Allows dog owners to connect and schedule time to take their dogs to go to parks and meet up for play dates.
- Category: Social, Lifestyle
- Mobile: GPS, Camera
- Story: Creates connections between dog owners. Allows for dogs and their owners to meet and have fun social interactions safely, with other dogs that match well in the same area.
- Market: Dog owners who want to socialize over their pets.
- Habit: Dog owners can be notified a few times a week to take their dogs out for longer trips / to parks to socialize. User can be more engaged if there is a timeline to add pictures.
- Scope: MVP would consist of: User able to build profiles for dogs User would be able to find profiles of other dogs nearby User would be able to schedule with / message other dog owners (Opt) Timeline
Required Must-have Stories
- User can create an account and login
- User can view their own profile
- User can create profiles for each of their dogs attached to their account
- User can see locations of other dog owners
- User can use their GPS location to explore the local area and find other dog owners
- User can view local dog owner profiles
- User can send messages to other dog owners and schedule playdates
Optional Nice-to-have Stories
- User can also find nearby parks in the explore screen
- User can post pictures to their dog's timeline and engage with other dogs' timelines
- User can receive push notifications a few times a week to take their dogs for longer walks / trips to a park to socialize.
- Launch screen
- This screen welcomes the user when opening the app for the first time.
- Login screen
- If user has an account, this screen allows for logging in.
- (Opt) If the user has logged into an account previously, this screen is opened upon launch.
- Register screen
- If user does not have an account, this screen allows for creating one.
- Messaging screen
- This screen allows the user to communicate with other users (1-on-1).
- User (owner) profile screen
- This screen shows the user profile picture and the user's pets.
- Pet profile screen
- This screen shows the pet profile picture and profile details.
- Explore screen
- This screen shows a map of the local area and pins for locations of parks, landmarks, and nearby pets.
- (Opt) Timeline screen
- This screen can show recent posts added in the local area.
Tab Navigation (Tab to Screen)
- (Opt) Timeline
- Explore
- Profile
- Messaging
Flow Navigation (Screen to Screen)
- Launch screen ->
- Create account -> Profile
- Log in -> Profile
- (Opt) Timeline ->
- Post details -> Post user's profile
- Post user's profile
- Explore
- Profile ->
- Add/edit pet
- Pet profile
- Messaging -> Message detail
User
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectId | String | unique id for the user (default) |
| String | user email | |
| password | String | user password |
| username | String | user username / display name |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when the post is created (default) |
| friends | Array (of Pointer to User) | list of friends of user |
| profileImage | File | profile image url |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when the user profile is created (default) |
| updatedAt | DateTime | date when the user was last updated (default) |
Pet
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectId | String | unique id for the pet (default) |
| owner | Pointer to User | pet owner |
| name | String | pet name |
| breed | String | pet breed |
| age | String | pet age |
| gender | String | pet gender |
| bio | String | description about pet |
| petImage | File | pet profile image url |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when the pet profile is created (default) |
| updatedAt | DateTime | date when the pet is last updated (default) |
Post
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectId | String | unique id for the post (default) |
| author | Pointer to User | image author |
| pets | Array (of Pointer to Pet) | list of pets in image tagged by author |
| image | File | image that user posts |
| caption | String | image caption by author |
| commentCount | Number | number of comments on the post |
| likeCount | Number | number of likes for the post |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when the post is created (default) |
| updatedAt | DateTime | date when the post is last updated (default) |
Comment
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectId | String | unique id for the post (default) |
| author | Pointer to User | comment author |
| post | Pointer to Post | post that comment refers to |
| parentId | Pointer to Comment | unique id of the parent comment |
| text | String | the comment's text |
| likeCount | Number | number of likes for the post |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when the comment is created (default) |
| updatedAt | DateTime | date when the comment is last updated (default) |
Message
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectId | String | unique id for the message (default) |
| author | Pointer to User | message author |
| recipient | Pointer to User | message recipient |
| text | String | the message's contents |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when the message is created (default) |
| updatedAt | DateTime | date when the message is last updated (default) |
List of network requests by screen
- Launch screen
- Login screen
- Register screen
- (Create/POST) Create a new user
- Messaging screen
- (Create/POST) Create a new message thread
- (Read/GET) Query all message threads where user is an author or recipient
- (Delete) Delete a message thread
- Message detail screen
- (Create/POST) Create a new message
- (Read/GET) Query all messages in thread
- (Update/PUT) Update an existing message
- (Delete) Delete an existing message
- User (owner) profile screen
- (Create/POST) Add a new pet
- (Read/GET) Query all pets where user is owner
- (Update/PUT) Update user details
- (Delete) Delete an existing pet
- Pet profile screen
- (Create/POST) Create a new post (pet tagged automatically?)
- (Read/GET) Query all posts where pet is tagged
- (Update/PUT) Update/edit existing post where user is author
- (Delete) Delete existing post
- Explore screen
- (Read/GET) Query all local dog parks
- (Read/GET) Query all nearby users/pets
- (Opt) Timeline screen
- (Read/GET) Query all posts in user's local area
- (Create/POST) Create a new like on a post
- (Delete) Delete existing like
- (Opt) Post detail screen
- (Create/POST) Create a new like on the post
- (Delete) Delete existing like
- (Create/POST) Create a new comment on the post
- (Update/PUT) Update/edit an existing comment
- (Delete) Delete existing comment
Google Maps API https://guides.codepath.com/android/Google-Maps-Fragment-Guide
