Lowki is a chat app that is built in React Native and Firebase.
- General info
- Technologies
- How I worked on this project
- How to navigate on this project
- Why I built the project this way
- If I had more time i would change this
- Available Scripts
Lowki is a chat app that is built in React Native and Firebase.
Download Expo Go on your device and scan the QR code from here https://expo.dev/@jmokua/lowki in order to use Lowki Application
Sign in or Log in to access the chats and create chat rooms.
Project is created with:
- @react-native-community/masked-view version: 0.1.1
- @react-navigation/native version: 5.9.4
- @react-navigation/stack version: 5.14.5
- expo version: 41.0.1
- expo-status-bar version: 1.0.4
- firebase version: 8.2.3
- react version: 16.13.1
- react-dom version: 16.13.1
- react-native version: 0.63.4
- react-native-elements version: 3.4.2
- react-native-gesture-handler version: 1.10.3
- react-native-reanimated version: 2.1.0
- react-native-safe-area-context version: 3.2.0
- react-native-screens version: 3.0.0
- react-native-web version: 0.13.12
- expo-splash-screen version: 0.10.2
- expo-updates version: 0.5.4
- react-native-unimodules version: 0.13.3
My goal was to simulate a professional work environment:
- I built this app based on the application Signal Designs.
- I worked with tasks on my personal to do list that i created.
The application uses Firebase authentication to sign up or Log in users.
Users can then create chat rooms where they can communicate freely.
I didn't use state management library such as Redux on purpose. For this app simple useState is sufficient. I realised that more and more projects don't use Redux since GraphQL or react-query are often used to manage data.
React Native Elements is a great library for styling when using React Native. It performs the same functions as Material-UI and provides styling for various components.
My plan is to become a Full Stack Developer eventually but for now i am focusing on Front End and that is why i chose to use an existing API rather than create a custom server. I have basic Backend knowledge as well.
- Create more precise commits
- Create branches and use pull requests to generate a good workflow
- Use Trello to handle my tasks during development
- Add End to End encryption
- Allow for personal chat rooms to be created
- Improve on the UI
- Integrate the use of GIFs
$npm start