Challenge

When a community is small in size, it becomes easier to interact with all the members and get a task done. But when it becomes bigger, often the owner may lose track of the number of members and this may at times create difficulty in maintaining from community life due to improper communication.

In Norway, various communities were facing a similar type of a problem and hence, we came up to help them and take this as a challenge to solve the communication barrier issue. The challenge that we had was to develop Android and IOS apps so that such communities can make groups where they can communicate easily together.

Solution

While developing the apps, we took care of the slightest of points and came up with a solution that made communication easier for all. We merged various functions in one single app such as asking questions, posting news, helping co-members and many others at one single place.

Though it is a group thing, but still the users do not have to provide their personal information against their will. The only thing that will be required is the email address. There are various other options such as a username and upload a user photo but this depends entirely upon the will of the user. The users can interact with the other members in real time.

The users do not have to wait for someone from the group to declare about a meet up for an event. The app tracks various events going on nearby and can show updates in the group. The users can have a check of the events and use the map to track the location and be a part of the event or the get-together.

The app has also maintained its privacy as any random member cannot be a part of the group. The app has an administration system also so that the owner of the community can allow or deny the member’s joining in the group.

Technologies

Data
Firebase cloud messaging
Network Request
Alamofire for IOS and Volley for Android
Language
Swift for IOS and Javascript for Android
Server Side
Node.js
Database
PostgreSQL
Loaders
NVActivityIndicatorView for IOS and Android-SpinKit for Android
Image
ALCameraViewController and UIKit Animations for IOS and Android Image Cropper for Android
Tracking
Location service for IOS and Maps Android API and Google API for Android
Maps and Events
Maps IOS API for IOS and EventBus for Android

Team

Duration

About 8 months

Manager

1 project manager

Back-end

1 back-end developer

Engineers

2 QA engineers

Developers

2 IOS developers, and 2 Android developers

Result

After the app was developed, communication in between the communications became much easier and smoother. More members started getting active in different community events and it was much easier to handle a huge number of members in the group.

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