DATING’S FUN
Location based Dating app
S.W.A.S.S. Entertainment is a start-up, with goals to have a leading market share in Android and iPhone application markets. Covalense developed for a location-based dating mobile application – The Mix – both for Android and iOS platforms
BUSINESS SCENARIO
The application is related to dating – which enables guys n girls to find each other who are interested in hook-up for a date, with the following objectives:
- The application must be designed to operate on iOS or Android based smart phones
- The application should be downloadable by public easily, at a cost
- The application should provide single people (within a short range of each other) a means to locate, meet and date easily. The application should allow people regardless of their status to locate, meet and date easily.
- The application should be designed to turn on / off at any point of time. The application should enable public to view profile and exchange messages, when the application is turned on, of other people in the pre-set (configurable) range / proximity
CHALLENGES
- Enable real-time communication (messaging) between application users who are in the set proximity
- A process of calculating the user vicinity (proximity) when they are on move and update on their availability to users in communication
- Build the user lists on the fly
- Identify the user locations in Map
- Block / Un-block users in real-time
- Poll turn on / off
- Develop app both in Android and iOS platforms
OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT
- Develop UI, Develop native code and Map Components
- Develop server components for capturing the location parameters from devices, maintenance of user lists in proximity, blocked lists, polled off lists, mediate between devices (users) and configure proximity
- Conduct testing, identify and fix bugs
- Deploy the application in respective application stores to make it live and provide support
SOLUTION DESCRIPTION
- Designed database to store and maintain the user lists – users in proximity, blocked users and poll turned off users
- Provided registration and login authentication
- Used the XMPP protocol for real-time communication
- Used the built-in PEP protocol for capturing the Geo-location parameters
- Handle connectivity issues and auto-populate the lists in proximity on connection