RentIt

Rent books from your neighbors when books aren't at the library.

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Inspiration We used to have to wait for weeks for books to come off of hold.

What it does Allows a user to find neighbors near them that are willing to rent them books. Simple for both sides of the transaction.

How we built it We used MapViews, CalendarViews, CameraIntents, and more!

Challenges we ran into Connecting our firebase database was quite tough. We also found most difficulty with the MapsAPI, which required an API Key that was hard to get.

Accomplishments that we're proud of Our very responsive and fluid app/homepage was our favorite accomplishment.

What we learned We successfully learned MapViews and their features.

What's next for RentIt We are planning to release our app to the Play Store

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SCHacks
- Winner Educational Hack

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I worked on the backend, did all of the Firebase work, and created most of the UI (XML AND Non-XML).
To be specific:
I created the Authentication functionality and built both the signup and login features. I also created the efficient algorithm to allow users to add books to their private libraries by adding the book properties to the Firebase Realtime Database, and adding pictures of their book to their private Firebase Storage bin. I worked on converting the bitmap returned by the Camera Intent to a byte array stored in Cloud Storage. I also added a method for users to view their private library (and soon to come, status of their books) Moreover, I added a system for users to request books from other users; I created the algorithm to search the database for the specific book wanted and to plot that location on a Google Maps Intent using the Google Maps API (which I connected to the app). Furthermore, I created a web portal for users to browse the Santa Clara City Library catalog to search for the book wanted. Finally, I designed a beautiful UI and front end for the app (background designs, designs for most aforementioned activities, etc). I configured our Firebase database. I also provided a Live Demo at the hackathon.

Anjan Bharadwaj
Sophomore @ UC Berkeley CS
I worked on adding Google Maps API and Google Calendar to the app. I added functionality to add meeting times(when you would exchange the book) to calendar and added automatic GPS navigation from a address. I also used GeoCoder to convert an address to a lattitude longitude coordinate that could be passed into Google Maps API. I created a responsive and fluid home page that looked very enticing. I wrote a instructions page. I assisted in the Bitmpa- Camera storage functionality.
Furthermore:
I came up with the concept of the idea and how to implement each of the features. worked on the theory behind each of our features(doing calculations on paper). Lastly I put the team for the hackathon and came up with the entire idea. I invited my partner to the project.

Sreehari Ram Mohan

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Anjan Bharadwaj started this project — Mar 12, 2017 08:30 PM EDT

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