Meet a local stranger

A chat app where you chat with a local stranger

TODO

• presence
  • Message sent logic
  • Message received logic
  • user is typing logic with text just above footer
  • when user 1 leaves chat, alert user 2 with user has left red text just above footer (see: https://medium.com/@a.carreras.c/using-action-cable-for-private-messaging-presence-indicators-on-react-rails-app-526b3e34c14d)
  • show time in the text bubble for sent/received
  • add recipient avatar to header with empty or green dot to show presence
• avatar
  • random avatar for a user from https://getavataaars.com/
  • optimize avatar to download and precache svg file on rails server, save that to db.
• brand
  • text/colors match brand in chat
• loading
  • sending messages disabled until user joins
  • loading lottie file is fun (uses https://www.humaaans.com/)
  • loading has random chats from db show up
• error
  • handle user create error
  • handle user update error
  • handle chat create error
  • handle message create error
  • handle getJWT error in sagas (make this its own saga)
  • generic error screen with button to reload.
• redux
  • api call for chats and messages thru redux/sagas
• stathat
  • client stats for redux events
  • server stats either like this https://blog.appoptics.com/monitoring-rails-get-hidden-metrics-rails-app/ or this https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_support_instrumentation.html
• nav
  • custom nav to match branding
  • hamburger menu
  • menu has exit button to take to home screen
  • menu has report button to send message, message received on server, stathat
• longer term
  • if user waits more than n seconds, alert me, I join chat
  • store device ID when creating users on backend
  • Optional password added for user account in edit profile.
  • withUser updates location on each page it loads.
  • see old chats and keep on chatting, Home renders HomeComponent for first time, returning renders similar to iMessage with button to start new
  • if you wait n seconds to chat, give option to chat with trivia bot
• local
  • get location on client, send to server, get nearest chat to location on server. Alternately, get location via IP on server.
• bugs
  • typing/presence notifications don't show until after first message. should show before it.
  • server stat queue shouldnt be interval / should be when it hits an amount
  • delete JoinChatJob of chat thats deleted
  • keyboard hides input on Home
  • location isn't updating
  • if user1 on Messages, and user2 sends message to chat, when user1 enters chat, user1 wont see that new message
• testing
  • E2E https://github.com/wix/Detox
• dist
  • splash screen
  • icon
  • build with "production" secrets
• apple feedback
  • EULA acceptance on first app open on device
  • users create accounts anc can sign back into accounts. No password needed from device.
  • edit profile functionality to update name, get new random avatar.
  • users can deny a chat request.