/Smart-Parking-Android-App

Tech-Stack: Java, Android Studio, Firebase. Users can find nearest parking areas and can scan the plate number and pay via UPI to book a parking area slot at the given locations and get notifications before expiry time to check-out and view history. Parking lot owners can register parking area on Maps, add/check-out users and view history.

Primary LanguageJava

Smart Parking

Tech. Stack: Java, Android Studio, Firebase

Demo: https://youtu.be/eC41zpoCmeI

  • Users can find nearest parking areas and can scan the plate number and pay via UPI to book a parking area slot at the given locations and get notifications before expiry time to check-out and view history
  • Parking lot owners can register parking area on Maps, add/check-out users and view history

IMPORTANT NOTE:

  1. You need to create an API key for Google Maps Service on Google Developers Console and replace the value of "map_key" string tag in "app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml" with your API key from Google Developers Console. Google API key Don't share or expose your API key with anyone or on repo, for security reasons.
  2. Create a Firebase project on the Firebase website and login into your Firebase account via Android Studio too.
    • configure and setup Firebase Storage for the project. Firebase Storage
    • for Firebase Realtime database, set it to production mode and set the read and write rules to "auth!=null". Firebase Realtime database
    • for Firebase Authentication enable Email for Sign-In methods. Firebase Authentication
    • Go to the project settings and add/register your android app and download the "google-services.json" file and copy it to the android project root folder and /app folder. Project settings
  3. "app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml" file xml file
  4. ALPR software provided by Plate Recognizer, a subsidiary of ParkPow.