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Indoor Farming mobile application

Primary LanguageKotlinApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

Indoor Farming mobile application

A gardening app illustrating Android development best practices with Android Jetpack.

Introduction

User can monitor all plants in the farm using low cost H\W and Android/iOS application from all over the world. User can monitor moisture level, water level in the tank, temperature and humidity level. Users can access the water pump wirelessly based on the moisture level. Water pump automated based on moisture of soil.

Screenshots

List of plants Plant details My Garden

Libraries Used

  • Foundation - Components for core system capabilities, Kotlin extensions and support for multidex and automated testing.
    • AppCompat - Degrade gracefully on older versions of Android.
    • Android KTX - Write more concise, idiomatic Kotlin code.
    • Test - An Android testing framework for unit and runtime UI tests.
  • Architecture - A collection of libraries that help you design robust, testable, and maintainable apps. Start with classes for managing your UI component lifecycle and handling data persistence.
    • Data Binding - Declaratively bind observable data to UI elements.
    • Lifecycles - Create a UI that automatically responds to lifecycle events.
    • LiveData - Build data objects that notify views when the underlying database changes.
    • Navigation - Handle everything needed for in-app navigation.
    • Room - Access your app's SQLite database with in-app objects and compile-time checks.
    • ViewModel - Store UI-related data that isn't destroyed on app rotations. Easily schedule asynchronous tasks for optimal execution.
    • WorkManager - Manage your Android background jobs.
  • UI - Details on why and how to use UI Components in your apps - together or separate
  • Third party
    • Glide for image loading
    • Kotlin Coroutines for managing background threads with simplified code and reducing needs for callbacks