Welcome to Instacab Client

Instacab is an iPhone app used to request cars, messengers and anything else much like Uber, with real-time progress tracking on the map, integrated payment and receipt after your ride or request is completed.

This is What It Looks Like

Requirements

• Latest version of XCode - download from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/.

Getting Started

1. Checkout Instacab source at the command prompt if you haven't yet:

    git checkout https://github.com/tisunov/InstacabClient
   

2. At the command prompt, install required Cocapods packages:

    pod install
   

3. Register your Google Maps API key and insert it in AppDelegate.m

     - (void)setupServices:(UIApplication *)application {
         // Google Maps key
         [GMSServices provideAPIKey:@"<YOUR GOOGLE MAPS API KEY>"];

You need it otherwise app won't load Google Maps

4. (optionaly) Register your Mixpanel key for analytics, then insert development & production keys in AppDelegate.m

     - (void)setupServices:(UIApplication *)application {
         ...
         // Mixpanel analytics
         [Mixpanel sharedInstanceWithToken:@"<YOUR MIXPANEL KEY>"];

5. (optionaly) Register your BugSnag key for crash reporting, then add it to AppDelegate.m application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method:

     [Bugsnag startBugsnagWithApiKey:@"<YOUR BUGSNAG API KEY>"];

6. Start Instacab Node.js Dispatcher

7. Start Instacab Rails Backend

Setting Up Dispatcher

Please refer to Instacab Dispatcher

Setting Up Backend

Please refer to Instacab Backend

TODO

• Write unit tests
• Remove Payture Payment Processor integration
• Cache remote images using Path's FastImageCache
• Translate or remove Russian comments
• Validate promo code upon sign up
• Remove ReactiveCocoa dependency
• Consider ditching WebSockets in favor REST API, we are updating whole app state anyways.