CloseBuyApp / Instagram Clone

Description

A local business centered social network, where everything you need is CloseBuy.

• Businesses can post to the app
• Users can view the posts if they follow the business, or if they are in proximity to the business
• The user can view a map of all the businesses around them
• MVVM Design pattern

Frameworks

• SwiftUI
• UIKit
• Firebase (Authentication, Storage, Firestore)
• MapKit
• Core Animation

Screenshots

• The user is capable of creating and editing their own profile, including display name, bio, profile picture and profile banner in real-time.
• The users can also view all posts they have liked on their profile.

• The feed-follow system works by, if the user is following an account, they gets posts by that account in their feed.
• The user is also capable of following users through the explore feature which lists all accounts (except the user)

What I learned

• This was my first big project using SwiftUI, so I learned a lot of SwiftUI.
• I increased my understanding of database management and models, as well as the use of third party frameworks like Firebase.
• Reusability of code to better the user experience.
• Asynchronous data fetching with completion blocks and error handling with try, catch blocks.

Author Information

• Twitter - @connorLynchx
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