our submission to duckhacks covid hackathon
Kevin and I were inspired to make the app because we felt there was a real lack of an all around coronavirus support app for everyone.
This app provides a symptom checklist, with information straight from the CDC health guidelines on coronavirus. It also provides a real time chat room for anyone to talk just about anything coronavirus, from symptoms, to emotional support, to just everyday quarantine life.
Android Studio, Java, and XML were all key components in the development of the app. Flutter was considered but would be too much a learning curve for a weekend project.
Google Maps has a very complicated setup and many of Google's APIs for places and maps are becoming deprecated due to AndroidX.
Live chat working just as we intended
How to work with Cloud Firestore efficiently and how to query live updates from the Firestore.
A more in depth Google maps implementation, more live chat features, a much more detailed checklist and guideline sheet from the CDC