Bonfire

Inspiration

We envision this app to be a great way to supplement group interactions back into our daily lives. Face it, the pandemic turned many of us into hermits. We also picture this being a great resource for students, from freshman to seniors, on campus to meet new people.

What it does

Our app runs completely off of Bluetooth, meaning No internet? No Problem! This also limits new interactions to line-of-sight communication, establishing the important face-to-name bonding. We are currently able to see currently hosted bonfires, join them, view the connected users, and share messages amongst the Bonfire!

How we built it

We built this app in Android Studio using Google Nearby Connections API.

Challenges we ran into

Many hours were spent figuring out the Bluetooth communications, this left a lot to be desired in terms of user and group customization. Our hacking also began in the afternoon on Saturday, we've never had so much caffeine!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

With this basically being our first time developing an app, we are very excited with what we were able to produce in such a short amount of time.

What we learned

We learned a lot in terms of of app development, and with this app relying solely on Bluetooth adapters, we also learned how important is to have plenty of hardware to test with! We also learned that coming in person together as a team resulted in an amazing time, and were able to accomplish so much more than if we were remote. Hey, that sounds like a Bonfire!

What's next for Bonfire

We plan to hit the ground running with this app, once we take a much needed rest after this Hackathon. We want to implement lots of modern user profile customization features to provide a polished experience when the app reaches the hands of the users.

Built With

• google-nearby-connections