atae/bobafinder

BobaFinder

Background

BobaFinder will do exactly as it says it will in that it will find the closest Boba dealer in the area. This stems from the difficulty in finding all of the boba places on yelp in only one search. There is also a need to find out exactly what ingredients a boba store will have. The aim is to find the boba place that you want as directly as possible.

This is intended to be a self-teaching tutorial in using React Native and using a third-party API (yelp and google maps) for mobile.

Functionality & MVP

BobaFinder will have the following features:

• "Find Boba" function that just grabs any boba that is around you
• "Find My Boba" function that will find boba by ingredients, chain name, prices, and distance.
• "My Favorites" to keep track of the searches that yield the results you want (locally)
• Easy access to Google Maps to find directions quickly

Wireframes

Coming Soon

Technologies

This project will use the following technologies:

• React-Native and Redux, potentially React Router
• Yelp API
• Google Maps API
• Native Geolocators
• If backend is needed, Java with Spring Boot will be used https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/

I'm almost certain I'm missing some technologies as I have not done mobile app development before.

Implementation Timeline

1. Create main screen with forecasted buttons (Styling)
2. Integrate Yelp and Geolocator functions (API calls)
3. Create Results screens
4. Plan States for each piece of functionality
5. Figure out how local storage works to store Favorites

Bonus Features (i.e. pipedreams)

• Accounts to keep track of your favorites across systems, possibly Gmail or Facebook
• Leave Yelp reviews from the app. Maybe even reviews unique to BobaFinder
• Backend to keep track of what you ordered at each store with personal reviews
• Real-time price checking
• Order from the app before you get there