Available on the App Store : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/upool-university-carpool/id1456292374?ls=1&mt=8
UPool is a carpool app for Umass Amherst using a Firebase backend. The following functionalities are implemented:
- [O] User can sign up and sign in to the login screen (Firebase Authentication)
- [O] User can sign up with an email and it requires email verification (Also works for password resets)
- [O] Persist logged in user
- [O] User can post a ride post With the help of Google Places API
- [O] User has a status tab that shows the list of rides they are riding and offering
- [O] Users can send requests to others and accept and decline rides
- [O] User can compose and send chat messages to other peers AND also send push notifications to the receiving users with Firebase Cloud Functions
- [O] Chat shows the time log in a more efficient manner, with the date of the chat as headers
- [O] Users can receive push notifications when they are accepted or declined on a ride
- [O] User has a profile page which can edit their information, indluding their profile picture
- [O] Users can delete their posted rides
- [O] Users can kick or message the passenger in the My Rides View Controller
The following functionalities should be implemented:
- Users can receive and give ratings to others
- The chat shows the information about the driver's ride
- Users receive push notifications when they are kicked from a ride or when the driver deletes their ride
Here are screenshots of the app:
Describe any difficulties encountered while building the app.
Handling the server database is somewhat tricky in terms of retrieving, updating, adding, and deleting data.
Handling push notifications with Firebase Cloud functions is challenging, because the cloud functions have to be written in node.js
Copyright [2019] [Anthony Lee]
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