Unite

A social media application where users can connect with friends and discover new people based on common interests.

Features:

1. User Registraion and Login

• Create user account by providing username and password credentials.
• The password must adhere to length restriction and username must not already exist or be null.
• The user can login to an existing user account though the Login UI.
• After login they can access the app features like making a profile, joining groups, sending friend requests etc.

2. Profile Management

• Create/Update user’s profile.
• Text Fields to enter details such as profilename, date of birth, description, interests etc
• Option to edit values in these fields and update profile data in database with the click of update button

3. Friend Search and Manager

• By typing an exist user name, view this user’s friend list
• When you already logged in the system, you can add or delete friend
• You can only add the friend that exists in the database(i.e: has profile).
• You can only delete the friend that is already in your friend list

4. Random Groups

• Be added into a group based on your declared interests
• “Random” groups are created by other users, who assign specific interests to the group
• When you request to be added into a “random” group, you’ll be added into a group that shares the most interests in common with you

5. General Groups

• Groups created by users adding their friends
• Not based on common interests
• No random factor

6. Messaging

• Each user can choose a group they joint, and sending message within the group.
• After sending the first message, users can view all the message that has been within the group and react to it.

7. Message Reactions

• Reactions can be added or removed from a message by the user.
• The user can choose between a heart, smile emoji, or cry emoji.
• When the user views the message, the reactions associated with the message will also be displayed.

8. User Reporter

• Check if a message contains a list of sensitive word submitted by the user in the profile.
• Replace sensitive words in the message with "*'.
• Add user who send “bad words” to the block user list of receiver in the Profile.
• User can submit reports on message and user.

How to Run Software

• In IntelliJ get a new project from version control using this URL: https://github.com/CSC207-2022F-UofT/course-project-unite-group-115.git
• Go to src -> main -> java -> Main.java
• Run the Main.java file
• Explore!

Team Members:

1. Kushagra
2. Tejas
3. Jasmine
4. Ashley
5. Amir
6. Ellen
7. Hansel
8. Aurora