Sudoku Mobile App Solver

Inspiration

I love solving sudoku puzzles and wanted to learn how to integrate image recognition and build an app to solve puzzles.

What it does

This is a mobile app that allows the user to either upload or take a photo of a sudoku board to then solve it!

How we built it

We built it using Android Studio with languages such as Java and Kotlin. As well as dependencies like CameraX and Google ML kit.

Challenges we ran into

One challenge we ran into was making Google ML properly read the image and extract the correct numbers.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were really proud of the fact that this was our first hackathon, but we still chose something way outside of our comfort zone. Meeting one another for the first time also tested our ability to adapt, which I think both of us did a great job at. Through proper communication, persistence, and drive we made it further than we originally thought we could.

What we learned

We learned that there needs to be a lot more research done regarding what languages, or even the IDE we will dependencies to use. Starting to code immediately might have been the biggest drawback since there were so many features we did not fully understand until later on.

What's next for Sudoku Mobile App Solver

We would like to make this app functioning lol. Unfortunately the challenge was a little more grand than we anticipated. However, we would also like to see the app become more flexible. Maybe incorporate different puzzles/challenges that it can solve in addition to sudoku.

Built With

• android-studio
• camerax
• google-ml
• java
• kotlin