PatriotConnect

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Inspiration

Most people hate filling out paperwork and vets often find themselves confused as to what they need to fill out and how time-consuming it is. Please see master branch for working application.

What it does

This project contains an Android application that represents the front-end and allows a user to select a form they want to prefill with their personal information. There is a separate Java back-end that parses the PDF using a 3rd party library. It then takes their personal information and drops it into a new PDF with prefilled information.

How I built it

We build the project using native Android SDK and pdfBox (3rd party library).

Challenges I ran into

Integrating the 3rd party library to handle PDF parsing in Android. Most of the documentation for the Android version of this library was sparse .

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Building an Android application that serves a useful and practical purpose in such a short time.

What I learned

I learned a great deal about the intricacies between Activities and Fragments in Android.

What's next for PatriotConnect

To continue building PatriotConnect, we would like to expand PatriotConnect to offer more common documents that veterans often have to fill out.

Built With

• android
• java
• pdfbox