Gametrax — Game Tracker & News App (Android, Flutter)

One-liner: Gametrax is an Android app (built with Flutter/Dart + Firebase) that helps gamers search, track and organise games, view latest gaming news, and check basic store info — all in one place.

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Demo / Screenshots

Demo Video

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Highlights / TL;DR

• Platform: Android (Flutter, Dart). Target / tested on Android API 29.
• Backend: Firebase (authentication + Firestore for user lists).
• APIs: RAWG (game database), NewsAPI / Newscatcher (news feed). The app integrates external APIs to fetch game metadata, store info, and news headlines.
• Key features: Search 37.5k+ games via RAWG, create custom lists (Favourites / To-Buy / To-Play), view detailed game pages, browse gaming news, save lists to your profile.

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Features (detailed)

• Search & Game Details: Query RAWG/IGDB for game title, cover art, release date, genre, platforms. Click a result to open a detailed page with actions (add to list, bookmark, price lookup).
• Lists & Profile: Persistent user lists (Favorites, To-Buy, Custom lists) stored on Firestore and available per-user.
• News Feed: Curated gaming headlines on the home screen with links to original articles (uses NewsAPI / Newscatcher). Clicking a headline opens the browser via url_launcher.
• Simple UI Flow: Splash → Onboarding → Login/Signup → Home → Search → Game Info → Profile/Lists. Uses Material Design patterns for clarity and performance.

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Tech Stack

• Flutter 2.10.1 / Dart 2.3.0 (development versions used).
• Firebase (Authentication, Firestore / Realtime DB if applicable, Storage).
• External APIs: RAWG (v3), NewsAPI / Newscatcher (v2), optional IGDB.
• Tools: Android Studio / VSCode, GitHub, Figma (UI design).

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Quickstart — run locally (developer)

Pre-reqs: Flutter SDK (matching or newer than 2.10.1), Dart SDK, Android SDK (API 29 device or emulator), flutter on PATH.

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/gametrax.git
cd gametrax

# 2. Install Flutter packages
flutter pub get

# 3. Configure Firebase (see notes below)
# - Create a Firebase project, add Android app with your package name,
# - Download google-services.json and place in android/app/
# - Configure Firestore rules / auth as needed.

# 4. Add API keys
# Create a file (not committed) e.g. `lib/secrets.dart` or platform env variables.
# Example pattern (do NOT commit secrets):
#   const RAWG_API_KEY = 'your_rawg_api_key';
#   const NEWS_API_KEY = 'your_news_api_key';

# 5. Run on emulator / device
flutter run