Food Friends

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  welcomeScreen

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  registerChooseScreen

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  providerRegister

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  profileScreen

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  provRequestsScreen

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  signInScreen (text at bottom is just for testing)

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  requestMealScreen

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  consumerRegisterScreen

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  explainRolesScreen

Inspiration

Despite the prevalence of food banks and other places to get food from, many people go hungry everyday in the United States. This is partly due to poor connection between those who need food and those who have food to give out. I wanted to help solve this problem by creating a better connection between those who need food and those who are giving it out. Almost everybody has a phone nowadays, so I thought, an app would be a great way to connect as many people as possible.

What it does

My app allows people who need food to send out a request stating how much food they need and whether they have any dietary restrictions. Their request is sent out to people who are distributing food and registered within the app. From there, food distributors can accept food requests. As requests are accepted by different food distributors, the requestor receives an email notification stating that they can go to xx food distributor at xx address. For people who are unable to travel to a food distributor, there is an option to request delivery. This will send their request only to distributors who are willing to deliver to each person in need. In the end, every person who needs it can get food.

How we built it

I built this app wireframe in Thunkable.

Challenges we ran into

A major challenge I ran into was lacking experience in designing aesthetically pleasing app fronts. I don't have much of a hand for design, so doing this was quite tough for me. I cross referenced my work with other apps, and incorporated elements I like into my design. This helped me get some ideas on how the UI could look and made the app look less bad than it could've been. Additionally, Thunkable is missing a lot of elements that its predecessor used to have, such as checkboxes and drop-down menus. I got around this by making my own checkboxes and drop-down menus, but it took a lot of time formatting them to be properly positioned. The current version also lacked the ability to change the text and background color of elements like input boxes and list viewers. Because of this, they couldn't be formatted to match the rest of the app's theme that well. I got around this by trying to choose a color theme that will at least partially mask this.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm proud of having finished as much as I did during this competition. Starting this project, I hadn't thought I'd actually finish most of what I wanted to add to the app.

What we learned

Over the course of this competition, I learned how to persevere through the worst of the worst headaches. Jokes aside, I really did learn to be persistent. There were plenty of times when I thought making this app wireframe wouldn't be worth it and I should just stop while I'm ahead. But I kept myself from stopping by thinking "What if it isn't too bad? What if it turns out okay and I finish it?" With that, I managed to mostly finish the app.

What's next for Hungry Hungry Neighbors

Seeing as this is just an app wireframe, I would like to implement the database-work behind the app so that it can actually function. I would also like to improve the organisation of the app, and maybe wait until an update comes along to Thunkable so the design aspects of the app can be improved. Some other smaller changes I would make is using a tab navigation rather than a drop-down menu and including a tab to see past requests a distributor has accepted.

Built With

• thunkable