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This is the current design of the user wallet
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This is the logo we made for the ap
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this is the current design for the home page for users to scan
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Future Design
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Future Design
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Furutre design
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Future Design
Inspiration
We were tired of people in the career fair asking questions like: "can I get your number for contact?" "what is your email?" "let's get connected on LinkedIn! ... So what is your username?"
We created iConnect for users to share all their connection platform within one scan. This product aims to reduce the time for employers and employees to ask for contact and have more time making the real connection
What it does
Each users will upload their iCard, where it contains all the links to their information and social media platform.
When meeting someone new, just show them your iCard and they can see all your shared information! Simply add the iCard to your wallet so you keep connected with others!
How we built it
We used react-native as the frontend and MongoDB Atlas for the backend. The project was built on the Expo package in react-native.
Challenges we ran into
We really wanted to use Auth0 for the sign-in function, but after struggling for a long time, we learned that it doesn't support the Expo package we were using. So we had to give up with that implementation.
Getting the permission for the camera was hard for us as security requires a lot of caution and we had to have all the setting set correctly
We needed to create a separate Express server to host the DB and query from it. Therefore, we had to create different endpoints to interface both the app and the database.
We still have issue storing the imageUrl and calling it in our app.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The idea was interesting and we thought it would really help people with the process of connecting with each other. We never made a react-native app so we are really proud that we were able to make this app.
What we learned
Skills like react-native, figma designing, Express servers are just a few skills we learned from building this project. Team working was also something we gained as we only have 2 people who knows how to code, we have to distribute the work effectivly.
What's next for iConnect
The app still has a lot to be implemented. Some functions are not done yet, and we hope to integrate AI connection recommendation system in the future to help people finding connections .
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