Quick Cart - Your Quickest Path to Shopping! 🛒

Team Members

• Reham Elsayed Daoud (Set 1)
• Ahmed Eid Ibrahim (Set 2)
• Ahmed Yousry Ahmed (Set 3)

Links

• Quick Cart Trello Board
• Quick Cart Github Repo

Features

Product Management

• Browse Products: Explore a wide variety of products with detailed descriptions, pricing, and images.
• Search: Effortlessly search for products using various keywords and filters.
• Product Categories: Navigate through products by categories to easily find what you’re looking for.

Shopping Cart

• Add to Cart: Seamlessly add products to your cart for a smoother shopping experience.
• Cart Management: View, update, or remove items from your cart, and update your selected shipping address.
• Checkout: Experience a secure, efficient, and informative checkout process.
• Apply Coupons: Users can apply coupon codes to products for instant discounts.

User Capabilities

• Login/Sign-Up: Simplified registration and secure login for users.
• User Profile: Manage personal information, and access order history.
• Multi-Currency: Users can choose their preferred currency.
• Guest Mode: Some features are accessible without account registration.
• Multi-Address: Users can manage multiple shipping addresses for convenience.

Brand Exploration

• Browse Brands: Users can explore products by brands.

Favorites Management

• Manage Favorites: Add, remove, and view detailed information on your favorite products while tracking updates.

Technical Details

Architecture

• MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel): Ensures a clean separation of concerns for better maintainability and testability.

Modern Android Development Stack

• Kotlin Coroutines & Flow: Asynchronous programming and state management.
• ViewModel: Lifecycle-conscious UI data management.

Networking

• Retrofit: For making REST API calls.
• Apollo: For integrating with GraphQL APIs.
• OkHttp3 (Square Up): Handles request validation, response verification, and API interceptors.

Location Services

• Google Location Services: Obtains the user’s location for location-based features.
• Geocoder: Converts user coordinates into an address.

Additional Libraries & Tools

• Facebook Shimmer: Adds shimmer effects for a polished UI.
• Google Material Components: Implements Material Design principles.
• ViewPager2: Enables swipe views for intuitive navigation.
• Firebase Firestore: Manages cloud-based data storage.
• Firebase Authentication: Provides secure user authentication and email verification.
• Android Navigation Component: Facilitates fragment navigation (Single Activity Architecture).
• Glide: For efficient image loading.
• Lottie: Displays pre-built animations to enhance UI engagement.
• Dots Indicator: Provides page indicators for ViewPager.
• JUnit & Robolectric: Unit testing and Android test automation.
• Hamcrest & Mockk: Enhances unit testing with assertions and mocks.
• AndroidX Core & AppCompat: Utilizes core Android components.
• ConstraintLayout: Offers flexible layouts and responsive UI.
• CircleImageView: Displays circular profile images.
• Shopify Checkout Sheet Kit: Integrates Shopify’s checkout for smooth payment experiences.

Highlights

With its clean architecture, modern Android stack, and robust feature set, Quick Cart delivers a top-tier shopping experience. From browsing products and managing favorites to a seamless checkout process, we aim to enhance every step of the shopping journey!