PROJECT: FIND MY BUDDY!


1.TEAM:

YESHA AILANI

AARTI DALVI


2. DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT:

What happens when you are new to a place, don’t know anyone and need a help? Can you go around, ask for help and trust their answers too? Find my buddy is a solution to all these problems! You can find buddies near you to get help with the queries that you may have about the new place.


Features of the application:

1.       See available buddies near you on map, making it easier to understand who you need to contact.

2.       See buddies only if they are from your country or have at least one common language that you speak. (Our small try to solve trust and communication issues here.)

3.       Contact buddies and chat with them to ask questions.

4.       Have a chat history stored in case you want to keep in touch with them.

5.       Update profile when you learn a new language or have any updates!

6.       If you are a buddy for someone else, don’t worry, your identity is protected because person asking for your help can only see your nickname (which you choose!).

7.       If you are a buddy for someone, your location shown is approximated, hence protecting you from any kind of issues.

8.       Also background location updates are supported (updated few times a day) to make sure you get help with the updated buddy availability.



3. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

User needs to enable Internet access in order to get registered successfully in the application. Later, application will also need to have access to user location and application will ask for it.

Add firebase google json to this project to connect to firebase database.


4. THIRD PARTY LIBRARIES TO DOWNLOAD:

none.


5. KNOWN ISSUES:

When a user grants permission to access the GPS location of his/her phone for the first time, his location is not shown on the map. In order to see his current location, he needs click on Find Buddies option in the menu to refresh the view.