Flowtain is a mobile app developed in Android Studio using Kotlin. It was created with the purpose to incentivize productivity through user-created rewards.
COVID-19 has negatively impacted society, which has resulted in the loss in motivation for some people due to their depressing circumstances; for example, many of my friends have been neglecting their studies, and have simply resorted to playing games and endlessly consuming social media. Fortunately, my app provides a tool to help practice self-discipline, motivating people to do work before being rewarded. Through my app, I hope I can provide a foundation for people to work towards their aspirations and goals in life.
Flowtain is a mix of the words “flow” and “fountain”, which help convey the purpose of the app. By incentivizing time spent doing meaningful work, I hope the users of the app can develop a sense of flow state to help them productively perform their tasks. Then, just like a fountain’s continuous stream, one’s efforts will be rewarded through their chosen rewards, and they will feel motivated to continue the cycle.
The points page displays the user’s current points, a list of user-created rewards, and an interface to create rewards (two input fields and a button). Toasts will display when a player has claimed a reward, or when a player does not have enough points to claim a reward.
The timer page displays the time left on the timer, as well as a circular progress bar to visually represent the user’s progress towards their set timer. There are three buttons underneath to start, pause, and stop the timer. The user will gain a point for the amount of full minutes elapsed when running the timer (59 seconds elapsed will equate to 0 points), and this update of points will occur when the user stops the timer or when the timer finishes.
The settings page allows the user to adjust the length of the timer in minutes.
When outside of the timer page, the user can alter the state of the timer through the status bar in the phone’s notification tab.
All files are provided.
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Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.