Hillfort Explorer

Description

Kotlin mobile application made in Android Studio; Hillfort Explorer. This is an app that allows archaeology students in Ireland to manage and explore Hillforts to their desires.

Technologies Used

• Primary Language: Kotlin
• IDE: Android Studio

Importing

Read this article for importing .git projects into Android Studio.

Google Maps API Key

This mobile app uses the Google Maps API, therefore a Google Maps API key is required to be configured in the files named app/src/release/res/values/google_maps_api.xml and app/src/debug/res/values/google_maps_api.xml. Read this article for retrieving one.

<resources>
    <string name="google_maps_key" templateMergeStrategy="preserve" translatable="false">YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY_HERE</string>
</resources>

Google Firebase Authentication

In addition to the mobile app, Firebase's Authentication, Database and Storage utilities are used. In order to make this integration work, a app/google-services.json file is required. Read this article for retrieving one.