Hey Mentor Mobile Application

Overview

This project contains the Hey Mentor mobile application built with React Native.

For more on the Hey Mentor organization, including how you can get involved, please visit heymentor.org.

Mobile Application

This mobile application is used by the Hey Mentor organization to facilitate communication between mentors and mentees.

UI Mock Up

The latest UI design can be found here

Running the Prototype

1. Download or clone GitHub repository

In the directory you want to clone the repo to, run:

git clone https://github.com/Hey-Mentor/mentor-mobile.git

2. Download and install the EXPO CLI on your desktop. Follow this guide for detailed instructions.

3. Download and install the EXPO mobile client on your phone (or you can use an iOS simulator through Xcode or Android simulator through Android Studio)

4. [First time only]: If this is the first time executing the project, you will need to execute:

yarn install

5. Add config.js which should contain the env vars. Note: If you're using a local dev env, make sure that API_URL and API_TEST_URL are pointing to your machine's IP address rather than 127.0.0.1 or localhost as 127.0.0.1/localhost will point the mobile phone to itself

6. Execute:

expo start

Signing In

By default, only developers can access the signed-in portion of the application (behind the Facebook login). To get registered as a developer, or to get credentials for a test user, please contact the project owner.

FAQ

• Why is the API returning a 401 - Unauthorized?
  • This response may occur when the API request contains an invalid token/api_key.
  • Sometimes the app will not build correctly and therefore use an outdated token value. If logging in and out of the account does not work, try clearing the cache and data of the expo app.

Useful Links

• Trello Board - Mobile App
• Encryption Design Doc
• vNext UI Mockups