howareu

happy
sad
calendar view

Inspiration

This project is partly inspired by Pikmin Bloom, a mobile game from Niantic. In the game, at a chosen time daily, it allows you to save a note about your day, these are then logged in the app along with other achievements you got in game. I really loved this feature, but it was really a forgotten part of the app, so I decided to build something dedicated to this functionality.

What it does

You are able to select how good (or bad) you are feeling, as well as a brief reasoning behind your thoughts. Each entry you make is logged into a database associated with the date of entry. On the overview screen, you are able to select a day on the calendar and view all your entries for that day. It also gives you a brief description about how that day went, and sometimes provides encouragement if necessary.

How we built it

I used React Native and Expo to build the mobile app. There is a SQLite database that stores all the entries.

Challenges we ran into

There were a lot of challenges. I had almost no experience in React Native, or React. At first, I was using React Native, but ran into a lot of trouble, so I decided to just rewrite it in React and then find a way to make it into an app. This led to huge problems with storing the database (would've required a backend) which was not my goal. I then tried using local storage in the browser, but it was just a janky solution I was not happy with. Thus, I rewrote it again in React Native.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I feel far more comfortable in the technology that I used. One of my main reasons I chose this project was to become familiar with React Native/React. I am super proud that I was able to actually build the APK and install the app on my phone. I almost gave up a couple of times, but I am so happy that I stuck through it and was able to complete this project.