Enhancing family safety and communication with real-time location sharing and modern UIs.
Welcome to GroupTrack, an open-source Android application designed to enhance family safety through real-time location sharing and communication features. GroupTrack aims to provide peace of mind by ensuring the safety of your loved ones and facilitating seamless communication regardless of their location.
GroupTrack adopts the MVVM architecture pattern and leverages Jetpack Compose for building modern UIs declaratively. This architecture ensures a clear separation of concerns, making the codebase more maintainable and testable. Jetpack Compose simplifies UI development by allowing developers to define UI elements and their behavior in a more intuitive way, resulting in a seamless user experience.
GroupTrack is currently in active development 🚧, with plans to incorporate additional features shortly.
GroupTrack ensures your loved ones' well-being with:
- Real-time Location Sharing
- Secure Communication
- Location History with Routes
- Geo-fencing
- SOS Help Alert
| Create/Join Space | Share Location | Location History |
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| Geofencing | Communication |
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Make sure you have the latest stable version of Android Studio installed. You can then proceed by either cloning this repository or importing the project directly into Android Studio, following the steps provided in the documentation.
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To enable the MapView functionality, obtaining an API key as instructed in the documentation is required. This key should then be included in the local.properties file as follows:
MAPS_API_KEY=your_map_api_key
To enable Firebase services, you will need to create a new project in the Firebase Console.
Use the applicationId value specified in the app/build.gradle file of the app as the Android package name.
Once the project is created, you will need to add the google-services.json file to the app module.
For more information, refer to the Firebase documentation.
GroupTrack uses the following Firebase services, Make sure you enable them in your Firebase project:
- Authentication (Phone, Google)
- Firestore (To store user data)
GroupTrack utilizes the latest Android technologies and adheres to industry best practices. Below is the current tech stack used in the development process:
- MVVM Architecture
- Jetpack Compose
- Kotlin
- Coroutines + Flow
- Jetpack Navigation
- Retrofit
- Fusion Location Provider
- Google Maps SDK
- DataStore
- Room Database
- Firebase Authentication
- Firebase Firestore
- Cloud Functions
- Google Maps SDK
- Hilt
The Canopas team enthusiastically welcomes contributions and project participation! There are a bunch of things you can do if you want to contribute! The Contributor Guide has all the information you need for everything from reporting bugs to contributing entire new features. Please don't hesitate to jump in if you'd like to, or even ask us questions if something isn't clear.
GroupTrack is owned and maintained by the Canopas team. You can follow them on X at @canopassoftware for project updates and releases. If you are interested in building apps or designing products, please let us know. We'd love to hear from you!
GroupTrack is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
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