Volo! -- An Android App
The came from HackTX 2019 hosted by Freetail Hackers @University of Texas at Austin with Anqing Chen, Jianchen Gu, Nicholas Chu
Features
- Let certified organizations add events to the map and let everyone know
- Supported by MongoDB Stitch backend so it's always synced
- Quick zoom to your current location
- Ability to add event from current and selected location
- Google Maps Integration for direction (Long press address)
Dependencies
- Mapbox map and its Annotation Plugin for display
- android-floating-action-button library by Jerzy Chalupski.
- MongoDB Database for Realtime Database and Authentication
Future Plans
- Polish UX/UI
- Third party auth
- Auto search web for events and add them to server periodically
- filter events by start and stop time
Challenges we ran into
- Using the MongoDB stitch web interface
- Authenticating anonymous users and setup permissions for event organizers
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- Learned to use MongoDB to handle data and authentication
- Stayed up 24 hours~
Known Bugs
- Handling multiple events at one location
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