This project was created and submitted for DeltaHacksIV.
Inspiration
The idea came to me one day when I was eating sushi with a friend. He happened to eat very little due to his large number of food allergies. From there, I decided to make this application that would allow him to filter out certain foods, while still enjoying cuisine.
What it does
The application takes in user input (allergies) and stores it to a database. From there, we call a web api returning recipes, and filter out based on your search criteria as well as your allergies. We then display the list of recipes with links to each one, should the user wish to make it.
Challenges we ran into
Going into this hackathon, both partners had little to no experience in mobile development. It was a steep learning curve, and we encountered many difficulties, including, but not limited to, creating and using a central database, issues with Gradle, and finally the web api not working as intended.
What we learned
Overall, we can say that we learned a lot in general, not just in mobile dev. From dealing with our back-end to experimenting with Gradle, I can say with confidence that we came out better hackers than we were when DeltaHacksIV started.
What's next for SafeEats2
We will continue to optimize the application in the coming months, hoping to push a consumer ready version.
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