In this app, we use Cocoapods to incorporate Firebase related frameworks, along with Gallery,
NVActivityIndicatorView/AppExtension, ProgressHUD, SKPhotoBrowser, Shuffle-iOS, MessageKit,
and InputBarAccessoryView. We used Firebase to deal with registration, authentication, and
data storage issues. Gallery is used to form the image picker view, ProgressHUD is used to
send UI signals indicating data loading process, SKPhotoBrowser is used to display photos
uploaded by users, Shuffle-iOS is used to build the card swiping functionality, MessageKit
and InputBarAccessoryView are used to build the Messenger functionality.
1. User login and signup: users need a valid email address to sign up for an account. This
is implemented via Firebase/Auth.
2. User profile management: users can change their profile information, change email addresses,
and upload photos. Firebase/Storage is used to store the image data, irebase/Firestore is
used to store all the objects in this app (User, Match, Recent, Like)
3. User match and search scope: users can set the search scope (including gender and age) in the
user profile view, then user cards satisfying the conditions will be displayed in the card
swiping window.
4. Messenger: after matching other users, current user can chat with them. If the app is in the
background, push notification will work on a real device.
To run the app, you can use the yflecon@gmail.com or yongfeilu@uchicago.edu and the default
password to log in or use your own email address to sign up for new account. To load user
cards you need to specify the gender (click the pencil edit icon) and age range you can want to
look for in the profile page, then click the reload button in the card swiping window.
