EmergencyApp

This application. written in Flutter, completes the following task

Tech Stack

• Flutter -> Framework in which the app is built
• Firebase Core -> Core files of Firebase plugin
• Firebase Analytics -> Firebase analytics to analyze user behaviour
• Firebase Auth -> Firebase authentication, to enable Google Sign In
• Google Sign In -> Google Sign In, authentication provider for Firebase Authentication
• Font Awesome Flutter -> Font Awesome icons made available in Flutter
• Flutter SpinKit -> Flutter plugin of SpinKit, for loading animations
• Contacts Service -> Phonebook handler
• Permission Handler -> Handles permission
• Multi Select Item -> Facilitates selection of multiple widgets, for contacts selection
• SQFlite -> Local DB provider
• URL Launcher -> Launch URLs from within the app, dependency of Flutter SMS
• Path provider -> Path provider package for providing path to database
• Flutter SMS -> Plugin to facilitate forming a group and sending SMS

Installation

• Install flutter
• Clone repository into your local system.
• After cloning the repo, run flutter pub get in the root directory.
• You can build the apk (or) run the application, but will not be able to test out the feature, since the SHA-1 certificate needs to be registered in Firebase Console(for enabling authentication), and needs to be updated in google-services.json.

Introduction

• The app is written in Flutter and uses the above mentioned packages to implement the functionality.
• The app accepts contacts selected by users and stores them locally, to message them during distress with a message template added by user(locally stored).
• A user must login via a Google Account, to be able to access the features of the app.

Testing

• To test the app, enable installing applications from unknown sources in an Android phone.
• Download the apk.
• On successful download, click on install when prompted.
• On successful installation, open the application, and sign in using a Google account.
• Add contacts from the Add Contacts page, present in the drawer of the home screen.
• Add a template from the Add Template page, present in the drawer of the home screen.
• Click on the floating action button, present in the home screen, to send an SMS with the template stored, to all emergency contacts.