Location-based consumer social app

Swiping between cities on Home

Features

• Location is updated daily and shared with friends
• Upload profile pictures
• Friend requests with push notifications
  • For users with an account, these will appear as regular friend requests
  • For users without an account, the user receives an invite link with an attached pending friend request that will appear right after onboarding
• Groups with admins, invite links, custom privacy permissions, and blocking

iOS (SwiftUI, UIKit)

• GraphQL for networking
• Location sharing and permissions
• Push notifications with deeplinks
• Remote notifications to update location when not using the app
• Remote notifications to maintain the latest state even when the user is using the app
  • If a user is looking at their Home screen and a friend checks in to their city, they’ll see that update instantly, without needing to refresh
• Scheduled background tasks to update location
• Images loaded in the background on launch to minimize loading time
• Widget with scheduled refreshes and preloaded images

Backend (TypeScript)

• Apollo GraphQL for networking
• graphql-shield for custom permissions and rules