Inspiration
I like apps that encourage speaking with other people and making connections in some form or another. Discord has actually been one of the best ways I made friends within the gaming community. So I figured an app where you can do this with other interest people have would be cool.
What it does
It allows you to attend events where other people may attend showing that you have common interests. A good way to meet up with other people.
How we built it
Build using android studio, some xml, and Java.
Challenges we ran into
Problem 1: How to carry text from one screen(activity) to another. Such as entering your name. The gettext function wasn’t encapsulated with the intent. Which caused the text to save but only stay within the first screen and not display in the other.
Problem 2: I recommend using baseadapter with no binding as that caused the button not to work when going to the second activity. As in when u clicked the button the program crashed. When it creates the prefilled options pay attention the the naming convention as getting it wrong can cause errors later on in the program.
Problem 3: The svg background used for the app needed to be adjusted multiple times. The border was removed to make the look more natural. Wasn’t able to use this on the event selection page since it was behind the listview instead of infront.
Problem 4(not resolved): Being able to login without having to enter an ussername and email. Pretty sure it has to do with the lack of logic for what is enabling the button or even placement of said code.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Figuring out how to get the listview to work as that was one of the more complicated issues I ran into haha.
What we learned
The process of making and app while actually having a finished product to show off.
What's next for Pocket Talk App
Going to get it published on the app store and add more functions if possible.
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