What is the project about?

Savit is a Journal application based on Android. Users can pen down their thoughts and feelings for a particular day. Pictures can also be included to express thoughts and feeling. Each Entry made into Savit is stored locally on the users device. With this the user gets to see his previous entries made on the App any time.

Already existing features.

Currently, the following features have been implemented on Savit

1. Add Journal Entry, Persist and modify the Entry : User can add their thoughts and feeling, which is stored locally using Room Database.
2. View all entries already added : User can view a list of all Journal Entries
3. View the content of a Journal Entry: User can view the content of a specific Journal
4. Favourite Journal feature 
5. Sync Journal Entries with Cloud (Upload and Download) : The sync feature allows the user to upload his Journal Entries into the cloud and as well retrieve them when needed. This was implemented using Firebase.
6. Delete All Journal feature : All Entries deleted from the local database
7.  Google Sign In Authentication : For privacy and authentication, Google sign in was implemented using Firebase

SHOWCASE OF THE CURRENT APP EXPERIENCE

Landing Page

Sign In with google

Add new Journal

Favourite screen

Technology Stack

• The Savit Journal App is built using the Android Architecture Components (Room and LiveData)
• Material Design in Android-  This help create beautiful design components, and it gives a smooth feel to users experience
• Room - This makes the implementation of SQLite better and faster.
• Firebase - This helps save users entry to cloud for easy retrieval when needed. Also for user Authentication

Roadmap

 The current version of Savit has all the existing features working . To take the project further, the following features will be implemented in future versions

• Searching all Journal Entries
• Sharing Journal
• Different Theme styles for user
• Delete a Single Journal Entry
• Implement text editing functionality
• Use of customized emoji to express feelings and thought

Important Resourses

1. Github repo

How to Contribute

Contribution to this repository will continue on the Github repo where @ideba will be in charge of contributing to the android version.

Application demo

GitHub Account

Link to my github account - https://github.com/enyason

Link to the project - https://github.com/enyason/JournalApp