Inspiration
When2Meet, the web app, is missing a lot of features we think are valuable. It is also unusable on mobile. We chose to remedy this by creating an android app which does the job of when2meet, better.
What it does
Users can sign in and create/join events, see their events on a Calender, and add/edit their availabilities. Hosts can decide when to "collapse" the event to a date and time that the app recommends, or to one they pick manually.
How we built it
Android Studio and Firebase Firestore for cloud data storage.
Challenges we ran into
Time! While we had the skills to complete this, we did not have the time to polish it as much as we would have liked. Java and Android Studio are highly verbose and lots of code is required to do simple things.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Building an app that runs using libraries we had not used before and solving insidious bugs with teamwork.
What we learned
Android apps take a long time to build and firestore database is a hassle to work with.
What's next for Overlapped
Completion! We believe this idea has potential. We know people need this technology because of the success of when2meet, and we know we can do it better. This project is our proof of concept.
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