App Features

Our app, OutGoin’, is coming along pretty well. We’re very excited for users to start using our app to seamlessly make plans with their friends.

I will further discuss some features that our app offers.One feature, that, of course, is essential for every app is login and registration. Using django authentication, we set that up, so we make sure that every user has their own account and profile (which will be discussed later).

After the user authenticates, they will be able to see a navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. This bar contains tabs representing the Feed, Search, Add An Event, Profile and Settings screens, which can be accessed by clicking on their icons.

Another feature is the Search functionality, that allows the current user to look for and add a user to their friends. The current user can look up a name and click on the profile card of the person they were looking for, and be redirected to their Profile screen. This is where the current user will have the ability to add them to their friends list and see their events. That prospective friend will be receiving a friend request that they need to accept in order for the current user to see their events.

The current user can access their Profile by, as mentioned above, clicking the Profile tab on the navigation bar. This is where the current user can see all the events they created.

The Feed screen is a central feature of this app. This is where the current user can see all of their friends’ events. A very useful functionality we integrated was the ability to filter the list of events by Future Events, Going (future events for which the current user indicated they are attending), and Past Events. Here is where the current user can click to join an event or click to indicate that they are no longer planning to join the event. A click to join the event will send the notification to the user who created the event, to let them know that the current user is joining.

The other central feature is Creating An Event screen. We have a three page process to do this. First the user gives the name of the event. There is an optional field to provide a description of the event. The next page allows the user to provide a location of the event along with a space to provide any optional details about the location and how they plan to meet.

The Settings screen is where the user can see their notifications (who joined their events, who friend requested them), where they can respond to the friend requests and where they can sign out.

We’re looking forward to publishing the app on the Apple App Store and possibly the Google Play Store. We think this concept has great potential and our app provides a useful service for young adults trying to make friends, and become better friends with people they already know.