DevTalk

A messenger for developers.
The project developed on the "Mobile Development" program in VK Technopolis

Main idea
Project requirements
Realization
Technologies

Main Idea

DevTalk is a messenger for developers that doesn't waste their time. The main feature of our messenger is that users can define their interests using tags in order to see only the chats that correspond to them in the recommendations, as well as create chats with a specific tag.

Project Requirements

The project had the following requirements:

Main development language - Kotlin
Presence of at least two localizations
Availability of asynchronous work
Availability of networking
Availability of non-volatile storage
Correct handling of errors and exceptions (including in conditions of network loss)
Participation in the development of each team member
Do not use third-party graphics engines (Unity, Unreal, etc.)
You need to use the standard UI Kit.
Correct handling of configuration change
Correct handling of the situation when the application is forced out by the system
Minimum version (minSdkVersion) API Level 24
Target version API Level(minSdkVersion) 33
Compliance with the rules of Material Design

Realization

Localization

Our application supports two languages - Russian and English.

Error Handling

When registering and authenticating a user, the fields are checked for validity. The uniqueness of the mail is also checked using a request in Firebase.

Asynchronous Interaction

Asynchronous interaction in the DevTalk developer chat application is implemented using the Observer pattern. In our application, Observer monitors the update of the chat list. When a new chat is created, or a user joins the recommended one, the observer object notifies all subscribers that changes have occurred.

SharedPreferences is used to save the state of selected professions between different app launches or fragments. This allows you to restore the previous state of the selected professions if the user restarts the application, theme, or returns to this fragment.

Networking

Network interaction in the application is carried out using Firebase and Retrofit. Firebase stores user and chat data, and retrofit is used for requests to third-party services (for example: Github and Gitlab) when adding links to them in the profile.