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  Our database on localhost

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  Code behind the Android app

Inspiration

We were inspired to help solve one of the greatest problems for students, which is budgeting.

What it does

It processes a photo of a receipt with the help of an Android app which sends data to a database, which is linked to an website that breaks the receipt down into products with their prices, gives a daily report of the expenses and shows the most expensive product bought.

How I built it

We used Android Studio to create the mobile application and for the website we utilised PHP, CSS and HTML5 and the database uses MySql.

Challenges I ran into

We tried to use Amazon Web Services, but only managed to connect the database, and not the website, thus were not able to put our application online and can only be used locally.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Developing our very first complex application which includes a mobile app and a database. We are also proud of coming up with an interesting idea and being able to implement it in the given time.

What I learned

How to use numerous languages and programmes, fix lots of difficulties that came up and work as a team.

What's next for Budget It

Implement an API that based on the previous entries can give an estimate of the future expenditures, most likely products to be bought frequently. Also, based on the favourite product, the API will be able to search online for the lowest prices and give recommendation on where to shop in order to achieve the lowest prices. We would like to develop an Android/IOS version of the website, with the same functionality.

Built With

• android-studio
• css
• html5
• mysql
• php