README.md

An android social network

This a social network like Instagram with more advanced features: a chat section that is more like WhatsApp but it's cloud based, means texts, photo, video, files,... can be accessed across multi device.

This app is +70% complete. This project is evolutionary, some technology adapted then dropped in favor of better technologies, Dropped: RESR, JSON, some SQLite tables to realm,
At start this app was using REST with JSON , but then it rewrite with an custom RPC (like gRPC), with Protocol Buffer.

note: there is just one developer in this project and this project was never meant to be shared so git's commit comments are not as thorough as it should be!

features:

Like Instagram. A full chat section. Home pictures feed can be changed from full screen (like Instagram) to a compact view like twitter. sync with users phones contacts list. very good notification system.

Technology used:

• Custom RPC genrator from .proto files.
• Fully remove of .findViewById with our custm xml2java tool. X file
• Single Activity, MVP, Web socket ( duplex ), realm, SQLite, RPC, Protocol Buffer, advanced TextView, custom views, fonts.
• Fresco, Gson, Room (in new one), .... you can see more in gradle files.

Some random features in the app:

Gallery browser, photo and video. File browser. 3 times bigger emoji in 'just emoji text chat' custom emoji keyboard with "Emoji One" single activity Navigation of pages exactly like Instagram.

folder structures

• main app entry codes: https://github.com/jozn/ms_native/tree/master/app/src/main/java/com/mardomsara/social
• some other library codes changed to fit perfectly in the app: https://github.com/jozn/ms_native/tree/master/app/src/main/java/com/mardomsara
• custom RPC codes generated via pb_walker in here: https://github.com/jozn/ms_native/tree/master/app/src/main/java/ir/ms/pb