/bloom

Primary LanguageSwift

Bloom

A Coffee app

Author: Jayson Tan

GitHub

Overview

Bloom helps users with their coffee journey - whether that is perfecting your cup, locating new roasters or cafes to try, or even simply to keep an inventory of your beans. This app offers the following components:

What this App Provides:

Brew

  • Provides a plethora of brew methods, including a variety of Immersion and Percolation techniques
  • Guides users with their preferred setup in the "standard1" brew
    • At the current time, only AeroPress is available for proof of concept

Discover

  • Discover roasters and cafes nears your location
    • Get users current location
    • User can set their search radius to find the closest cafe near them

Inventory

  • Maintain your list of coffee beans
  • Know when your beans are good for a standard shelf life
    • Note: Recommended shelf life is two weeks

Mockup

Reference for Git for Xcode

Checklist

  • Your app is written in Swift or Objective-C. (Javascript or any other programming languages are not
  • Your app uses native iOS frameworks. Third-party libraries/frameworks are not allowed.
    • App currently uses the following frameworks:
      • UIKit
      • AudioToolbox
      • CoreLocation
  • Your app does not use web views (not directly nor indirectly).
  • Your app makes an API request with URLSession.
    • URLSession is located in DiscoverNewViewController.swift
    • Starts at line 58: MARK: - URLSession Variables and line 452: MARK: - URLSession Extension
  • Your app has a custom class that implements the Delegation pattern.
    • Delegation pattern is located in InventoryViewController.swift - line 11
    • Custom Delegate: EditCoffeeDetailTableViewControllerDelegate
  • Your app has a custom class that implements the Singleton pattern (thread-safe).
    • Singleton pattern is located in PeristencyHelper.swift
    • Singleton is used in InventoryViewController.swift - line 46
  • Your app emits a sound or vibrates the device on an event.
    • Vibration on device is located in Aeropress > PressViewController.swift - line 60
    • Vibration happens when user finishes brewing a coffee
    • Tested on an iPhone and it works
  • Your app utilizes a class that extends or subclasses at least one native class.
    • Extension is located in DiscoverNewViewController.swift - line 483
    • Extension is located in Animation.swift - line 12
  • Your app has at least three main views (UIViewControllers).
  • Your app has at least one animation.
    • Animation is located in Animation.swift and utilized in BrewViewController.swift - line 37
    • At viewDidLoad(), labels of each brew method fades out to 25% opacity (or alpha in Swift terms)
  • Your app views are built with Auto Layout.
    • Auto Layout located throughout Main.storyboard
    • There were too many AutoLayout constraints to have done but I implemented enough to get the idea across
    • For example, in the images, simulating on an iPhone 8 and iPhone 11 fits the BrewViewController correctly without resizing the circular buttons
    • See image iphone_8_vs_11.png
  • Your app uses UserDefaults to save settings.
    • UserDefaults is located in DiscoverNewViewController.swift - line 22
    • Current UserDefaults sets the the search radius of user's location so next time user opens the app, the distance (in meters) is set
  • Your app uses at least one of the following: ScrollView, TableView, and CollectionView
    • ScrollView is used in BrewViewController - see images brewVC1.png and brewVC2.png in "Screenshots" directory