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Fighting COVID-19 With Data

Contact Tracer is an app designed to store data collected by the user about their interactions during a pandemic, so that in the event of the user being tested positive, they can provide health officals with as much information as possible to help them contain the spread.

Functionality

HomeList

  • Displays all events stored on local SQLite database
  • Clicking any of the list tiles will open a detailed view of the corresponding event

Add Event

  • Accessed through the add button on the home list in the upper right corner
  • Location
    • Defaults to the device's current GPS location, but can be changed through the use of the search bar
    • Currently selected location can be viewed through both the map and the reverse geocoded address below the map
  • Date and Time
    • Defaults to the current date and time, or the most recently selected date and time
    • Can be changed through the use of the date and time pickers
    • The selected date and time are always displayed on their respective buttons
  • People
    • Title of this section displays the selected people
    • Add button to the right of the title opens a dialogue where the user can add a new person to the checklist
      • The user can add multiple new people in one go by separating their names with a commma
    • Checklist displays all previously submitted groups and individuals, in adddition to any newly added people

Map View

  • Displays the same data as the home list in the form of markers on a full-screen google map
  • The google map's camera view can be adjusted by the user
  • The map defaults to being centered around the user's current location, which is displayed with a blue dot
  • All of the markers can be tapped and will display the corresponding event's detailed view

Filter By Person

  • Title of checkboxes displays currently selected people
  • The checkboxes can be collapsed for a cleaner view of the events, after the user has selected person(s)
  • The checkboxes display all of the individuals in the database, of which the user can choose any combination of
  • Events will be displayed which contain any of the selected people
  • Events can be tapped to bring up their corresponding detailed view

Motivation

Obiously the outbreak of coronavirus is a big deal, and the main motivation for this project, but there some other stuff too.

This project is part of my first time participating in a Hackathon. With the prompt of "helping the community", that is the big picture goal for this project.

Learning New Technologies

In order to build this app, I have had to teach myself a few new things. Here's a list, with links for refrence:

Inspiration and Refrence

Use the above link if you are interested in contributing to this project, or have a question, comment, concern, etc. Thanks for being interested in my project!