButton%20is%20just,is%20just%20like%20a%20button.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iX7S7dRao
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16551468/centering-togglebutton-image-with-no-text

Adding Date Picker functionality

• https://android.camposha.info/en/datepicker/
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/datepicker-in-kotlin/#:~:text=Android%20DatePicker%20is%20a%20user,will%20select%20a%20valid%20date.
• https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/DatePicker
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72084414/set-date-and-get-date-from-material-date-picker-in-kotlin-android
• https://www.baeldung.com/kotlin/current-date-time
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72356912/how-can-i-add-months-int-to-a-choosen-date-on-date-picker-in-android-kotlin
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39192945/serialize-java-8-localdate-as-yyyy-mm-dd-with-gson
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13268228/how-to-use-ondatechangedlistener-ondatesetlistener-without-using-datepickerdial

Login Form

• https://www.tutorialkart.com/kotlin-android/login-form-example-in-kotlin-android/

Android Best Practices

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/12-best-practices-for-android-development/

Search/Filter Functionality

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5YnTvsVPRk

Updating/Refreshing View After Edit

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12293884/how-can-i-send-back-data-using-finish
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3053761/reload-activity-in-android
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20015950/can-we-call-startactivityforresult-from-adapterhow-to-get-the-response