fabricethilaw / gads2020-project-compass

Android app that lets you explore the best practices and tips for improving the productivity of teams that work remotely.

Commpass

Discover +50 best pratices and tips for working remotely. (the content is grabbed online)

Technology stack

• Compass is primarily built in Kotlin
• UI is responsive
• Data is backed by Firestore
• Compatible with Android 5.0+ (API level >= 21)

Features

• Select a topic in the side menu in order to read many best pratices and tips that relate ot it.
• Tap a tip on the main screen in order to display its full content in a box
• Share tips with your community.

Disclaimer

We grabbed the content over the net. So we don't own it.

gads2020-project-compass's Issues

Do wireframing

App displays featured tips by default

Display a tip details in dialog box when user selects tip

User selects a category from the side menu to display ALL matching tips

Define Workflow

Design the navigation path of users through the app

Be able to add a tip of one's favorite after registering a profile

Define Technologies & frameworks to use for app development (Mobile & backend)

Android Techs :

• Kotlin
• Java
• Android Studio
• Glide library for image downloading
• Room Persistence Lib for local DB

Backend

• Firebase Authentication ( For user sign up/in)
• Firebase Firestore (For Database )

Define Data Models

Updated
Tip JSON :
{ "id" : "string", "content" : "string", "author" : { "name" : "string", "picture" : "string" }, "categoryLabels" : ["string"] }

User favorite JSON :
{ "tipId": "string", "userId" : "string" }

User selects a category's title to display ALL matching tips

Choose the tip categories to be included for first app release

Curated Tip categories are the following 👍

• Featured
• Recruiting
• Management
• Communication
• Way of Working
• SPACE
• Meetings
• Connection
• Social
• Boundaries
• Health
• Accountability

Make tip categories' titles available on right side menu

By defaults , for each category, app displays only a slice ( 5 at most) of the tips