Android app

Photogram

A pared-down Instagram for Android: one feed, photos, and likes.

When: 2020
Role: Design and development (solo)
Built with: Kotlin, Android, Firebase Auth, Firebase Realtime Database, Firebase Storage

Code on GitHub

Photogram feed showing a photo of a silver Porsche with two likes — The feed

Posting screen with a photo and the caption "beautiful day" — Posting a photo

The new post at the top of the feed — The new post

Settings screen with a color choice for the post button — Settings

The idea

Instagram is hugely popular, but a lot of it is built to keep you scrolling. Photogram keeps only the core: post a photo with a caption, see everyone's posts in one feed, and like them.

How it's built

Kotlin in Android Studio, with Firebase for sign-in, the database, and photo storage.
The feed listens to the database, so new posts and likes show up live.
A ViewModel holds the signed-in state, and fragments switch between the feed, posting, and settings.
Built for the Android Development course at the UW iSchool, which I later TA'd.