Chatbox

A mobile application for chatting and contacting with friends and families

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Developers

• Suman Shrestha
• Roshan Khatiwada
• Gaurav Basnet

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Development resources

This project utilizes several key libraries and frameworks for Android development, Firebase integration, UI enhancements, and more. Below is a breakdown of the dependencies used in this project:

1. Google libphonenumber

• Library: com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:8.12.34
  • Provides utility functions for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers.

2. Google Material Components

• Material Design: com.google.android.material:material:1.11.0
  • Implements Google's Material Design system for consistent UI components and patterns.

3. Firebase

• Firebase Authentication: com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:22.3.0
  • Provides authentication functionality using various identity providers.
• Firebase Firestore: com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:24.10.0
  • Cloud-based NoSQL database for storing and syncing app data in real-time.
• Firebase Realtime Database: com.google.firebase:firebase-database:20.3.0
  • Real-time database solution for syncing data across clients instantly.
• Firebase Storage: com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:20.3.0
  • Enables secure file uploads and downloads, including photos and videos.
• Firebase Analytics: com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics
  • Provides insights into user behavior and app usage patterns.
• Firebase UI:
  • com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-firestore:8.0.2
  • com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:8.0.2
  • com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-storage:7.2.0

4. Image and Media Handling

• Glide:
  • com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.11.0
  • com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.16.0
  • Image loading and caching library for Android.
• Glide Compiler: com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.11.0
  • Annotation processor for generating API classes in Glide.
• ImagePicker: com.github.dhaval2404:imagepicker:2.1
  • Simplifies image picking and cropping from camera/gallery.

5. UI Enhancements

• Emoji Support: com.vanniktech:emoji-google:0.7.0
  • Provides Google-style emojis for user input.

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Getting started

Go to build.gradle.kts fle inside your src folder and Sync gardle 

you are good to go 

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