From 02475f120b51493194ccb298959d01ea726265b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Watson <61391776+samwatsonn@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:56:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Create README.md --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91556c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# geochat + +## Inspiration +Recent events have emphasised a diminishing feeling of community that existed even before lockdown. We were surprised at the ease to make a connected the other side of the world but the distinct inability to build genuine connection within a local community. +## What it does +It uses location to provide group-chats of your closest location, allowing for the organisation of local events, advertising for local business, and being able to ask for recommendations etc... +## How we built it +We used android studio to make it into an android app, with Google Firebase as the back-end, taking care of database issues. We consulted our friends at university the full length of the project about what features they would like to see. +## Challenges we ran into +This was our first team programming task so we had lots of issues with branching and merging on git. +## Accomplishments that we're proud of +Managed to build a functional and aesthetic app in a weekend! The app achieved the goals we set out, and provides a unique take on social media. +## What we learned +How to use (and the importance of) Git. +How to use Android studio and Firebase. +Architecture for NoSQL serverless apps. +What reverse geocoding is. +## What's next for GeoChat +Global domination baby. From c7bdbd8c326d2f7eb444e895e96509d1e3b93456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Watson <61391776+samwatsonn@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:57:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 91556c6..d2187b9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # geochat +A location based groupchat app developed for Highfield Hack 2021 by Liam Byrne, Lucas Warwick and Sam Watson + ## Inspiration Recent events have emphasised a diminishing feeling of community that existed even before lockdown. We were surprised at the ease to make a connected the other side of the world but the distinct inability to build genuine connection within a local community. ## What it does From 123390ec2abde6af24d17b7426439aa9c49e2b76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liam Byrne <47918966+liamhbyrne@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:08:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d2187b9..c1d91bc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # geochat -A location based groupchat app developed for Highfield Hack 2021 by Liam Byrne, Lucas Warwick and Sam Watson +A location based groupchat app developed for *Highfield Hack 2021* by **Liam Byrne**, **Lucas Warwick** and **Sam Watson** ## Inspiration Recent events have emphasised a diminishing feeling of community that existed even before lockdown. We were surprised at the ease to make a connected the other side of the world but the distinct inability to build genuine connection within a local community. From de2a0a21adb0d2eabcfcec448686b337387a8df4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liam Byrne <47918966+liamhbyrne@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:34:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] video link on readme hopefully works --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c1d91bc..9d343c1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ A location based groupchat app developed for *Highfield Hack 2021* by **Liam Byrne**, **Lucas Warwick** and **Sam Watson** +[![GeoChat Demo Video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jB7rDQ1j-Ow/0.jpg)](https://youtu.be/jB7rDQ1j-Ow) + ## Inspiration Recent events have emphasised a diminishing feeling of community that existed even before lockdown. We were surprised at the ease to make a connected the other side of the world but the distinct inability to build genuine connection within a local community. ## What it does From 265a063db373da97f7efdccef31c8c9547ed3ef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liam Byrne <47918966+liamhbyrne@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:13:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Demo Images added to README.md looking nicer --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d343c1..fba10ee 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,22 +2,27 @@ A location based groupchat app developed for *Highfield Hack 2021* by **Liam Byrne**, **Lucas Warwick** and **Sam Watson** +[Hackathon Submission Devpost](https://devpost.com/software/geochat-r25ixj) + [![GeoChat Demo Video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jB7rDQ1j-Ow/0.jpg)](https://youtu.be/jB7rDQ1j-Ow) ## Inspiration Recent events have emphasised a diminishing feeling of community that existed even before lockdown. We were surprised at the ease to make a connected the other side of the world but the distinct inability to build genuine connection within a local community. ## What it does It uses location to provide group-chats of your closest location, allowing for the organisation of local events, advertising for local business, and being able to ask for recommendations etc... +![image on phone 1](https://challengepost-s3-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/photos/production/software_photos/001/393/786/datas/original.jpg "Geochat Login Activity") ## How we built it We used android studio to make it into an android app, with Google Firebase as the back-end, taking care of database issues. We consulted our friends at university the full length of the project about what features they would like to see. +![image on phone 2](https://challengepost-s3-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/photos/production/software_photos/001/393/785/datas/gallery.jpg "Geochat Location Activity") ## Challenges we ran into This was our first team programming task so we had lots of issues with branching and merging on git. ## Accomplishments that we're proud of Managed to build a functional and aesthetic app in a weekend! The app achieved the goals we set out, and provides a unique take on social media. +![image on phone 3](https://challengepost-s3-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/photos/production/software_photos/001/393/787/datas/gallery.jpg "Geochat Chat Activity") ## What we learned How to use (and the importance of) Git. How to use Android studio and Firebase. Architecture for NoSQL serverless apps. What reverse geocoding is. ## What's next for GeoChat -Global domination baby. +**Global domination baby**. no, we will focus on improving safeguarding by tighter identity verification. From 1f92a80d627374821e8148047f7d38145a1ca164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liam Byrne <47918966+liamhbyrne@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:21:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Update README.md --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fba10ee..7a3ccfc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ A location based groupchat app developed for *Highfield Hack 2021* by **Liam Byr ## Inspiration Recent events have emphasised a diminishing feeling of community that existed even before lockdown. We were surprised at the ease to make a connected the other side of the world but the distinct inability to build genuine connection within a local community. ## What it does -It uses location to provide group-chats of your closest location, allowing for the organisation of local events, advertising for local business, and being able to ask for recommendations etc... -![image on phone 1](https://challengepost-s3-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/photos/production/software_photos/001/393/786/datas/original.jpg "Geochat Login Activity") +It uses location to provide group-chats of your closest location, allowing for the organisation of local events, advertising for local business, and being able to ask for recommendations etc... +Geochat Login Activity ## How we built it -We used android studio to make it into an android app, with Google Firebase as the back-end, taking care of database issues. We consulted our friends at university the full length of the project about what features they would like to see. -![image on phone 2](https://challengepost-s3-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/photos/production/software_photos/001/393/785/datas/gallery.jpg "Geochat Location Activity") +We used android studio to make it into an android app, with Google Firebase as the back-end, taking care of database issues. We consulted our friends at university the full length of the project about what features they would like to see. +Geochat Location Activity ## Challenges we ran into This was our first team programming task so we had lots of issues with branching and merging on git. ## Accomplishments that we're proud of -Managed to build a functional and aesthetic app in a weekend! The app achieved the goals we set out, and provides a unique take on social media. -![image on phone 3](https://challengepost-s3-challengepost.netdna-ssl.com/photos/production/software_photos/001/393/787/datas/gallery.jpg "Geochat Chat Activity") +Managed to build a functional and aesthetic app in a weekend! The app achieved the goals we set out, and provides a unique take on social media. +Geochat Location Activity ## What we learned How to use (and the importance of) Git. How to use Android studio and Firebase. From d72c2168bc89ecf6e4e9a0d99c7faf6f6bc77ff7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liam Byrne <47918966+liamhbyrne@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:22:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7a3ccfc..5f97d2f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A location based groupchat app developed for *Highfield Hack 2021* by **Liam Byrne**, **Lucas Warwick** and **Sam Watson** [Hackathon Submission Devpost](https://devpost.com/software/geochat-r25ixj) - +Demo Youtube Video: [![GeoChat Demo Video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jB7rDQ1j-Ow/0.jpg)](https://youtu.be/jB7rDQ1j-Ow) ## Inspiration From 5bb05051292055a330147213d03429b6630bc13f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Liam Byrne <47918966+liamhbyrne@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:22:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5f97d2f..7ed4687 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A location based groupchat app developed for *Highfield Hack 2021* by **Liam Byrne**, **Lucas Warwick** and **Sam Watson** [Hackathon Submission Devpost](https://devpost.com/software/geochat-r25ixj) -Demo Youtube Video: +Demo Youtube Video: [![GeoChat Demo Video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jB7rDQ1j-Ow/0.jpg)](https://youtu.be/jB7rDQ1j-Ow) ## Inspiration