petprog / InstagramClone

Building an Instagram clone with Firebase and Kotlin while using some Jetpack libraries.

InstagramClone

Building an Instagram clone with Firebase and Kotlin while using some Jetpack libraries.

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Note

This repository is still under development and I will continue to add more features to it.

💻 Requirements

• Any Operating System (i.e MacOS X, Linux, Windows)
• An IDE (Android Studio)
• A little knowledge on Android Jetpack

Architecture

The architecture of this application relies and complies with the following points below:

• A single-activity architecture, using the Navigation Components to manage fragment operations.

Libraries:

• Navigation Component to handle all navigations and also passing of data between destinations.
• View Binding allows you to more easily write code that interacts with views. Once view binding is enabled in a module, it generates a binding class for each XML layout file present in that module.

Features

• Custom photo feed based on who you follow
• Post photo posts from camera or gallery
  • Like posts
    • View all likes on a post
  • Comment on posts
    • View all comments on a post
• Search for users
  • Search screen showing all images except your own
  • Search based on usernames
• Profile Screen
  • Follow / Unfollow Users
  • Change image view from grid layout to feed layout
  • Edit profile
• Notification Screen
  • Notifications for likes, comments, follows, etc
  • Share images while chatting

Screenshots

## Setup

1. You'll need to create a Firebase instance. Follow the instructions at https://console.firebase.google.com.
2. Once your Firebase instance is created, you'll need to enable anonymous authentication.

• Go to the Firebase Console for your new instance.
• Click "Authentication" in the left-hand menu
• Click the "sign-in method" tab
• Click "Google" and enable it

4. Enable the Firebase Database

• Go to the Firebase Console
• Click "Database" in the left-hand menu
• Click the Cloudstore "Create Database" button
• Select "Start in test mode" and "Enable"

5. Link Firebase to the app

• Create an app within your Firebase instance for Android, with package name com.app.demo
• Run the following command to get your SHA-1 key:

keytool -exportcert -list -v \
-alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore

• In the Firebase console, in the settings of your Android app, add your SHA-1 key by clicking "Add Fingerprint".
• Follow instructions to download google-services.json
• place google-services.json into app/.

Upcoming Features

• Caching of Profiles, Images, Etc.
• Filters support for images
• Videos support
• Custom Camera Implementation
• Heart Animation when liking image
• Delete Posts
• Stories
• Send post to chats
• Chat Screen

How to Contribute

1. Fork the the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Make required changes and commit (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request