Project - Gripsack

Gripsack is an android app that allows a user to plan trips, assist a user during their active trip and share completed trips with friends.

User Stories

The following required functionality is completed:

• User can act on places

• [] A User can # to the app with facebook or google

• [] A User can send invitation to their contacts to use an App

• [] Users can explore places near by

  • [] Users can search place by type, name or address.
  • [] Users can add place to their bucketlist. Bucketlist is a list of places users must visit.
  • [] Users can like place
  • [] Users can checkin to a place and mark it as visited once user is located near the place.
  • [] Users can recommend place to their friends once user checked in.

• [] Users can view the list of places using the following tabs:

  • [] Bucketlist Shows the list of places user must visit.
    • [] User can remove place
    • [] User can add new place
  • [] Liked Shows the list of places user liked.
    • [] User can unlike place by removing place from the list
    • [] User can add place to the bucketlist
  • [] Recommended Users can see the list of places recommended by their friends or an app.
    • [] User can hide place by removing place from the list
    • [] User can add place to the bucketlist
    • [] User can like place
  • [] Visited Users can see the list of places they visited.
    • [] User can recommend place to their friends
    • [] User can like place

• [] User can create new trip:

  • [] User can provide starting/ending dates, starting and ending points and trip type (business, personal)
  • [] User can add places to the trip by using recommendation engine of the app

• [] User can edit trip info:

  • [] User can change starting/ending dates, starting and ending points and trip type (business, personal)
  • [] User can add/remove places to the trip by using recommendation engine of the app

• [] User can view trip info:

  • [] User can check in to place near by
  • [] User can take photo and it should create check point

• [] Users can view the list of their trips using the following tabs:

  • [] Upcoming Shows the list of upcoming trips.
    • [] Active trip should have distinct look and provide useful info
    • [] User can launch trip editor by clicking on the trip
  • [] Completed Shows the list of completed trips.
    • [] User can share trip with their friends
    • [] User can archive trip
    • [] User can launch trip viewer by clicking on the trip
  • [] Maps Users can see the list of maps for all their trips.
    • [] User can share map with others
    • [] User can view map by clicking on item
  • [] Photos Users can see the list of photos grouped by trip.
    • [] User can share trip photos with others
    • [] User can open photo galary viewer by clicking on items

The following optional features are implemented:

• [] Implements robust error handling, check if internet is available, handle error cases, network failures
• [] Replaced Filter Settings Activity with a lightweight modal overlay
• [] Improved the user interface and experiment with image assets and/or styling and coloring

The following bonus features are implemented:

• [] Use Parcelable instead of Serializable using the popular Parceler library.
• [] Leverages the data binding support module to bind data into layout templates.
• [] Replace all icon drawables and other static image assets with vector drawables where appropriate.
• [] Replace Picasso with Glide for more efficient image rendering.
• [] Uses retrolambda expressions to cleanup event handling blocks.
• [] Leverages the popular GSON library to streamline the parsing of JSON data.
• [] Leverages the Retrofit networking library to access the New York Times API.
• [] Replace the embedded WebView with Chrome Custom Tabs using a custom action button for sharing. (2 points)

Wireframes

First Draft

Video Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories:

Notes

Describe any challenges encountered while building the app.

Open-source libraries used