During this week, I began basic development of our phone app and started following Google Developers’ courses for creating Android apps using Kotlin. I set up AWS Amplify to manage deployment, hosting, and the backend of our app. I also set up our GitHub repository for the phone app. I also met with my team and redesigned the user flow diagram and wireframe of the phone app, which is now updated to look something like this:
The main changes made to the user flow were:
- Always ask for user’s home location
- Each event should have a “check now” function to see if all needed items are already packed
- App will notify user if one (or more) of their items have been left behind at an event location
- App will notify user if there is a high chance of precipitation in their area and they’ve registered a related item (e.g. umbrella, raincoat, snow boots, etc.)
Additionally, I worked with my team to complete our Design Review Presentation slides and write our Design Review Report.
My progress for the phone app is currently on schedule.
In the next week, I hope to set up layouts and navigation across different screens for our phone app. I will also continue working on the Design Review Report with my team members.