Hocus Locus

Ever messaged a friend "Have fun at UCLA!" when they're in the Q? Or sent *special* things to an s/o while they're at their parents? Never again: with Hocus Locus, make your words location-specific!

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Hocus Locus is an asynchronous location based chat.

Ever messaged a friend "Have fun at UCLA!" when they're in the Q? Or sent special things to an s/o while they're at their parents? Never again: with Hocus Locus, make your words location-specific!

Unlike older location based social media, Hocus Locus focuses specifically on chat messaging with client side rendering to protect privacy and simplify the experience.

Hocus Locus is still early in production, but stay right there, it’ll come to your location soon.

Maxwell:

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How I built it

I built the project in React Native with Expo using Firebase as a simple backend.

Challenges I ran into

The main challenge I faced was learning how asynchronicity would work with location checking and other functions which needed to happen synchronously.

What I learned

I learned the basics of React Native as well as how to use various geolocation API’s.

What's next for Hocus Locus

I hope to improve the user interface moving forward, such as including photo handling, map address picking, and DM chats.

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