📱 WhatsAppClone

A feature-rich chat application that brings WhatsApp-like functionalities to iOS! 🟢✨ Built using Swift and SwiftUI.

NOTE: This project is a work in progress and is not yet complete.

🌟 Features

• ✅ User Authentication – Secure sign-up & login 🔐
• ✅ Real-time Messaging – Send & receive messages instantly 💬
• ✅ Media Sharing – Share images with friends 📸
• ✅ User Profiles – Customize your profile & status 🖼️
• ✅ Contact Management – Add, remove, and manage your contacts 📇
• ✅ Group Chats – Start group conversations with multiple people 👥
• ✅ Push Notifications – Get instant alerts for new messages 🔔

📋 Requirements

• iOS 18.0 or later 📱
• Xcode 15.0 or later 🛠️
• Swift 5.0 or later 🚀

📸 Screenshots

Login Page

Registration Page

Updates Page

Calls Page

Communities Page

Chats Page

Settings Page

⬇️ Download & Installation

1️⃣ Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/efxlve/whatsapp-clone.git
cd whatsapp-clone/WhatsAppClone/WhatsAppClone

2️⃣ Open in Xcode:

• Open WhatsAppClone.xcodeproj in Xcode.

3️⃣ Install Dependencies:

• In Xcode, go to File > Swift Packages > Resolve Package Versions to fetch dependencies.

4️⃣ Set Up Firebase (Required) 🔥

• Create a Firebase Project at Firebase Console
• Download GoogleService-Info.plist and add it to your project (WhatsAppClone folder).

5️⃣ Run the App 🎉

• Choose a simulator or a physical device.
• Press Cmd + R to build and run the project! 🚀

🛠️ Usage

• 👤 Sign Up & Log In – Create an account and log in.
• 💬 Start Chatting – Select a contact or create a group chat.
• 📸 Send Images – Share photos with friends.
• 🖼️ Update Profile – Change your profile picture and status.
• ⚙️ Manage Settings – Adjust preferences in the settings menu.

🏗️ Project Structure

• 📂 Models/ – Data models (Users, Messages, etc.)
• 📂 Views/ – SwiftUI UI components & screens
• 📂 ViewModels/ – Handles business logic and state management
• 📂 Services/ – Handles Firebase and backend interactions
• 🗂️ ContentView.swift – Main entry point of the app

💡 Contributing

🚀 Want to improve this project? Follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository 🍴
2. Create a branch (git checkout -b feature/MyFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Added MyFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/MyFeature)
5. Submit a Pull Request ✅

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

🙌 Acknowledgements

• 🔹 Firebase – Backend Services 🔥
• 🔹 SwiftUI – UI Framework 🎨
• 🔹 Kingfisher – Image Caching & Loading 📷