SecondHelpings

Helping reduce food waste by connecting events with leftovers to people in need!

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Inspiration- Food waste after big events. If cities can reduced food waste, no one would have to go hungry.

What it does- Allows events with leftover food to publish their location and details about the food they have left over so those in need can come pick some up.

How we built it- We used android studio to build the app, and imported libraries to use Google firebase backend, and the Firestore database.

Challenges we ran into- We originally tried to use a realtime database, but it did not provide all the necessary functions to a scale we wanted. Then, we tried to use a SQLite API, but there were bugs in the API code that compromised our code, so eventually we decided to use Firestore

Accomplishments that we're proud of- creating our first app, figuring out the firebase features, working through tough bugs in our code in the middle of the night.

What we learned- How databases operate, how to access them via API calls, how to use the Android Studio IDE for app development, and the value of teamwork, and that Karlie Kloss is 6'2".

What's next for SecondHelpings- Finishing up additional features like claiming portions of the food, implementing location services, messaging services, and more!

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Technica 2019
- Winner Best use of API and/or storage data - Altamira

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I worked a lot on the implementation of the API first for using Google firebase realtime database, then the Google API for SQLite, and finally the Google Firestore cloud database API. I also assisted in adding some of the front-end app features such as text boxes, as well as backend features like the insertion of form results into the database.

Sharon Halevi
I implemented the framework of our project, specifically the buttons and form layout. It was frustrating as it was a learning curve for me because I had never used android studio before. But now I feel like I have a good grasp on it. Also worked with my team to decipher bugs in our code.

Maude Collins
I helped to figure out how to make the buttons and the form the users need to fill out. I also tried to understand the basics of Firebase, even though we didn't end up using it for our project.

Grace Donegan

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Sharon Halevi started this project — Nov 10, 2019 10:22 AM EST

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